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Old 06-17-2012, 09:24 AM
 
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
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Various news sources are reporting that Rodney King was found dead this morning. No details as of yet.

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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nati...icle-1.1097209
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Old 06-17-2012, 09:24 AM
 
Location: Scotland
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Default Rodney King found dead

Rodney King, whose beating by Los Angeles police in 1991 was caught on camera and sparked riots after the acquittal of the four officers involved, was found dead in his swimming pool Sunday, authorities and his fiancee confirmed. He was 47.

Rodney King dead at 47 - CNN.com
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Old 06-17-2012, 09:25 AM
 
Location: Maryland
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Rodney King, whose beating by Los Angeles police in 1991 was caught on camera and sparked riots after the acquittal of the four officers involved, was found dead in his swimming pool Sunday, authorities and his fiancee confirmed. He was 47.

Rodney King dead at 47 - CNN.com
A tortured soul, RIP.
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Old 06-17-2012, 09:30 AM
 
Location: San Antonio Texas
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Rodney King, whose beating by Los Angeles police in 1991 was caught on camera and sparked riots after the acquittal of the four officers involved, was found dead in his swimming pool Sunday, authorities and his fiancee confirmed. He was 47.

Rodney King dead at 47 - CNN.com
RIP Rodney King.
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Old 06-17-2012, 09:33 AM
 
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Kind of an end to an era. Why did he drown?
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Old 06-17-2012, 09:37 AM
 
Location: Massachusetts
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Wow! That is so sad! RIP Rodney!
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Old 06-17-2012, 09:38 AM
 
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When reading the news article notice that the news, King's death, is one sentence. The article goes on for a full page to describe an incident that happened twenty years ago or so. King was wrong to run from police who in turn beat him wrongly. However, King was well compensated for this injustice. Just what is this article trying to say? Announce the death of King or stir the racial pot.
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Old 06-17-2012, 09:38 AM
 
Location: So Cal
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Kind of an end to an era. Why did he drown?
Because he was at the bottom of a pool and his lungs filled with water?
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Old 06-17-2012, 09:40 AM
 
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Because he was at the bottom of a pool and his lungs filled with water?
Funny -- but a healthy 47 year old man doesn't just drown in a pool. I would assume if he had a pool, he knew how to swim.
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Old 06-17-2012, 09:42 AM
 
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Rodney was strung out on PCP when he was beaten. Everybody wants to shed a tear for him, yet where is the sympathy for Reginald Denny. Denny was savagely ripped from his truck and had his face caved in with bricks and almost died, all the while driving a truck trying to make an honest wage. Where is the pity for the small business owners , who had a lifetime of dreams stolen and vandalized? I'll remember who the innocents and true victims in this case really were!
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