LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rodney King, the
black motorist whose 1991 videotaped beating by Los Angeles police
officers was the touchstone for one of the most destructive race riots
in the nation’s history, was declared dead early Sunday after being
pulled from the bottom of his swimming pool. He was 47.
King’s fiancee called 911 at 5:25 a.m.
to report that she found him in the pool at their home in Rialto,
Calif., police Lt. Dean Hardin said.
Officers arrived to find King in the
deep end of the pool and pulled him out. King was unresponsive, and
officers began CPR until paramedics arrived. He was taken to the
hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 6:11 a.m., police said.
No comments:
Post a Comment