Rodney King, whose beating by police led to massive rioting in Los Angeles in 1992, was found dead at the bottom of a pool at his California home on Sunday. King, 47, was discovered by his fiancĂ©, Cynthia Kelly, who called police at 5:25 a.m., according to TMZ. Rialto police pulled King's lifeless body from the pool and attempted to revive him, CNN reported. He was pronounced dead a short time later at a local hospital. King became an icon of police brutality 20 years ago after he was brutally beaten by a group of LAPD officers after a freeway chase through the San Fernando Valley. Amateur video of the incident caught the officers raining more than 50 baton blows on King’s crumpled, unarmed body. Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/rodney-king-found-dead-pool-report-article-1.1097209#ixzz1y4DzdOQi
Rodney King, whose beating by police led to massive rioting in Los Angeles in 1992, was found dead at the bottom of a pool at his California home on Sunday. King, 47, was discovered by his fiancĂ©, Cynthia Kelly, who called police at 5:25 a.m., according to TMZ. Rialto police pulled King's lifeless body from the pool and attempted to revive him, CNN reported. He was pronounced dead a short time later at a local hospital. King became an icon of police brutality 20 years ago after he was brutally beaten by a group of LAPD officers after a freeway chase through the San Fernando Valley. Amateur video of the incident caught the officers raining more than 50 baton blows on King’s crumpled, unarmed body. Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/rodney-king-found-dead-pool-report-article-1.1097209#ixzz1y4DzdOQi
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