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Rodney King's Family: We Need HELP with Funeral Costs
tmz.com ^ | 6/25/12

Posted on 06/25/2012 11:24:01 AM PDT by Justaham

Rodney King was not a wealthy man when he died ... and now his family is asking the public for donations so they can pay for a proper burial for the infamous LAPD beating victim.

Despite the fact King scored a $3.8 million settlement from the City of L.A. after the 1992 incident, King's family tells TMZ ... there is basically no money left over to pay for his funeral costs, which are expected to run north of $22k.

The family has now issued a statement, through their rep, Kali Bowyer, asking people to contribute to a memorial fund established "for those who wish to contribute to the King family."

King's 3 adult daughters, along with other family members, are desperately trying to come up with the cash ... but Bowyer tells us, "They need the money."

King is scheduled to be laid to rest on June 30.

As far as the mystery surrounding Rodney's death, the family says, "[We are] looking forward to a swift investigation into the death of our father, as well as we put our faith in the authorities responsible for handling the matter."

(Excerpt) Read more at tmz.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: california; fundraiser; funeral; rodneyking
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The nerve of his family to ask donations!
1 posted on 06/25/2012 11:24:05 AM PDT by Justaham
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To: Justaham

EFFFFFFF em!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


2 posted on 06/25/2012 11:26:58 AM PDT by Circle_Hook
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To: Justaham

Scammers.


3 posted on 06/25/2012 11:27:12 AM PDT by Psycho_Bunny (Burning the Quran is a waste of perfectly good fire.)
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To: Justaham

They should have a fundraiser, just like those fundraisers where you pay $5.00 and get to take a sledgehammer to a car.

But instead, you can pay money to take a police billy club to King’s corpse.


4 posted on 06/25/2012 11:28:32 AM PDT by Uncle Slayton
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To: Justaham

Why not call on all the Black philanthropists for help. Harry Belafonte and Spike Lee can certainly afford to pay for the funeral.


5 posted on 06/25/2012 11:28:58 AM PDT by txrefugee
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To: Justaham

Dear King Clan, in lieu of sending you a donation, I must send $100.00 to re-elect Barack Obama. Feel good?


6 posted on 06/25/2012 11:30:00 AM PDT by Mark (Don't argue with my posts. I typed while under sniper fire..)
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To: Justaham

Can’t we all just pay along?


7 posted on 06/25/2012 11:30:06 AM PDT by Lawgvr1955 (You can never have too much cowbell !!)
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To: Justaham

Can’t we all just pay along?


8 posted on 06/25/2012 11:30:16 AM PDT by Lawgvr1955 (You can never have too much cowbell !!)
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To: Justaham

Why 22 grand? Only cost a hundred bucks to incinerate his carcass.


9 posted on 06/25/2012 11:31:27 AM PDT by chuckee
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To: Justaham

I figured that is probably why he committed suicide. He was out of money.


10 posted on 06/25/2012 11:32:25 AM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (Unnngh! To many PDS people!)
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To: Justaham
Where's Jessie, Al or the NAACP? They got streets named after all of them ...


11 posted on 06/25/2012 11:34:54 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: Justaham
Obama One Trillion Dollar Here's my donation ...
12 posted on 06/25/2012 11:35:36 AM PDT by DogByte6RER ("Loose lips sink ships")
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To: Justaham

It’s so sad just how few drugs $3,800,000 will buy, isn’t it?


13 posted on 06/25/2012 11:36:29 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: Justaham

Throw him in the pool and fill it in. Problem solved.


14 posted on 06/25/2012 11:36:55 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)
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To: Justaham
I would have sent some cash, but I decided to send it to Obama's presidential campaign instead. < /s>

Obama Event Registry

15 posted on 06/25/2012 11:37:07 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (You only have three billion heartbeats in a lifetime.How many does the government claim as its own?)
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To: Justaham

Tough shit losers. Cremate his ass..


16 posted on 06/25/2012 11:37:26 AM PDT by goseminoles
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To: Justaham

Why would it cost $22,000 for a pine box and a hole?


17 posted on 06/25/2012 11:41:36 AM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults.)
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To: Lawgvr1955

Can’t we all just dig a hole?


18 posted on 06/25/2012 11:43:06 AM PDT by red-dawg
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To: goseminoles

“Tough shit losers. Cremate his ass..”

That was what my parents requested. It cost about $1,600 each. Their lives were worth a lot more than Rodney King.


19 posted on 06/25/2012 11:43:57 AM PDT by forgotten man (forgotten man)
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To: Justaham
Put him in a cardboard box. This is what Obamacare does to veterans to be buried. What's wrong with that? Good enough for veterans its good enough for Rodney.
20 posted on 06/25/2012 11:45:18 AM PDT by vetvetdoug
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