Posted on 12/08/2006 6:46:04 AM PST by Sub-Driver
Rodney King Arrested In Pasadena, Calif.
(CBS) LOS ANGELES Rodney King, whose videotaped beating by LAPD officers sparked the 1992 Los Angeles riots, was arrested in Pasadena, Calif.
King, 41, was allegedly involved in a disturbance at a Pasadena clothing store on Tuesday at 6 p.m.
Police officers were called to the scene and found two outstanding misdemeanor warrants for King. According to the Pasadena Star-News, King was arrested without incident. He was released after appearing in court on Wednesday morning.
King was born in Sacramento and became a symbol of police brutality when amateur photographer George Holliday videotaped four LAPD officers using batons to beat him after a car chase on March 3, 1991.
On April 29, 1992, a Simi Valley jury acquitted the officers of state charges that alleged excessive use of force, which sparked four days of riots in Los Angeles that left 55 dead, 2,383 injured and cost $1 billion in property damage.
Two of the officers were convicted in 1993 on federal charges of violating King's civil rights and served 30 months in prison.
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The luckiest day of King's life.
This loser should be looking out from behind bars or be institutionalized for treatment of "empty brain syndrome".
lol!
Darn right.
A regular hem-lock society, I gather! I'm pleating with you, sew you might see your words for what they are-guile!
Oh... Put a sock in it! ;-P
Yes Alex, I'll take "Blame it on the Man," for $500 please.
Y'all are bad, and need to be pun-ished.
Have no fear...Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton en route...demanding immediate dismissal of charges...and that Mr. King be awarded another 100k for his trouble as Mr. King is a victim of society.
Maybe he's hoping to sock it to them.
I've tried, but I can't button my lip or keep it zipped for long. Chino what I mean?
I am my own pun-ishment. It's my knit-ch!
Don't get khaki with me!
Gas chamber for this punk????
LOL!!
Tis the season to lighten up a bit it would seem but if that's what you believe then disregard my humble opinion:}
But can we get you onto the 9th circus Court of Appeals to clean up San Quentin's Row out here? LOL!!!
Per-suede me not to.
Meanwhile, back in D.C., Marion Barry is claiming he was targeted and set up for yet another arrest.
It would be a pleather! Patently absurd!
Perhaps we've taken this too fur.
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