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Rodney King
African American police brutality victim
dead
- born
- 1965
- died
- 2012
- age at death
- 47
- known for
- author, activist, taxi driver
1965 – 2012
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who rodney king is
Rodney Glen King was an African-American man who on March 3, 1991 became a victim of police brutality when he was severely beaten by officers of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) during his arrest after a high-speed pursuit on California's state freeway, Interstate 210 having initially evaded arrest.
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