Rodney King retrouvé mort

 L'enregistrement que je joins à cette entrée avait entraîné les tristement célèbres émeutes (1 milliard de dégâts et, surtout, 53 morts et des milliers de blessés) de Los Angeles en 1992. Après son arrestation par les policiers, King avait été sévèrement battu après avoir résisté à son arrestation. Malgré la présentation du vidéo lors du procès intenté contre les policiers, ces derniers ont été acquittés.  King a été retrouvé mort dans sa piscine tôt ce matin.

Rodney King, whose beating by Los Angeles police in 1991 was caught on camera and sparked riots after the acquittal of the four officers involved, was found dead in his swimming pool Sunday, authorities and his fiancee confirmed. He was 47. Police in Rialto, California, received a 911 call from King's fiancee, Cynthia Kelly, about 5:25 a.m., said Capt. Randy DeAnda. Responding officers found King at the bottom of the pool, removed him and attempted to revive him. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital, DeAnda said. There were no preliminary signs of foul play, he said, and no obvious injuries on King's body. Police are conducting a drowning investigation, DeAnda said, and King's body would be autopsied. "His fiancee heard him in the rear yard," he said, and found King in the pool when she went outside.