The man who famously shot video of four Los Angeles police officers beating Rodney King in 1991 has died of COVID-19. According to the Los Angeles Times and the Associated Press, George Holliday, 61, ...

As police investigate the death of Rodney King, who died of an apparent drowning in his California pool on Sunday at the age 47, civil rights leaders and others are examining his complicated legacy.

T]he greatest sin among them was turning a brother in blue over to the justice system.” Jesse Brewer had been the LAPD’s ...

Lora King, daughter of Rodney King, reacts at a press conference in Los Angeles on Friday after viewing the video showing the beating of Tyre Nichols. (Allison Dinner/Reuters) Lora King watched the ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rodney King, who came to symbolize racial tensions in the United States after his 1991 beating at the hands of police led to deadly riots in Los Angeles a year later, was found ...

Sun, 17 Jun 2012 18:37:35 GMT — Rodney King, the black motorist whose 1991 videotaped beating by Los Angeles police officers led to some of the nation's most destructive race riots, has died at age 47 ...

Still, that 15-minute video of Rodney King being savagely beaten by a group of four white Los Angeles police officers was probably America's first viral video. It was not the beating that turned king ...