Another one bites the dust

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Rodney King found dead in swimming pool, reports say
By Dylan Stableford, Yahoo! News
Rodney King, whose videotaped beating by police in 1991 sparked the L.A. riots, was found dead at his California home on Sunday. He was 47.
Police said King's fiancée discovered him at the bottom of the swimming pool at their Rialto, Calif., home, about 55 miles east of Los Angeles.
Police responded to a call at 5:25 a.m., pulled King out of the pool and attempted CPR, but could not revive him.
King's representative Suzanne Wickman confirmed to his death to KABC-TV.
The cause of death is unknown, but police are investigating it as a drowning. Rialto Police Capt. Randy DeAnda told CNN there were no preliminary signs of foul play.
King was beaten by four white LAPD officers following a DUI stop on March 3, 1991. Footage captured by an amateur videographer showed the officers hitting King 56 times with wooden batons.
"I just got lucky that night to have the cameras on me," King said in April, marking the 20th anniversary of the L.A. riots. "When I saw the tape, I was so happy that it was on tape and then looking at it, it was like I was in another body. I felt like I had died in that one, and was just watching it."
The four officers were acquitted of criminal charges, sparking the riots that left 53 people dead.
"It felt like Armageddon," King said of the acquittal. "It felt like the end of the world. I was hurt. I was past upset."
"I was raised not to be violent, and not to be rioting and carrying on like a wild man," he added, "but at the same time, there was a side of me saying, 'What else can you do?' I didn't agree with it, but I understood."

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vincemichaels
13 years ago
RIP Mr. King.
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Dougster
13 years ago
Did he get 2am'ed? Not sure what this has to do with strip clubs.
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motorhead
13 years ago
" Not sure what this has to do with strip clubs."

When your cable go outs you get bored.
When you get bored you go out looking for fun
When you go out looking for fun you go to strip clubs
When you go to strip clubs you start drinking
When you start drinking you become an alcoholic
When you become an alcoholic you appear on Celebrity Rehab
When you appear on Celebrity Rehab you relapse
When you relapse you're found dead at the bottom of aswimming pool

Don't be found dead at the bottom of a swimming pool
Switch to Direct TV today







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steve229
13 years ago

Can't we all just get along...
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gowestman
13 years ago
I was there, Rotney King, c c c can't we all just get along? Lets not forget Reginald Denny. Rialto! Really, its like a slut in an expensive dress. Millions in a payout and he ends up in a pool in Rialto, original home of the kkk of s. Cal.
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mikeya02
13 years ago
That was funny motorhead!
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snowtime
13 years ago
Very good, motorhead. Maybe, you can get some supplemental strip club income writing TV commercials.
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vincemichaels
13 years ago
Nothing, Dougster, it's been a quiet day. Not everything we post here has to be about strip clubs. The furor created by the "Rodney King" incident and the subsequent acquittal of the Police involved in his beating caused the LA riots, a memorable time in the struggle for civil rights in our fine country.
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rentz2
13 years ago
there is a joke about black people and swimming somewhere there

just saying
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txtittyfan
13 years ago
It has been rumored he fell off his roof while trying to install his Direct TV dish.
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