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Thread ID: 20459 | Posts: 7 | Started: 2005-09-30
2005-09-30 12:41 | User Profile
Rodney King arrested for alleged threats RIALTO, Calif. (AP) — Rodney King, whose videotaped beating by Los Angeles police led to deadly riots in 1992, was arrested after he allegedly threatened his daughter and ex-girlfriend, police said. King, 40, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of making criminal threats. He was being held on $25,000 bail.
He was accused of threatening to kill his 23-year-old daughter, Candace, and her mother, Carmen Simpson, after the two got in a fight with King's current girlfriend, Dawn Jean. All three women live in King's home.
AP Rodney King in 2001
The daughter, who called police, said King was armed with a handgun, but it turned out to be a toy, according to authorities.
King's videotaped beating after he was stopped for speeding shocked the nation when it was shown repeatedly on television newscasts. After the four white police officers charged in the beating were acquitted of most charges, Los Angeles erupted in riots that left 55 people dead and caused $1 billion in property damage.
King sued the city for the beating, eventually settling for $3.8 million.
Since the beating, he has had a string of run-ins with the law. He walks with a limp since a 2003 accident in which he lost control of his car, crashed into a house at 100 mph and shattered his pelvis.
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2005-09-30 15:17 | User Profile
Can't Rodney his daughter and ex-girlfriend just get along? I'ts probably just that shattered pelvis acting up that made him "edgy".
2005-09-30 18:36 | User Profile
Is this a man hoping for a couple cops to get physical whith him again so he can make a few millions more dollars?
2005-10-01 03:05 | User Profile
jeffersonian
I bet none of them are competent individuals. I think Rodney needs to tell his daughter and ex-girlfriend to get out of his house and get a job. I bet his girlfriend is a real shrew too.
2005-10-01 04:15 | User Profile
This nigger is a living proof that they have all deserved bad treatment and more.
2005-10-02 16:31 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Gabrielle] King sued the city for the beating, eventually settling for $3.8 million.
Since the beating, he has had a string of run-ins with the law. He walks with a limp since a 2003 accident in which he lost control of his car, crashed into a house at 100 mph and shattered his pelvis.
[url="http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-09-30-rodney-king-arrested_x.htm?csp=34"]http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-09-30-rodney-king-arrested_x.htm?csp=34[/url][/QUOTE]OK, he gets 3.8 million, less his lawyer's cut (I'd guess a million and a half) and has found out that money won't buy happiness.
What a shame. He won his lottery ticket, as it were albeit the price was a few whacks with aluminum nightsticks, and he could not find the wisdom to parlay that into a better life.
It's an old story.
AE
2005-10-03 00:38 | User Profile
[QUOTE]OK, he gets 3.8 million, less his lawyer's cut (I'd guess a million and a half) and has found out that money won't buy happiness.
What a shame. He won his lottery ticket, as it were albeit the price was a few whacks with aluminum nightsticks, and he could not find the wisdom to parlay that into a better life.
It's an old story. [/QUOTE]
But just imagine all the bling-bling, hoes & booger suger that Mr. Impotant was able to buy!