Rodney King Passes Away At 47

    Rodney King was found dead on Sunday (June 17) morning in Rialito, California.

    TMZ reports that King’s fiancee found him dead at the bottom of a pool. Law enforcement sources responded to a call at 5:25 AM, and attempted CPR after removing King from the pool.

    He was pronounced dead at 6:11 AM.

    In April of 1992, a jury acquitted four Los Angeles Police Department officers of beating King after a high-speed pursuit, despite the fact that the beating was infamously videotaped.

    Thousands of people in Los Angeles rioted over the next six days, resulting in 53 deaths and roughly $1 billion in damages.

    King was 47.

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    62 thoughts on “Rodney King Passes Away At 47

    1. who gives a fuck… nigga aint a rapper…. he’s a drug addict woman beater…. HHDX you have failed AGAIN!!!!!!

      1. Making History For The Right and Wrong Reasons.
        Always Gonna be Remembered.Period!!!!

        R.I.P Mr King

    2. Y’all niggas are heartless. This man just died and you’re making jokes? FOH. R.I.P. anyways.

      1. That’s the way it is bitch on DX we don’t have hearts so shut the fuck up and recognize or get fucked and thrown in a ditch bitch made ho fuck you and your family

      2. @ Fukk Rodney Kkking
        You Fucking Ignorant Shit!!!!!
        What happened to that man Made History and Redefined The African American Community’s
        So Maybe you need to Shut the fuck up and Dig Your self a Ditch…..BITCH!!!!
        Fucking un-educated Poor Excuse for a Human!!smh

      3. He never did shit for me but starting a riot when my niggas got killed weak ass negro he ain’t the first one to get beat by the pigs and he ain’t the last that shit happens everyday and nobody give a shit

      4. @ Fukk Rodney Kkking
        gotta laugh at that comment i think most ppl just come on here to look at the crazy comments cause the articles are so shitty and poorly put together no research or effort goes into any thing on dx except like the odd one every couple months

      5. Yall do kno that the Queer that goes by the alias “anything then KKK” is a TROLL, don’t u.
        Nevermind his bullshit.
        R.I.P. Rodney King

    3. The guy who wouldn’t just stay down when police told him to? Watch the footage. He keeps trying to get up. What a dumb dumb.

      1. How come the passengers in the car weren’t beaten also? Oh wait, they did what the cops told them to do. Why is this so hard for tards like you to grasp?

      2. I saw the footage because I was a grown man when it happened. Saw the other footage of the guy the cops tasered and the guy was crying they were killing him and they did? There’s another guy in the Pacific Northwest who was a white homeless man and the cops beat him until he died. What about the other guy on the BART? The other guy who was getting married? The other guy they shoved a plunger up his ass? The other guy they shot over 40 times? The cop who got 20 years for shooting at cops he never shot at while they worked him over?

        You keep going with that BS you typing. Someone on here has the perfect title for people like you….f*ckboy

      3. LOL @ ‘TARD

        WHITEBOY LANGUAGE

        ANON ASSASSINATED YOUR COMMENT WITH EXAMPLES OF EXCESSIVE USE OF FORCE

        EVEN THE COURTS GAVE RODNEY MONEY THEY KNEW IT WAS EXCESSIVE

        BUT NO

        U WANNA STILL TYPE YOUR SHELTERED LIFE VIEWS

    4. This is such a devastating loss to the African American community, a life of bullshit because of bullshit police. Forever, along with so many others will live through this nigga and have that camcorder ready. R.I.P my nigga

    5. That’s the way it is bitch on DX we don’t have hearts so shut the fuck up and recognize or get fucked and thrown in a ditch bitch made ho fuck you and your family

      ^ and while you pat yourself on the back for playing around on a public forum, every time you type those 3 letters the feds are following your every move on the ‘net. Did you know they are on ICE’s watch list? They’re here watching you trying to act black using the n-word just like they are watching that foreign knucklehead who visits here acting like he’s from a gang.

      If NY passes the IPA law, this site would have to change the comment section because they wouldn’t want to be blacklisted in that state. And you can scream freedom of speech all you want, foreign countries are not protected by the US Constitution and you US weirdos are not saying anything intelligent that needs to be suppressed or censored, you’re running rampant with your juvenile behavior. That foreign kid is being watched by CO-INTEL-PRO just like you have special LSO cookies attached to your computer or smartphone.

      Keep smiling like you’re doing something special while you play games because the real world is not playing with you.

      1. HAHAHAHAHA! So you think the Feds are watching us? NIGGA PLEASE! You one of those insecure fuckers that’s always talkin nasty shit about the government LOL you lame ass just makes me laugh.

    6. I’m patiently waiting for a bunch of people to say how important he was, and how much of a legend he is.

    7. RIP – HE WAS ABUSED BY COPS, THEN USED AS A PUBLICITY STUNT FOR THE MEDIA AND POLITICS. IT ENDS NOW.

      1. fuck LA and California we hate y’all out here in Portland.

    8. Got his ass beat b ythe cops and STILL toed the line for crackas by trying to stop the riots. “Can’t we all just get a long?” No respect. I would have said “fuck ya’ll, burn this bitch down.” uncle tom ass nigga

    9. HEEELL Y EEEZZZ NIKKKAS

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      IF YOU STRUGGLING WITH THAT CRE-DIT HISTORY ISHH, GET RID OF ALL DAT TODAY – CALL THESE PEEPS AT 8^8^8-9-2-7 -3-3-5-6. . THEY DO AMAZING WORK AND THEY ARE CHEAP AS FUQQ. GOT RID OF ALL MY SHYYT IN NO TIME.

      MY HOMEBOY WAS IN THE GUTTA TOO, AND HE CLEANER THAN ME NOW-gettin a condo!!

      Hit em up – THEY WILL HELP U!!

    10. Fuck that shit!!! The fiance is lying big time!

    11. “That foreign kid is being watched by CO-INTEL-PRO”

      I’m guessing you want to see The Bourne Legacy really really bad. Until then, relax. If the government is monitoring us, let them. What are they gonna do, bust in and read my keyboard its rights?

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