Thirty years after white police officers were caught on video beating a Black motorist named Rodney King, Los Angeles residents cite persistent racism in law enforcement as a big problem more ...

The current unrest in Los Angeles is a lot different from the last time a U.S. president called out the National Guard to ...

LOS ANGELES — Rodney King, the black motorist whose 1991 videotaped beating by Los Angeles police officers was the touchstone for one of the most destructive race riots in the nation’s history ...

Rodney King was found dead in the swimming pool at his home in Rialto, Calif., on Sunday, police said. He was 47. King's beating by police in 1991 was caught on videotape and then sparked riots in ...

When the video of Los Angeles police officers beating Rodney G. King shocked the world 25 years ago, the baton quickly became a symbol of law enforcement abuse. The grainy black and white images ...

LOS ANGELES – Just a few months ago, Rodney King was once again the center of attention as the world checked back in on the man whose videotaped beating by police sparked one of the nation's ...

Rodney King was stopped for speeding on a darkened ... were indicted by a Los Angeles grand jury in connection with the beating. All four were charged with assault with a deadly weapon and ...

(L-R) Stacey Koon, Ted Briseno and Laurence Powell, three of the four Los Angeles police officers indicted in the Rodney King beating case, appear in the courtroom on March 28, 1991, for a trial ...

“History will record that it was Rodney King’s beating and his actions that made America deal with the excessive misconduct of law enforcement,” the Rev. Al Sharpton said in a statement ...

In 1991, a man with a camcorder captured Los Angeles police beating Rodney King, a drunk-driving suspect. If not for that balcony witness, the world might never have heard King’s name — and L ...

When Rodney King was on the ground ... It does not work anymore and does not include the video of King’s beating. According to a statement from the auction house, “the foam cover of the ...