Rodney King, whose beating by police led to 1992 LA race riots, dead at 47

Rodney King signs copies of his book "The Riot Within" at the African American Museum of Philadelphia in April 2012. PHOTO/William T. Wade Jr/Startraksphot

Rodney King, the African American motorist whose 1991 videotaped beating by Los Angeles police officers was the touchstone for one of the most destructive race riots in the United States' history, died Sunday. He was 47.

King’s fiancé called 911 at 5:25 a.m. to report that she found him at the bottom of the swimming pool at their

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