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Rodney Tom Shocker: Poll Says People Can Tell He's a Douchebag
Fuse Washington Hey! It's Rodney Tom with Fuse Washington's "official" oil portrait of "King Tom" in Olympia this January. This week I just had to get some Rodney Tom rage out of my system. Satisfying, yes. But Fuse Washington has been...Show More Summary
A new Christopher Commission for the Christopher Dorner case?
He was, by every account, both a cop killer and a killer cop, and even in death, he might end up shaking the LAPD like no one since Rodney King.
LAPD Officer: Dorner Case Proves It's Time For Police To Stop Investigating Police
The bad old days of the LAPD, the department behind the Rampart Scandal and the Rodney King beating, were supposed to be behind us. But lingering suspicion among Angelenos that the LAPD is still a fundamentally racist, corrupt organization has spilled out into the open in the wake of the Christopher Dorner case. [ more › ]
Ex-LAPD Cop Who Tased Rodney King Now Drives A Limo
The former Los Angeles Police Department sergeant who served jail time for tasing Rodney King in 1991 made a career switch after his release and was recently videotaped while at work. [ more › ]
Read About It: 20 Years After the L.A. Riots—On Stage
Check out this week's issue of Creative Loafing for the feature I wrote, titled "Rodney King and the Twilight zone." It's about On Q Productions' presentation of Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, on stage through December 8 at Duke Energy Theater at Spirit Square. Show More Summary
L.A. Now Live: Discuss the Rodney King coroner's report
The Times Inland Empire Bureau Chief Phil Willon will join L.A. Now Live to discuss the final coroner's report into the accidental death of Rodney King, who drowned in the pool of his Rialto home in June. The chat, sheduled at 9 a.m., will be hosted by The Times' Rebecca Trounson.
Rodney King was very, very high when he died
Rodney King had PCP, cocaine and marijuana in his system and was probably in a drug- and alcohol-induced delirium when he fell into his swimming pool and drowned in June, the San Bernardino County coroner's report said Thursday.
Coroner: Rodney King in drug, alcohol 'delirium' at time of death
Rodney King drowned in his backyard swimming pool while in a “state of drug and alcohol-induced delirium,” officials concluded Thursday. The San Bernardino County coroner’s office said King died as a result of an accidental drowning after he fell into...
Rodney King death report: Questions remain, relative says
One of Rodney King’s close relatives said Thursday that questions remain about how he drowned in his backyard pool despite the findings in a coroner’s investigation.
Rodney King 'incapacitated' by drugs, alcohol before drowning
Rodney King died of accidental drowning in his backyard swimming pool. But San Bernardino County officials said he was smoking pot and drinking in the hours before his death. The coroner's report listed King's death as an accident but added...
Rodney King drank, smoked pot before drowning, records show
Before his death by accidental drowning, Rodney King spent the night and early morning hours drinking and smoking marijuana at his house in Rialto and was stumbling around his backyard moments before he fell into his swimming pool, according to the San Bernardino County coroner’s report released Thursday.
Rodney King On PCP, Coke, Alcohol & Pot At Time Of Drowning
Authorities said that Rodney King's death last June was the result of an accidental drowning, but the alcohol, coke, pot and PCP found in his system contributed to his death. No foul play is suspected in the case and Rialto Police said that the police investigation into his death is closed. [ more › ]
Rodney King on cocaine, PCP before drowning, coroner finds
Rodney King, a reluctant symbol of police brutality and the troubled relations between the Los Angeles Police Department and minorities, died after drowning in his backyard pool in Rialto in June with a cocktail of alcohol and drugs in his...
L.A. Riots Movie Could Finally Happen in Wake of Rodney King's Death
Though a movie about the 1992 L.A. Riots has been in talks for years, with perhaps a renewed interest in the Rodney King story, comes word director Justin Lin is in negotiations to direct the film. [ more › ]
5 things to do: Sleeping Weather, The Rodney Kings
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Kanye West Once Again Outshines Collaborators With "New God Flow"
Now, this certainly isn't to say that Virginia-based Pusha T phones in his verses on his collaborative track with Kanye West, "New God Flow." But, for bar-to-bar Kanye-sanity, complete with Rodney King comparisons, West takes the rhyme cake. [ more › ]
Morning Buzz: Monday 7.2.12
Anderson Cooper acknowledges he is gay and proud, Rodney King funeral, new Assessor plans to stick around, venomous spiders gain foothold, Francesca Lia Block has good news and more.
Rodney King Buried in Los Angeles
"Rodney had risen above his mistakes. He never mocked anyone, not the police, not the justice system, not anyone. He became a symbol of forgiveness." — From the Rev. Al Sharpton's eulogy of Rodney King, who died two weeks ago at the age of 47, and who remains the most ... More »
Rodney King 'showed the nation a better way,' Rev. Al Sharpton says
Rodney King “turned his scars into stars and showed the nation a better way,” the Rev. Al Sharpton said Saturday during memorial services in Los Angeles for King.
Mourners arrive for Rodney King service at Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills
Dozens of mourners arrived Saturday afternoon at Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills to pay respects to Rodney King.