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Rodney King death ruled accidental

Last updated Thursday, August 23, 2012 - 12:21pm

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Rodney King had been drinking and was on drugs when he plunged into a swimming pool and accidentally drowned, a coroner’s report released Thursday concluded.

The report confirmed a police conclusion that King died by accident and the case will be closed, Rialto police Capt. Randy DeAnda said.

“The investigation is now completed and basically the autopsy and toxicology reinforces our conclusions,” DeAnda said.

King, whose videotaped beating by Los Angeles police in 1991 led to deadly rioting, had long struggled with addiction.

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FILE - This April 13, 2012 file photo shows Rodney King posing for a portrait in Los Angeles. 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, has died, his publicist said Sunday, June 17, 2012. He was 47. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)

Rodney King case led to major LAPD reforms

Andrew Blankstein, Paul Pringle Los Angeles Times

Last updated Monday, June 18, 2012 - 10:26am

LOS ANGELES - Daryl F. Gates was in his 13th year as head of the Los Angeles Police Department when four of his officers pummeled Rodney King on a darkened roadside in the Lake View Terrace neighborhood of L.A.

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On April 13, 2012, Rodney King poses for a portrait in Los Angeles. The acquittal of four police officers in the videotaped beating of King sparked rioting that spread across the city and into neighboring suburbs. Cars were demolished and homes and businesses were burned. Before order was restored, 55 people were dead, 2,300 injured and more than 1,500 buildings were damaged or destroyed.(AP Photo/Matt Sayles)

LA riots remembered 20 years later

Amy Taxin, John Rogers The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, April 25, 2012 - 5:23pm

LOS ANGELES -- Henry Keith Watson remembers April 29, 1992, as if it happened just last week. History won't allow him to forget it.

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Rodney King sentenced to house arrest for reckless driving

Rick Rojas Los Angeles Times

Last updated Tuesday, February 28, 2012 - 3:52pm

LOS ANGELES -- Rodney King, who became a household name after Los Angeles police severely beat him two decades ago, has been sentenced to 20 days of house arrest and fined $500 for driving recklessly in the Southern California community of Moreno Valley, Riverside County prosecutors said Tuesday.

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Rodney King arrested on suspicion of DUI

Richard Winton Los Angeles Times

Last updated Wednesday, July 13, 2011 - 9:12am

LOS ANGELES -- Rodney G. King Jr. was taken into custody Tuesday afternoon by Riverside County sheriff's deputies on suspicion of driving under the influence.

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