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1991 LA police beating victim Rodney King found dead

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Rodney King, the black man who came to symbolize racial tensions in the United States after his 1991 beating by police led to riots in Los Angeles a year later, was found dead in a swimming pool on Sunday in Rialto, California, police said. He was 47.

 

"Preliminary indications are that this is a drowning with no signs of foul play," Rialto police said in a statement. (Reuters)

 

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