Rodney King pulled over a day before LA riots anniversary
Rodney King, the man whose beating triggered the 1991 Los Angeles riots, was pulled over by police the day before the 20th anniversary of the original attack, and fined for having an expired licence.
He was stopped close to Interstate 210 north of Los Angeles, the same freeway on which officers pursued him at high speed before assaulting him two decades ago.
On this occasion King, 45, was stopped for running a red light in a green Mitsubishi.
His fiancée Cynthia Kelly, who was a juror in King's civil trial against the city of Los Angeles in 1994, was also in the car.
King admitted to patrol officers that his licence had expired and he was issued with a ticket....
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He was stopped close to Interstate 210 north of Los Angeles, the same freeway on which officers pursued him at high speed before assaulting him two decades ago.
On this occasion King, 45, was stopped for running a red light in a green Mitsubishi.
His fiancée Cynthia Kelly, who was a juror in King's civil trial against the city of Los Angeles in 1994, was also in the car.
King admitted to patrol officers that his licence had expired and he was issued with a ticket....