Rodney Glen King Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Rodney Glen King III (April 2, 1965 – June 17, 2012) was an American construction worker who became nationally known after being beaten by Los Angeles police officers following a high-speed car chase on March 3, 1991. A local witness, George Holliday, videotaped much of it from his balcony. The footage shows five officers surrounding King, several of them striking him repeatedly, while other officers stood by. Part of the footage was aired around the world, inflaming outrage in cities where racial tensions were high, and raising public concern about police treatment of minorities.Four officers were charged with assault with a deadly weapon and use of excessive force. Three were acquitted of all charges. The jury acquitted the fourth of assault with a deadly weapon, but failed to reach a verdict on the use of excessive force. The jury deadlocked at 8–4 in favor of acquittal at the state level. The acquittals are generally considered to have triggered the 1992 Los Angeles riots, in which 53 people were killed and over 2,000 were injured, ending only when the military was called in.The acquittals also led to the federal government's obtaining grand jury indictments for violations of King's civil rights. The trial of the four in a federal district court ended on April 16, 1993, with two of the officers being found guilty and subsequently imprisoned. The other two were acquitted again.
Bastards of the Party, Pimp: Even Players Must Praise Him
TV Shows
Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, Celebrity Rehab Presents Sober House
Star Sign
Aries
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The trouble that they see me in is a part of my life that I'm working on.
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When I leave here, when my final day on this earth is up, I want to leave in peace. I want to have peace in my heart.
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Over the years, a lot of rappers - Lil' Wayne, Ice Cube - have used my name in their songs. I'm a real touchstone of history.
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Anybody can get bigheaded once they know the seat cannot be pulled out from under them.
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For a long time, sure, I was letting the pressure of being Rodney King get to me. It ain't easy. Even now, I walk into a place wondering, 'What people are thinking? Do they know who I am? What do they think about what happened? Do they blame me for the all those people who died?'
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As a black man, you run from the cops. It's different now, but back when I was coming up, you run.
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What I've learned to do is arrest my addiction - arrest it myself, so I don't get arrested.
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I realize I will always be the poster child for police brutality, but I can try to use that as a positive force for healing and restraint.
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As far as having peace within myself, the one way I can do that is forgiving the people who have done wrong to me. It causes more stress to build up anger. Peace is more productive.
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Waking up sober is a good day. I love being able to wake up and do positive things, to go to the gym.
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We wouldn't be as far along as a country if we didn't take on some of Martin Luther King's ways that he instilled in us.
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I sometimes feel like I'm caught in a vice. Some people feel like I'm some kind of hero. Others hate me.
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Nice guys just don't finish first in the music industry.
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I had to learn to forgive. I couldn't sleep at night. I got ulcers. I had to let go, to let God deal with it. No one wants to be mad in their own house. I didn't want to be angry my whole life. It takes so much energy out of you to be mean.
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I tell myself time heals. It really does.
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People look at me like I should have been like Malcolm X or Martin Luther King or Rosa Parks. I should have seen life like that and stay out of trouble, and don't do this and don't do that. But it's hard to live up to some people's expectations.
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It's not painful to relive it. I'm comfortable with my position in American history.
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Obama, he wouldn't have been in office without what happened to me and a lot of black people before me. He would never have been in that situation, no doubt in my mind. He would get there eventually, but it would have been a lot longer. So I am glad for what I went through. It opened the doors for a lot of people.
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It's happening right now... it's just not on film, it's not being recorded.
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I'm a religious person. I remember my mom told me: 'Vengeance belongs to God. It's up to him to wreak vengeance.' It's hard for me to get to that point, but that's the work of God.
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I know and value what it means to wake up and be alive and to share my story. I'm so blessed to be here and to be able to talk about it.
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I don't see how you can grow as a world without being able to get along with people. So many people is hating out there and it's not making a difference.
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I saw my hometown burning that day.
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(in reaction to the riots) People, I just want to say, you know, can we all get along? Can we get along? Can we stop making it, making it horrible for the older people and the kids?...It's just not right. It's not right. It's not, it's not going to change anything. We'll, we'll get our justice....Please, we can get along here. We all can get along. I mean, we're all stuck here for a while. Let's try to work it out. Let's try to beat it. Let's try to beat it. Let's try to work it out.
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He was found dead at the bottom of the swimming pool at his home in Rialto, CA, on June 17, 2012. His death was the result of accidental drowning, although alcohol, cocaine, marijuana and PCP found in his system were contributing factors.
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Rodney Glen King was a motorist who, while videotaped by a by-stander George Holliday, was beaten by Los Angeles police officers during an arrest on March 3, 1991. King was kicked and hit 56 times with police batons and electrically shocked using Taser guns. In addition to the three officers personally involved, 24 other other law enforcement officers watched the beating. April 29, 1992, the officers were acquitted by a jury in a verdict that shocked much of the country. The verdict triggered massive rioting in Los Angeles which left hundreds of buildings severely damaged or destroyed and dozens dead. Then on August 4, a federal judge sentenced LAPD officers Stacey Koon and Laurence Powell to 30 months in prison for violating King's civil rights. The other officers were not convicted and there was no rioting.
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When the media referred to him as Rodney King, it was believed to be in error, as his friends and family usually referred to his as Glen (his middle name).
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Has been arrested several times for drug infractions, violence, and motoring offenses since his infamous 1991 videotaped police beating.
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Was awarded $3.8 million dollars because of excessive force when arrested in 1991.
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Arrested in April 2003 for crashing his SUV while driving.
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Dying 2 Meet U
2012
grateful acknowledgment
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Riots, Remembrance and Rodney King
Documentary post-production
Oprah: Where Are They Now?
2012
TV Series
Himself
Uprising: Hip Hop and the LA Riots
2012
Documentary
Himself
Big Morning Buzz Live
2012
TV Series
Himself
Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew
2008-2010
TV Series
Himself - Rehab Patient / Himself - Previous Rehab Patient
Sober House
2009
TV Series
Himself
Entertainment Tonight
2008
TV Series
Himself
Howard Stern
1998
TV Series
Himself
27th NAACP Image Awards
1996
TV Special
Himself
American Justice
1994
TV Series documentary
Himself
The Rodney King Case: What the Jury Saw in California v. Powell
1992
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Court TV News
1992
TV Series
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Soul Power!
2013
TV Series documentary
Himself
Kulturzeit
2012
TV Series
Himself
The Double Conscious: Race & Rhetoric
2011
Video documentary
Himself
N.W.A.: The World's Most Dangerous Group
2008
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Bastards of the Party
2005
Documentary
Himself
And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop
2004
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Tupac: Resurrection
2003
Documentary
Himself
Dark Blue
2002
Himself - Impaired Driver Bashed by LAPD Officers (uncredited)
Twilight: Los Angeles
2000
Himself
Malcolm X
1992
Himself - Impaired Driver Beaten by LAPD Officers (uncredited)
Known for movies
Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew (2008-2010) as Himself - Rehab Patient / Himself - Previous Rehab Patient
Uprising: Hip Hop and the LA Riots (2012) as Himself
The Rodney King Case: What the Jury Saw in California v. Powell (1992) as Himself
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