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Rodney King Shot, Wounded Near Home

By Dan Whitcomb,
AP
Posted: 2007-11-29 17:56:39
Filed Under: Nation News
LOS ANGELES (Nov. 29) - Rodney King, whose videotaped police beating in 1991 led to deadly rioting when the officers involved were acquitted, was shot on a street corner, but his wounds were not life-threatening, police said.

King, 42, was shot two or three times from a distance by birdshot fired from a shotgun. He then bicycled about 1½ miles back to his home in neighboring Rialto and called police. King was hit in the face, arms, back and torso, police said.

Authorities said when they arrived at the home, King and others appeared drunk and were largely uncooperative in providing information about the shooting.

King was taken to a hospital. His condition on Thursday was not immediately known.

The shooting may have involved a domestic dispute, San Bernardino police Lieutenant Scott Paterson said.

King, who is black, was videotaped being beaten by white Los Angeles police officers after he was stopped for speeding in 1991. Four officers were acquitted of most criminal charges in 1992, triggering rioting in Los Angeles and neighboring cities that left 55 people dead and caused $1 billion in property damage.

King sued the city over the beating and obtained a $3.8 million settlement.

However, he continued to have run-ins with the law. In 2004, he was ordered to spend 120 days in jail and ordered into treatment after pleading guilty to driving under the influence of the drug PCP after he lost control of his SUV in 2003 and slammed into a power pole in Rialto.

Rialto and San Bernardino are about 55 miles east of Los Angeles.

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TEAMCRISPIN 01:11:00 PM Dec 04 2007

Bengunnin.....I'm sorry but where did the article mention that this was a race crime??????

Cbletsdance 11:42:00 AM Dec 04 2007

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unitedpaintings 11:30:42 AM Dec 04 2007

Another career drug addict criminal

bengunnin 11:07:34 AM Dec 04 2007

legalfine 09:41:48 AM Dec 04 2007

Report This! This poor man has had nothing but misery in his life. Persecuted by the police, beaten and humiliated, he has not known peace. Lets hope they find those reponsible for this horrible race crime, and he should pursue all legal aspects against them. He needs medical help, professional counseling, and yes money.

Why not, he deserves it, with all the tragedey he has had to endure. God bless him, and wish a speady recovery.

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HA HA HA What kind of MORON would let this CAREER CRIMINAL SCUMBAG get away with being the VICTIM? HE is responsible for his actions you moron, not anybody else.

ruusta 11:00:17 AM Dec 04 2007

what an idiot
$3.8 million, probably $2 million after taxes, probably $1.5 after legal fees etc,,lets just be conservative here and give the guy a million bucks,,16 years ago,,i know real estate is expensive in california,,but he still coulndt move out of the ghetto?
He had his chance to start over again, clean slate,,he is still getting shot at ? rides a bike after getting drunk and shot? crazy crazy crazy

Lilcotterpin 10:40:54 AM Dec 04 2007

CAN'T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG? !!

spatton124 10:26:25 AM Dec 04 2007

middle name--TROUBLE!!!!!

buzzbeercompany 10:24:21 AM Dec 04 2007

This poor man should not have let his drug addictions alter his behavior in public. They didn't just beat him on the street 1 day. It was after a speeding car chase and the fact that he would not comply with the orderes of the officers that stopped him.

lowery1111 10:20:51 AM Dec 04 2007

well go ahead and cancell sgf077. aol is free anyways, like freedom of speech. rodney king is and always will be a crimminal and until his money runs out, he will remain alive......once the taxpayers money runs out, which it will soon, then he will once again become involved with the police that will result in his final chapter, the obituaries.

legalfine 09:42:00 AM Dec 04 2007

This poor man has had nothing but misery in his life. Persecuted by the police, beaten and humiliated, he has not known peace. Lets hope they find those reponsible for this horrible race crime, and he should pursue all legal aspects against them. He needs medical help, professional counseling, and yes money.

Why not, he deserves it, with all the tragedey he has had to endure. God bless him, and wish a speady recovery.

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