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Rodney King Beating

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Why 'driving while black' really ain't no joke

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OPINION - When TJ Holmes says that 'Driving while black ain’t no joke,' believe him...
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Rodney King beating

Sharpton: Rodney King a 'symbol of civil rights'

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NEW YORK - On the day he planned to lead a march against a controversial police practice in New York, Rev. Al Sharpton commented on the death of Rodney King, a man he called 'symbol of civil rights'...
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Rodney King found dead at age 47

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theGRIO REPORT - Rodney King, whose videotaped beating shook the world in 1991, is dead at age 47, NBC News has confirmed.
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Rodney King reflects on an up-down life since riot

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LOS ANGELES (AP) - We saw his face a bloody, pulpy mess. And in 1992, when the four Los Angeles police officers who beat him after a traffic stop were acquitted, it touched off anger that affected an entire generation...
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