What is Rodney King?
{{infobox person | image = CynthiaKelleyRodneyKingApr2012 (cropped).jpg | caption = King in 2012 | birth_name = Rodney Glen King | birth_date = {{birth date|1965|4|2|mf=y|}} | birth_place = [[Sacramento, California]], [[U.S.]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2012|6|17|1965|4|2|mf=y|}} | death_place = [[Rialto, California]], U.S. | death_cause = [[Drowning]] | nationality = American | known_for = Criminal Brutality | spouse = Crystal Waters (divorced),<br/>Danetta King (divorced) | partner = Cynthia Kelly (fiancée) | children = 3 daughters }} '''Rodney Glen King''' (April 2, 1965 - June 17, 2012)<ref name=CNN>{{cite news|title=Rodney King dead at 47|url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/17/us/obit-rodney-king/index.html|accessdate=17 June 2012|newspaper=CNN|date=17 June 2012|author=CNN Wire Staff}}</ref> was an [[African-American]] man who was beat up by [[police]] officers on [[camera]] in 1991. When a [[jury]] did not find the officers [[Guilt (law)|guilty]] of beating him up, large [[riots]] started in [[Los Angeles]], California.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.cnn.com/2002-04-28/us/la.riot.anniversary_1_riot-white-truck-driver-lapd?_s=PM:US|title=Los Angeles riot still echoes a decade later - CNN|work=cnn.com|date=April 28, 2002|accessdate=December 21, 2011|archive-date=February 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218150226/http://articles.cnn.com/2002-04-28/us/la.riot.anniversary_1_riot-white-truck-driver-lapd?_s=PM:US|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==Early and personal life== King was born in [[Sacramento, California]] to Odessa and Ronald King, who had four other children. His father was an [[alcoholism|alcoholic]] who died in 1984 aged 42. King grew up in [[Altadena, California]].<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9337577/Rodney-King.html Telegraph obituary]</ref> In November 1989, King [[robbery|robbed]] a store in [[Monterey Park, California]]. King was carrying an iron bar, which he threatened the Korean store owner with. He hit the owner and stole [[United States dollar|$]