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Noted police reformer to oversee changes at SPD
Q 13 Fox News Political AnalystShe sued the City of Los Angeles to force big changes at the L.A. Police Department, and now she’s coming to Seattle. Mayor Mike McGinn this week hired a well-known Southern California lawyer to help oversee police reforms at the SPD. Connie Rice,...Tags: Civil Rights, American Civil Liberties Union, Los Angeles Police Department, Justice System, Human Rights
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Coroner: Rodney King on Cocaine, PCP Before Drowning
KTLA NewsRIALTO, Calif. (KTLA) -- Rodney King's death was the result of an accidental drowning, although a cocktail of alcohol and drugs in his system were contributing factors, the San Bernardino County coroner's office has determined. King, who became a...Tags: KTLA, Cardiac Arrhythmia, Los Angeles Riots (1992), Al Sharpton, PCP
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Another black man dead, more unanswered questions
Leonard PittsWhat happened to Chavis Carter? It is a pregnant question, potentially even an explosive one. Carter died of a gunshot wound to the temple on the last Saturday in July, but the question about his death has only grown louder and more urgent since then. It...Tags: FBI, Prosecution, Witnesses, The Miami Herald, Sean Bell
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Another black man dead, more unanswered questions
What happened to Chavis Carter? It is a pregnant question, potentially even an explosive one. Carter died of a gunshot wound to the temple on the last Saturday in July, but the question about his death has only grown louder and more urgent since then....Tags: Entertainment Events, Pulitzer Prize Awards, FBI, Prosecution, The Miami Herald
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Rodney King dies at 47; victim of brutal beating became reluctant symbol of race relations
Rodney King never set out to be a James Meredith or Rosa Parks.
He was a drunk, unemployed construction worker on parole when he careened into the city's consciousness in a white Hyundai early one Sunday morning in 1991.
While he was enduring the...Tags: Symbols and Symbolism, Pete Wilson, Riots, Los Angeles Riots (1992), Matt Stevens
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L.A. Deputy Stomps on Suspect's Head, Prompting Investigation
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- A Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy was caught on tape stomping on the head of a sexual battery suspect last Friday. Suspected of groping a woman's chest, Alexis Husmario Torres was uncooperative with authorities when they...Tags: Law Enforcement, Police Arrests, Heart Surgery, Prosecution, Chest
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Police commissioners sign up for training
Burbank police commissioners, pushing to strengthen their roles as overseers of the department, are attending a conference sponsored by a nonprofit that trains civilian groups on just that topic. Three members of the commission will be attending the...Tags: Los Angeles Police Department, Google Inc.
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Rodney King Funeral Set For Saturday In Hollywood Hills
ReutersLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rodney King, a symbol of racial tension in Los Angeles and catalyst for sweeping law-enforcement reforms after his 1991 beating by police officers, is to be buried on Saturday following a public memorial service. King was found by...Tags: Substance Abuse, Michael Jackson Memorial Service (2009), Entertainment Events, Los Angeles Riots (1992), Al Sharpton
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Boxing Promoter Offers Chris Brown, Drake $1 Million to Fight
CNNA celebrity boxing promoter is hoping to capitalize on the alleged nightclub brawl between singer Chris Brown and rapper Drake by offering them $1 million each to take their beef to the ring. The promoter, Damon Feldman, also says he is asking singer...Tags: Chris Brown, Entertainment Events, 50 Cent, Dining and Drinking, Jose Canseco
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Question still needs to be asked
There was always something hapless about Rodney King. He entered the nation's consciousness - and its conscience - as a shambling drunk, an unemployed black construction worker who tried to outrun L.A. police rather than be arrested for drunk driving....Tags: Los Angeles Times, Emmett Till, Entertainment Events, Pulitzer Prize Awards, The Miami Herald
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911 call details moments after Rodney King found in pool
KIAHRodney King's fiancée made a frantic 911 call after finding him at the bottom of his pool. Cynthia Kelley described how she discovered King's body saying, "He's not moving, he's at the bottom of the swimming pool. I don't know, I was asleep." Kelley...Tags: Los Angeles Riots (1992)
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Burbank Police Commission assumes a stronger oversight role
Burbank Police Commissioners are taking a hands-on approach as they assume their new oversight roles for a department working to leave its past behind. After months of discussing what their roles would be as an oversight body and how they would ensure...Tags: Los Angeles Police Department
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