Rodney King was honored 35 years after his beating became the catalyst that transformed Hip-Hop into a powerful movement.

The Rodney King Foundation, My Tribe Rise and Altadena Rising are commemorating 35 years after Rodney King’s beating by Los Angeles police, which sparked demonstrations and riots nationwide. King, who ...

As police investigate the death of Rodney King, who died of an apparent drowning in his California pool on Sunday at the age 47, civil rights leaders and others are examining his complicated legacy.

Rodney King has been called, "an accidental agent of change." His videotaped beating by officers of the Los Angeles Police Department led to what are still called "the Rodney King riots of 1992." As ...

LOS ANGELES — Nine years ago Thursday, the world lost a man who drew attention to police brutality and the racial divide in America, years before the events of 2020. On March 3, 1991 in Los Angeles, ...

The man who famously shot video of four Los Angeles police officers beating Rodney King in 1991 has died of COVID-19. According to the Los Angeles Times and the Associated Press, George Holliday, 61, ...

*Tonight (04-24-17) the family members of Rodney King, Latasha Harlins and leading South L.A activists and groups will hold a prayer vigil and moment of silence for all those who lost their lives ...

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Opening statements are scheduled to begin on Monday in the trial of Derek Chauvin, a former officer with the Minneapolis Police Department who has been charged with murder in ...

Authorities say they’ve found no signs of foul play in Rodney King’s death and continue to investigate the case as an accidental drowning. But while the Rialto, Calif., police are awaiting toxicology ...