Rodney King

E201195

human

Rodney King was an African American man whose brutal beating by Los Angeles police in 1991, captured on video, sparked widespread outrage and the 1992 Los Angeles riots after the officers’ acquittal.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Rodney King canonical	2
Rodney Glen King	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human ⓘ
authorOf	The Riot Within: My Journey from Rebellion to Redemption ⓘ
burialPlace	Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles ⓘ surface form: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Los Angeles, California, United States
causeOfDeath	accidental drowning ⓘ
causeOfNotability	connection to the 1992 Los Angeles riots ⓘ videotaped beating by LAPD officers in 1991 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1965-04-02 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2012-06-17 ⓘ
dateOfEvent	1991-03-03 ⓘ
dateOfQuote	1992-05-01 ⓘ
employer	construction worker ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African American
familyName	King ⓘ
fullName	Rodney King self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Rodney Glen King
givenName	Rodney ⓘ
hasCause	beating by LAPD officers on March 3, 1991 ⓘ
hasLegalIssue	arrests related to driving under the influence ⓘ prior convictions related to robbery ⓘ
hasOccupation	author ⓘ construction worker ⓘ taxi driver ⓘ
hasQuote	Can we all get along? ⓘ
hasReligion	Christianity ⓘ
hasSpouse	Crystal Waters ⓘ Denetta Lyles ⓘ
influenced	civil rights discourse in the early 1990s ⓘ public debate on police reform in the United States ⓘ
knownFor	being victim in a high-profile police brutality case ⓘ role in events leading to the 1992 Los Angeles riots ⓘ
notableEvent	1991 beating by Los Angeles Police Department officers ⓘ 1992 Los Angeles riots ⓘ
numberOfChildren	3 ⓘ
participantIn	civil lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles ⓘ federal civil rights trial of LAPD officers ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Sacramento ⓘ surface form: Sacramento, California, United States
placeOfDeath	Rialto, California ⓘ surface form: Rialto, California, United States
placeOfEvent	Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
placeOfQuote	Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
publicationDate	2012 ⓘ
receivedAward	civil damages settlement from Los Angeles ⓘ
residence	Los Angeles ⓘ surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States Rialto, California ⓘ surface form: Rialto, California, United States
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
subjectOf	amateur video recording of his beating ⓘ extensive media coverage in 1991–1992 ⓘ multiple documentaries about police brutality and the LA riots ⓘ
victimOf	police brutality ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery → hasNotableBurial → Rodney King ⓘ

Rodney King → fullName → Rodney King self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rodney Glen King

King is a surname → hasNotableBearer → Rodney King ⓘ

subject surface form: King (surname)