Rodney King, whose 1991 beating by Los Angeles police led to deadly rioting the next year, was shot on a street corner apparently while the brotha was drunk. The 42-year-old brotha actually had the nerve to bicycle home before calling police to come to his aid. He BICYLCLED HOME FAMILY! Wait, let me stop. I actually forgot for a minute what this brother went through. Take a look:The one-time $3.8 millionaire was shot "possibly two or three times from a distance," and was hit in the face, arms, back and torso from a birdshot. He traveled 1 1/2 miles back to his home in neighboring Rialto and called local police shortly after 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, Rialto police Sgt. Craig Crispin told The Associated Press.
King and others at the home appearing inebriated chose not to cooperate with officers by providing information, according to police who say that Kings wounds are not believed to be life-threatening. King was taken to Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton. His condition at this time remains unknown. No arrests were made and other details of the shooting were sketchy.
There was "speculation" that the shooting from a shotgu may have involved some kind of domestic dispute but "we're not sure about that yet," Paterson said.
King and others at the home appearing inebriated chose not to cooperate with officers by providing information, according to police who say that Kings wounds are not believed to be life-threatening. King was taken to Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton. His condition at this time remains unknown. No arrests were made and other details of the shooting were sketchy.
There was "speculation" that the shooting from a shotgu may have involved some kind of domestic dispute but "we're not sure about that yet," Paterson said.
King was videotaped being beaten by White Los Angeles police officers after the Black man was stopped for speeding in 1991. He was only 26-year-old at the time. Four officers were acquitted of most criminal charges in 1992, triggering rioting in Los Angeles and neighboring cities that left 55 people dead and caused $1 billion in property damage.
King sued the city over the beating and obtained the multi-miillion settlement. However, he continued to have run-ins with the law. In 2004, he was ordered to spend 120 days in jail and ordered into treatment after pleading guilty to driving under the influence of the drug PCP after he lost control of his SUV in 2003 and slammed into a power pole in Rialto, about 55 miles east of Los Angeles in San Bernardino County.
This story is gut-wrenching. Why is this man still seemingly in such misery. Like so many African American men, will he ever find peace and purpose in his life?
"CAN'T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG?"
King sued the city over the beating and obtained the multi-miillion settlement. However, he continued to have run-ins with the law. In 2004, he was ordered to spend 120 days in jail and ordered into treatment after pleading guilty to driving under the influence of the drug PCP after he lost control of his SUV in 2003 and slammed into a power pole in Rialto, about 55 miles east of Los Angeles in San Bernardino County.
This story is gut-wrenching. Why is this man still seemingly in such misery. Like so many African American men, will he ever find peace and purpose in his life?