Rodney King

Rodney King

Rodney King (born April 2, 1965) is an African-American man who became famous after his violent arrest by officers of the Los Angeles Police Department during riots in 1991. His arrest was videotaped by a bystander, George Holliday, and... [more]

Rodney King (born April 2, 1965) is an African-American man who became famous after his violent arrest by officers of the Los Angeles Police Department during riots in 1991. His arrest was videotaped by a bystander, George Holliday, and the footage caused a public outcry over police brutality. See pictures and articles about Rodney King here.

In reply to The Embattled Librarian of Cheshire: While I am not taking a position on the book, I will say this. The decision to include this particular book is tremendously insensitive to the remaining survivor where that survivor is asking the library not to carry the book. One would think people would be neighborly and respect his wishes. Common decency comes to mind. Censorship has nothing to do with this issue except to the extent it can...  
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