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.

In a Southern California story of national interest, Rodney King was found dead last night in his swimming pool at the age of 47. He was the unarmed, black victim of a savage beating by Los Angeles ...

It’s been 20 years since the so-called Rodney King Riots, which broke out when four white LA police officers were acquitted of charges stemming from the beating of a drunk-driving suspect, an incident ...

The images of cars set ablaze, protesters tossing rocks at police and officers firing nonlethal rounds and tear gas at protesters hearkens back to the last time a president sent the National Guard to ...

April 29 marks the 25th anniversary of the 1992 Los Angeles uprising, also known as the Rodney King riots, and the man whose beating by police was captured on film and brought the topic of race to the ...

*Oscar winner Halle Berry bonds with Daniel Craig amid the L.A. riots in director Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s “Kings” — a title that pays homage to Rodney King, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and other agents ...

A Los Angeles man who armed himself and took to the streets in 1992 to protect a local business during the height of the Rodney King unrest says today's rioters in the city are astroturfed for ...