The man who became well known after an amateur video taped a vicious assault against him by a couple of police officers and got away scotch free has been found dead at the bottom of his pool.
According to CNN, King was found on Sunday morning, after his fiancée Cynthia Kelly placed a 911 call to the Rialto, California, police at approximately 5:25 a.m. When officers arrived at the scene, King’s body was at the bottom of a pool; he was confirmed dead at a nearby hospital.
Captain Randy DeAnda told reporters that police would investigate the crime as a drowning, and added that there were no obvious signs of foul play at the scene or suspicious injuries to the victim’s body. “His fiancée heard him in the rear yard,” DeAnda said describing the events before Kelly placed the 911 call. (Kelly met King while serving as a juror in his 1994 lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles.)
Celebrities reacted as well.
Crooked I : #RIP Rodney King
Phonte : Hearing police say that no foul play was involved in Rodney King’s death makes me give the side-eye to end all side-eyes
MC Hammer : I found no humor in the death of the man who symbolized the cries of the community against rogue law enforcement..RIP Rodney King #Salute
Waka Flocka Flame : RIP Rodney King. Smh
Kimora Lee Simmons H : RIP Rodney King
Natalie Nunn : Oh man RIP Rodney King
His ex fiance mentioned that he sounded preoccupied, could be due to the whole mess surrounding Trayvon Martin. I hope he will be able to RIP.
