When Rodney King had a swimming pool built in his backyard, he inscribed two dates: March 3, 1991, when a random bystander videotaped a group of Los Angeles police beating him; and April 29, 1992, when a Simi Valley jury acquitted four officers in the attack and sparked the riots that left Los Angeles in ruins. On Sunday, King, 47, was found dead in his backyard pool.
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