Rodney King

On March 3, 1991, four white Los Angeles police officers used batons, stun guns, feet and fists to beat a Black man later identified as Rodney King.

Rodney King’s daughter has made it her life’s mission to celebrate her father’s legacy. Kathy Vara reported on NBC4 News on Wednesday, March 3, 2021.

Archive Video: This video was originally broadcast on March 3, 2016. George Holliday reflects on the night he recorded LAPD officers confront driver Rodney King in front of Holliday’s Lake View Terrace apartment in northeast LA. Editor’s Note: This video was originally published March 3, 2016, 25 years after the Rodney King beating was brought into the national view by...

Family members of Rodney King gathered in Altadena to watch the verdict and the ensuing violence. Archive Video: April 29, 1992

Rodney King sits down with NBC4’s Colleen Williams to discuss the 20 year anniversary of the LA Riots, which aired on NBC4’s News at 11 p.m. on April 27, 2012. King explains how he felt the days the verdicts were announced and why he didn’t read his lawyer’s statement during his famous “Can’t we all get along?” press...

An autopsy is set for Monday to determine the cause of Rodney King’s death. The man whose videotaped beating by police led to a re-defining of race relations in Los Angeles and across the U.S. was found Sunday morning at the bottom of his backyard swimming pool in Rialto. He was 47. Patrick Healy reports for the NBC4 News...

The Sony video camera used to record the March 3, 1991, beating of Rodney King by four Los Angeles police officers will be up for auction Thursday, with bidding set to start at $225,000. According to Nate D. Sanders Auctions, the camera comes with a notarized letter of authenticity by consignor George Holliday, who used it to record the beating…

As the tragic death of George Floyd brings the nation to a possible inflection point, take a moment to remember the small percentage of Black lives cut short. Each life was different, but in death nearly all share a tragic commonality.

In the aftermath of the 1992 L.A. riots, a 13-year-old boy wrote an essay for The New York Times about growing up black in America. Twenty-eight years later, he reflects on how racism has continued to shape his life.

The eerie similarities between two L.A. sports teams during the LA riots on April 29, 1992 will give you goosebumps.

Mike Moulin, a former Los Angeles police lieutenant who came under fire for failing to quell the first outbreak of rioting after the Rodney King beating verdict, has died. He was 70.

Twenty-five years later, watch NBC4 coverage of the riots that shook the city after the verdict for officers accused of beating Rodney King.

A former Los Angeles police sergeant who went to prison for beating black motorist Rodney King has been sentenced after pleading no contest to driving under the influence.

A former Los Angeles police sergeant who went to prison for his role in the beating of black motorist Rodney King has pleaded not guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol.

A former Los Angeles police sergeant who went to prison for his role in the beating of black motorist Rodney King is charged with driving under the influence of alcohol.

Members of the local Black Lives Matter organization Tuesday criticized Mayor Eric Garcetti’s selection of Los Angeles Police Department Assistant Chief Michel Moore as the department’s new chief.

The police chief becomes the target for criticism, so why does Assistant Chief Michel Moore want the job? Kim Baldonado reports for the NBC4 News on Tuesday, June 6, 2018.

On April 29, 1992, rioters took to the streets of Los Angeles, lighting fires, looting stores and causing mayhem after a jury acquitted four white Los Angeles Police Department officers of the videotaped beating of black motorist Rodney King.