RIALTO, California (CNN) — Rodney King, whose 1991 police beating sparked widespread rioting in Los Angeles and other U.S. cities, was recovering Thursday after being slightly wounded by gunfire…Sgt. Don Lewis said King was grazed on his face, arms, back and torso. The wounds were superficial. A shotgun was believed to have been the weapon used.
Damn Rodney! When are you going to lay off the Crack!
I love how he rode his bicycle home after getting shot. Something tells me that he really didn’t want to get the Police involved.
29/11/2007 at 5:10 pm Permalink
**Rodney King Update**
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Southern California police said 1991 police beating victim Rodney King has been shot, but the wounds are not life-threatening.
Rialto police Sgt. Don Lewis told the Riverside Press-Enterprise that King was hit in the face and arm by shotgun pellets on a San Bernardino street corner Wednesday night. He bicycled to his home in Rialto to call police and was taken to a hospital.
Police said when they arrived at the home, King and others there appeared drunk and few were cooperative in providing information.
San Bernardino police Lt. Scott Paterson tells the San Bernardino County Sun that the shooting may have involved a domestic dispute.
29/11/2007 at 5:12 pm Permalink
I read about this too. Evidently Rodney can’t stay away from trouble. I think i read back in 04 he was arrested for driving while under the influence of PCP.
All I can think of is that scene in Friday with Smokey and the Chicken Coup…… I guess that shit really happens in da hood.
Worst of all you would think someone with such a big windfall would clean up their act and live right. Instead of using PCP and getting shot at with bird shot (not mentioned in this article but it was in the one i read) over domestic disputes.
30/11/2007 at 9:12 am Permalink
You have to wonder how many times he has gotten the response, “Ha, Ha really funny… but seriously what’s your real name?” when he meets new people.
If he was a professional wrestler he could go by the following names:
- Riot Starter
- Burner of LA
30/11/2007 at 1:35 pm Permalink
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day….
Teach him that you can get rich by getting the shit knocked out of you for committing a crime and he will commit crimes for life.
30/11/2007 at 2:13 pm Permalink
Evidently that is very true in this case.