LA riots beating victim Rodney King found dead at bottom of pool

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Rodney King, whose beating by police in 1991 sparked one of the worst urban riots in United States (US) history, was found dead in his swimming pool early on Sunday. He was 47.

Police officers dived into the pool, still wearing their uniforms, to recover the body of the man who became a symbol of racial tensions and police brutality in America after his beating by baton-wielding Los Angeles (LA) police was caught on camera.

Police Captain Randy Deanda told AFP that King was found 'unresponsive' at the bottom of the pool at his home in Rialto, California after a call from his fiancee Cynthia Kelley.

He did not respond to resuscitation efforts from police and firefighters, and was pronounced dead at the Arrowhead Regional Medical Centre.