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Rodney King

ロドニー・キング　/　ろどにー・きんぐ

American author

April 2, 1965 – June 17, 2012　・　Sacramento, California, United States

California
author
activist
taxi driver

My Take

I hesitate to call Rodney King a celebrity; history made him a symbol against his will. What stays with me is not the 1991 footage, brutal as it was, but his question during the 1992 unrest — can we all get along — spoken by the one person with every right to rage. He spent his remaining years as an author and activist, trying to turn his pain into something instructive while wrestling openly with his own struggles. That honesty moves me more than polish ever could. His life poses an uncomfortable question I think we still have not answered, which is exactly why his name belongs in the record.

Overview

Rodney Glen King (April 2, 1965 – June 17, 2012) was an African American victim of police brutality. On March 3, 1991, he was severely beaten by officers of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) during his arrest after a high speed pursuit for driving while intoxicated on Interstate 210.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Rodney King
Name (Japanese): ロドニー・キング
Reading: ろどにー・きんぐ
Born: April 2, 1965 – June 17, 2012
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aries / Snake
Origin: Sacramento, California, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: author / activist / taxi driver

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: John Muir High School
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%89%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0

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