Four policemen were chareged with accessive use of force, three were acquited, while the 4th the jury was unable reach a verdict.
That in turn ignighted the riots in L.A.
On Father's Day, June 17, 2012, King's partner, Cynthia Kelley, found him dead underwater at the bottom of his swimming pool at the age of 47. King died 28 years to the day after his father, Ronald King, was found dead in his bathtub in 1984.