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Rodney King shot in San Bernardino
The Press-Enterprise ^ | 29 NOV 07 | By PAUL LAROCCO

Posted on 11/29/2007 11:40:03 AM PST by DCBryan1

Rodney King shot in San Bernardino

10:41 AM PST on Thursday, November 29, 2007

By PAUL LAROCCO
The Press-Enterprise

Rodney King was apparently shot and wounded on a San Bernardino street corner late Wednesday night before biking home to Rialto to report the incident, police said.

King, the 42-year-old man who gained national fame when his 1991 beating by Los Angeles police was caught on videotape, called Rialto police at 11:39 p.m. to report the shooting, said Sgt. Don Lewis.

He had been struck in the face and arm with a shotgun, Lewis said. King reported that the shooting occurred at 5th Street and Meridian Avenue in San Bernardino, just east of the Rialto city line.

After police arrived at King's Jackson Street home, King and others inside appeared intoxicated, Lewis said, and few were cooperative in providing information.

Rialto officers contacted San Bernardino police to take over the investigation. King was then taken to a local hospital, where his condition is unknown this morning. The wounds were not believed to be life-threatening, Lewis said.

No further information on what caused the shooting was available. Since gaining his fame, King has had several brushes with Inland police agencies, most recently a 2005 arrest on suspicion of domestic violence.

Reach Paul LaRocco at 909-806-3064 or plarocco@PE.com


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; US: California
KEYWORDS: beathimagain; beating; black; deservesabeatdown; getalong; gettinalong; keepingitreal; king; lariots; losangeles; notgettingalong; riotalert; rodney; rodneyking; shooting; shot; stillnotright
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1 posted on 11/29/2007 11:40:05 AM PST by DCBryan1
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To: DCBryan1

Don’t Shoot Me Bro!


2 posted on 11/29/2007 11:41:38 AM PST by sam_paine (X .................................)
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To: DCBryan1

Why couldn’t they just get along?


3 posted on 11/29/2007 11:41:54 AM PST by Bertha Fanation
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To: sam_paine

ROFLMAO...you owe me a keyboard. Post of the day!


4 posted on 11/29/2007 11:42:10 AM PST by DCBryan1 (Arm Pilots&Teachers. Build the Wall. Export Illegals. Profile Muslims.Kill all child molesters RFN!)
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To: DCBryan1

A good time for SoCal LE to be proactive and go on tactical alert. Rumors will be flying about the shooter.


5 posted on 11/29/2007 11:42:33 AM PST by Fitzcarraldo
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To: DCBryan1

To paraphrase his ‘91 comments, he’s apparently still having problems getting along.


6 posted on 11/29/2007 11:42:42 AM PST by MplsSteve
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To: DCBryan1
OJ??????
7 posted on 11/29/2007 11:42:50 AM PST by Young Werther (Julius Caesar (Quae Cum Ita Sunt. Since these things are so.))
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To: DCBryan1

I guess I would want a drink if I just got shot in the face and still had a mouth. ... but ...

can’t we all just get along?


8 posted on 11/29/2007 11:42:56 AM PST by RolandBurnam (I'm formin' a posse to round up some illegal aliens. Who's with me?)
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To: DCBryan1

lovemanship


9 posted on 11/29/2007 11:43:20 AM PST by steveo (Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.)
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To: DCBryan1
After police arrived at King's Jackson Street home, King and others inside appeared intoxicated, Lewis said, and few were cooperative in providing information.

"So we tasered the lot of them", said the officer.

10 posted on 11/29/2007 11:43:20 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (The broken wall, the burning roof and tower. And Agamemnon dead.)
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11 posted on 11/29/2007 11:44:11 AM PST by redrunner (We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." --Sir Winston Churchill)
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To: DCBryan1

Just another law abiding citizen who has had his 40th run-in with law enforcement.


12 posted on 11/29/2007 11:44:20 AM PST by ElkGroveDan (If Rudy's an influential conservative, then I'm an award winning concert pianist.)
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‘After police arrived at King’s Jackson Street home, King and others inside appeared intoxicated, Lewis said, and few were cooperative in providing information. ‘

I’ve heard, and read, this moron has been stopped, found to be drunk and driving, and RELEASED a half dozen times since the so called ‘uprising’.

What a idiot.


13 posted on 11/29/2007 11:44:21 AM PST by Badeye (Free Willie!)
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To: DCBryan1

I wonder if there will be another riot.


14 posted on 11/29/2007 11:45:35 AM PST by Rome2000 (Peace is not an option)
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To: DCBryan1
He had been struck in the face and arm with a shotgun

DICK CHENEY???
15 posted on 11/29/2007 11:45:39 AM PST by this is my name not yours (Free speech is the escape valve that keeps some people from picking up a rifle.)
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To: Rodney King

Dude!

Are you all right?


16 posted on 11/29/2007 11:45:59 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
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"...He had been struck in the face and arm with a shotgun..."

you mean shot right?

rodney king -beacon of the left /sarc

17 posted on 11/29/2007 11:46:11 AM PST by robomatik
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To: DCBryan1

Another 15 minutes of fame? Spare me!


18 posted on 11/29/2007 11:46:23 AM PST by JimRed ("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?" TERM LIMITS, NOW!)
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To: DCBryan1

I’ll wait until the video comes out.


19 posted on 11/29/2007 11:46:53 AM PST by Spok
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To: Rodney King

Are you okay?


20 posted on 11/29/2007 11:47:16 AM PST by Constitution Day (Everything was fine until membership lost its privileges)
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