Rodney King's brother stunned by his unexpected death

Los Angeles Times ^ | June 18, 2012 | 7:35 pm

[Olog-hai]

As authorities continue to probe the cause of Rodney King's death, family members said they are struggling with their sudden loss.

Rodney King’s youngest brother, Zhan Paul King, on Monday said his family is dealing with the loss “the best that we can."

He urged people to ignore rumors or innuendo and instead focus on his brother’s life of perseverance. “We appreciate all the support we’ve had over the years, and we’re going to need that support now," he said.

The family still is making funeral arrangements, though nothing has been finalized, he said.

Officials will not have a final cause of death for King until the completion of toxicology tests in six to eight weeks, San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman Jodi Miller said.

The toxicology tests and autopsy may determine if King, 47, suffered from an undiagnosed medical condition that caused him to lose consciousness or if he had been drinking or was under the influence of drugs. He was found Sunday morning in the pool of his Rialto home.

Police said King’s body showed no signs of trauma, and no traces of blood were found on the concrete pool deck or in the water.

Investigators are looking into reports by a next-door neighbor who said she heard a man sobbing uncontrollably in King's backyard shortly before a splash. …

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Unexpected?

[ElPatriota]

Gee... What should I say in a moment like this of such magnitude /s.... Such man deserves so much.. I have no words that could express my feeling... except perhaps...

FLUSH IT DOWN!!... next!

[Michael Barnes]

Kinda confused myself. Do we drink?

[Olog-hai]

The lib media never expected him to die, did they . . . ? Of course, being the leeches they are, they didn’t and don’t care.

[FlingWingFlyer]

I’m really surprised that the “black” cockeye didn’t show up on the Hill today wearing SCUBA tanks and flippers.

[Joe 6-pack]

I remember when Barry Bonds left the Pirates at the end of '92.

The joke in Pittsburgh at the time was that he was being traded to L.A. for a couple cops who could hit.

[Tax-chick]

“Zhan Paul King”? Good gravy ... if you’re going to use a foreign name, look up the correct spelling!

That aside, he didn’t know his brother drank and used drugs? Come on! I know my brother drinks.

[EyeGuy]

I’m just stunned that as a white Christian male, I haven’t somehow been blamed for his death.....

[Repeat Offender]

The joke in Pittsburgh at the time was that he was being traded to L.A. for a couple cops who could hit.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[FixitGuy]

Really took a long time for that beating to take effect.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Rodney King's brother stunned by his unexpected death

I'd be stunned by my own unexpected death, too. Wouldn't you?

[ETL]

The 1992 LA/Rodney King riots were instigated by the Revolutionary Communist Party...

From David Horowitz's FrontpageMag.com /DiscoverTheNetworks.org:

"Throughout its history, one of RCP's [Revolutionary Communist Party] principal objectives has been to foment civil unrest in the United States. The most notable example of such efforts occurred on April 29, 1992, when RCP members looted and trashed the downtown and government districts of Los Angeles, triggering the infamous Rodney King riots. During the days immediately preceding the violence, RCP -- which maintained close ties to the L.A. gangs known as the Crips and the Bloods -- had circulated throughout South Central Los Angeles a leaflet featuring a statement by RCP National Spokesman Carl Dix, titled 'It's Right To Rebel' -- a quote popularized by Mao Zedong.

Encouraged by Dix, RCP activists helped lead the riots that would leave 58 people dead, more than 2,300 people injured, some 5,300 buildings burned, and $1 billion in property damaged or destroyed. On the ten-year anniversary of the rioting, RCP member Joseph Veale fondly recalled the violence as 'the most beautiful, the most heroic civil action in the history of the United States.'"
http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6197
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Here's the original source for the Van Jones quote about the time he spent in jail following the Rodney King/LA riots (Jones was arrested in "peaceful" protests in San Fran). It was in a 2005 interview he did with East Bay Express. They of course (what else?) claim he "renounced his rowdy Black Nationalist ways" since then (yet he's calling for "complete revolution" in Aug 2009! ...):

But in jail, he said, "I met all these young radical people of color -- I mean really radical, communists and anarchists. And it was, like, 'This is what I need to be a part of.'" Although he already had a plane ticket, he decided to stay in San Francisco. "I spent the next ten years of my life working with a lot of those people I met in jail, trying to be a revolutionary." In the months that followed, he let go of any lingering thoughts that he might fit in with the status quo. "I was a rowdy nationalist on April 28th, and then the verdicts came down on April 29th," he said. "By August, I was a communist."

http://www.eastbayexpress.com/gyrobase/the-new-face-of-environmentalism/Content?oid=1079539&showFullText=true

[ETL]

Maxine Waters on the Los Angeles riots of 1992 (Rodney King riots):

"[Maxine] Waters has been criticized for her comments regarding the Los Angeles riots of 1992. In defense of the people that looted stores and damaged property, Waters said 'If you call it a riot it sounds like it was just a bunch of crazy people who went out and did bad things for no reason. I maintain it was somewhat understandable, if not acceptable. So I call it a rebellion.'[5] She also said it was 'a spontaneous reaction to a lot of injustice' and 'The anger in my district is righteous. I'm just as angry as they are.' She responded to the mass looting of Korean-owned stores by saying: 'There were mothers who took this as an opportunity to take some milk, to take some bread, to take some shoes. They are not crooks. Everybody in the street was not a thug or a hood.'"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxine_Waters#Los_Angeles_riots_of_1992
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"The RCP [Revolutionary Communist Party] upheld the 1992 sometimes-violent unrest in Los Angeles and nationally as a 'rebellion' in the aftermath of the Rodney King verdicts. Then-LAPD chief Daryl Gates alleged that the RCP was involved in the 'riots'. Los Angeles has long been one of the RCP's larger and more active branches. William 'Mobile' Shaw was a local leader who recently passed and received public commendation from the party."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutionary_Communist_Party%2C_USA
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"I maintain it was somewhat understandable, if not acceptable. So I call it a rebellion."--Maxine Waters

[Lancey Howard]

This thug had a pool?

[jocon307]

I was really shocked to find out how young he was.

I pretty much thought King was 47 back in the infamous day.

When hubby said he had died I was about to ask, so what was he, about 65? when hubby said he was 47!

He must have really lived a hard, dissolute life, it really aged him before his time.

[ETL]

He clearly appeared to be in his late 20s, early 30s at the time.

[Blado]

[50sDad]

My thoughts exactly. Kinda like the "unexpected uptick in unemployment". I mean, didn't everyone on the damn planet see this coming?

"Cause of Death"? Too damn much of other people's money given to a drug-addicted idiot who was once so strung out on PCP that he attacked cops and wouldn't stay down.

[50sDad]

This thug had a pool?

OPM Syndrome. (Other People's Money)