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Rodney King Charged With DUI, PCP Use
Associated Press ^
| May 15, 2003
Posted on 05/15/2003 12:41:06 AM PDT by Timesink
May 15, 2003
Rodney King Charged With DUI, PCP Use
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 3:27 a.m. ET
RIALTO, Calif. (AP) -- Rodney King, whose videotaped beating at the hands of Los Angeles police led to widespread riots more than a decade ago, was charged with three misdemeanor counts stemming from an April car crash, police said Wednesday.
King, 39, of Rialto, was under the influence of PCP when he drove through a Rialto intersection at more than 100 mph, lost control of his sport utility vehicle and slammed into a power pole, Sgt. Paul Wing said.
Wing said King was charged by San Bernardino County prosecutors with a single count each of driving under the influence, using PCP and reckless driving. Neither King nor officials at the county district attorney's office could be reached by The Press-Enterprise in Riverside for comment late Wednesday.
Wing said toxicology tests showed ``significant amounts'' of PCP in King's system after the April 13 crash.
Following the crash, King was treated at a hospital and released. King will remain free on his own recognizance until his arraignment, set for sometime in June in Fontana Superior Court.
King, who is black, was chased by police through the San Fernando Valley in 1991 and was captured on videotape being beaten by four white officers. After their acquittals in 1992, riots broke out and lasted four days, leaving 55 dead and more than 2,000 injured. The mayhem caused $1 billion in property damage.
King received a $3.8 million settlement from the city of Los Angeles in 1994.
King has had several convictions since. He was convicted of spouse abuse in 1999 in San Bernardino County and was sentenced to 90 days in jail and four years probation. In October 2001, King pleaded no contest to three counts of being under the influence of PCP and a count of indecent exposure. A judge gave him a year in a drug treatment center, even though a prosecutor argued King should spend a year in county jail.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: pcp; rodneyking
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Can't we all just get a bong?
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posted on
05/15/2003 12:41:06 AM PDT
by
Timesink
To: Timesink
LOL! He was lucky he didn't kill someone.
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posted on
05/15/2003 12:41:51 AM PDT
by
goldstategop
( In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: Timesink
GOOD shot!
But, what the hey, this is just 'Dog Bites Man' re-re-redux.
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posted on
05/15/2003 12:43:02 AM PDT
by
SAJ
To: Timesink
Rufus Confucious say:
"Man out of ghetto, ghetto not out of man"
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posted on
05/15/2003 1:07:40 AM PDT
by
Az Joe
To: Timesink
Rufus Confucious say:
"Man out of ghetto, ghetto not out of man"
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posted on
05/15/2003 1:07:40 AM PDT
by
Az Joe
To: Timesink
Rufus Confucious say:
"Man out of ghetto, ghetto not out of man"
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posted on
05/15/2003 1:07:40 AM PDT
by
Az Joe
To: goldstategop
I don't think Rodney King will ever see the inside of a prison cell, no matter what he does.
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posted on
05/15/2003 1:08:41 AM PDT
by
Mark17
To: Az Joe
LOL, did you sneeze, and accidently hit the button 3 times?
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posted on
05/15/2003 1:10:18 AM PDT
by
Mark17
To: Timesink
I be not done it. Da be framin me.
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posted on
05/15/2003 1:11:27 AM PDT
by
noutopia
To: Timesink
$3.8million and he can't afford a chauffer? What's Kato doing these days?
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posted on
05/15/2003 1:12:38 AM PDT
by
weegee
(NO BLOOD FOR RATINGS: CNN let human beings be tortured and killed to keep their Baghdad bureau open)
To: weegee
If I came into obscene wealth, I'd always live humbly. I wouldn't let my fortune get to my head since I know my values.
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posted on
05/15/2003 1:17:56 AM PDT
by
goldstategop
( In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: Mark17
He can always sic Johnny Cochran on the LAPD.
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posted on
05/15/2003 1:18:34 AM PDT
by
goldstategop
( In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: Timesink
King, who is black, repeatedly stupid, a wife beater, a drug abuser, and so typical of his community is so lucky Jason Blair should do a human interest story on him.
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posted on
05/15/2003 1:24:29 AM PDT
by
RWG
To: RWG
Yup. I can't imagine a white felon receiving star treatment. Can you?
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posted on
05/15/2003 1:27:03 AM PDT
by
goldstategop
( In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: Timesink
Is this not 3 strikes for this waste of skin?
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posted on
05/15/2003 1:30:34 AM PDT
by
noutopia
To: Timesink
Can't we all just get a bong some batons?
To: Timesink
Rush once said that Teddy Kennedy and Rodney King should run for President and VP. Their campaign slogan could be "You drink, and i'll drive."
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posted on
05/15/2003 1:48:50 AM PDT
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
("Read Hillary's hips. I never had sex with that woman.")
To: goldstategop
Yup. I can't imagine a white felon receiving star treatment. Can you?
Well, there was clinton and like so many other black and other minority criminals they proved, with the help of the courts, that crime does pay. rodney just didn't have a good enough lawyer, 3.8 million and the clintons got how much? Of course, oj hit the jackpot, 2 dead and golf for life.
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posted on
05/15/2003 2:01:31 AM PDT
by
RWG
To: Timesink
You can't keep a good man down ... and you can't keep a bad man up (with apologies to Heidi Fleiss!)
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posted on
05/15/2003 2:06:56 AM PDT
by
The Duke
To: noutopia
I be not done it. Da be framin me It's those kind of comments that you and your close friends laugh at but continue to hold this party back.
Get lost.
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