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  • Rodney King wants to be remembered as a peacemaker

    09/19/2004 2:59:37 PM PDT · by SmithL · 67 replies · 1,272+ views
    AP ^ | 9/19
    Rodney King says he doesn't want to be remembered as the person who started the Los Angeles riots in 1992. King's videotaped beating by police shocked the nation. He uttered his famous plea, "Can we all get along?" as the riots raged after four white police officers were acquitted of his beating. The riots left 55 people dead and $1 billion in property damage in Los Angeles. "I'd like to be remembered for the person who threw water on the whole thing. Part of the solution, you know?" he said in an interview published Sunday in The New York Times....