Rodney King简介: Rodney Glen King (born April 2, 1965) is an American best known for his involvement in a police brutality case involving the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) on March 3, 1991.

roit: n. 暴乱；放纵；蔓延
vi. 骚乱；放荡
vt. 浪费，挥霍
Many of you might not know the name Rodney King. Back in 1991, not a lot of other people did either. But that changed after something that happened twenty years ago today. King led Los Angeles police on a high speed chase. The video of what happened when he was caught got attention across the country. A man nearby took this video, which shows the police beating Rodney King. He was arrested, but later released without being charged. And a little more than a year later, four of the officers were acquitted of beating King. The ruling caused racial tensions and set off a week-long riot in L.A. that left 55 people dead. Don Lemon recently sat down with Rodney King to talk about some of the struggles he's gone through over the past two decades and what his life is like now.