Rodney King Dead at 47

Rodney King, the man who was at the center of the Los Angeles riots in the 1992, was found dead this morning. He was 47.

King was the victim of police brutality at the hands of the LAPD in 1991. The officers involved in the incident were acquitted the following year and the announcement of the verdict led to the Los Angeles riots.

According to TMZ's sources, King's fiancée found him dead at the bottom of a pool.

RIP Rodney King.

Via TMZ