Rodney King

Rodney Glen King was an African American man who was a victim of police brutality. On March 3, 1991, he was severely beaten by officers of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) during his arrest after a high speed pursuit for driving while intoxicated on the I-210. An uninvolved resident, George Holliday, saw and filmed the incident from his nearby balcony and sent the footage, which showed the unarmed King on the ground being beaten after initially evading arrest, to local news station KTLA. The incident was covered by news media around the world and caused a public uproar.

2 April 1965

Born on the same birth day (2 April): Adam Fleming (journalist) • Ayako Okamoto • Carlos Salcido • Clément Ader • Diana Shnaider • Dillon Bassett • Dovid Shmidel • Erastus Brigham Bigelow • Eyal Berkovic • Harald Andersson • Iván Persa • Jack Stokes (director) • Jonathon Sharkey • Michael Stone (loyalist) • Mike Gascoyne • Paquita la del Barrio • Pattie Mallette • Zach Bryan • Zack Steffen

Born in the same month (April 1965): Daniela Costian • Helen Alfredsson • John Henson (puppeteer) • Mark Bryant (basketball) • Steven Blaney • Suge Knight • Yves-François Blanchet