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): Billy Dean • Bo Callaway • David Heyes • Debralee Scott • Gelindo Bordin • Gloria Henry • Guy Fréquelin • James Vance (comics) • Kenneth Tynan • Leon Wilkeson • Menachem Mendel Schneerson • Pablo Aguilar (footballer, born 1987) • Paul Cohen • Prince George of Denmark • Émile Zola

Born in the same month (April 1965): Alexandre Jardin • Alison Lapper • Chi Onwurah • Daniela Costian • Michel Bussi • Mihai Stoica • Suge Knight • Tim Alexander • Tom Dey • Yves-François Blanchet