RODNEY KING HELD BY POLICE IN DRUG, EXPOSURE INCIDENT.Byline: David Bradvica Staff Writer POMONA - Rodney King Rodney Glen King (born April 9, 1965 in Fort Worth, Texas) is an African-American taxicab driver who was beaten by Los Angeles Police Department officers (Laurence Powell, Timothy Wind, Theodore Briseno and Sargent Stacey Koon) after being chased for speeding. was taken into custody Saturday afternoon after visitors to a park complained of his erratic behavior, his second run-in with the law in a little more than a month, authorities said. King, whose videotaped beating by police officers led to the 1992 Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. riots, was held on suspicion of being under the influence of PCP PCP abbr. 1. phencyclidine 2. primary care physician Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) and indecent exposure indecent exposure n. the crime of displaying one's genitalia to one or more other people in a public place, usually with the apparent intent to shock the unsuspecting viewer and give the exposer a sexual charge. . Officers responded to the park after receiving a report that King was bothering people, jumping on an ice chest and exposing himself to others in the park, authorities said. The callers identified King as the alleged culprit because he told them his name, said Pomona police Lt. Dave Keetle. King, 36, of Altadena, was taken into custody after a traffic stop and transported to a local hospital, where he remained until he could be medically cleared for booking into Pomona City Jail. |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion