{"id":52854,"date":"2012-06-19T15:16:35","date_gmt":"2012-06-19T13:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=52854"},"modified":"2012-06-19T15:16:35","modified_gmt":"2012-06-19T13:16:35","slug":"r-i-p-rodney-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/r-i-p-rodney-king\/","title":{"rendered":"R.I.P. Rodney King"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rodney King, whose beating by Los Angeles police in 1991 was caught on camera and sparked riots after the acquittal of the four officers involved, was found dead in his swimming pool Sunday, authorities and his fiancee said. He was 47.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read more about the importance of Rodney King for African Americans here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rodney King, whose beating by Los Angeles police in 1991 was caught on camera and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t