He later married Danetta Lyles (cousin to rapper Mack 10) and had a daughter. King had a daughter with his girlfriend, Carmen Simpson. He was released on December 27, 1990, after serving one year in prison. He was caught, convicted, and sentenced to two years' imprisonment. King stole two hundred dollars in cash during the robbery. King then hit the store owner with a pole before fleeing the scene. He threatened the Korean store owner with an iron bar. On November 3, 1989, King robbed a store in Monterey Park, California. King's father died in 1984 at the age of 42. King attended John Muir High School and often talked about being inspired by his social science teacher, Robert E. He and his four siblings grew up in Altadena, California. King was born in Sacramento, California, in 1965, the son of Ronald and Odessa King.
#INFAMOUS 2 WALLPAPER TRIAL#
6 Federal civil rights trial of officers.4.2 Charges against police officers and trial.In a separate civil lawsuit in 1994, a jury found the city of Los Angeles liable and awarded King $3.8 million in damages. The other two were acquitted of the charges. Their trial in a federal district court ended in April 1993, with two of the officers being found guilty and sentenced to serve prison terms. The federal government prosecuted a separate civil rights case, obtaining grand jury indictments of the four officers for violations of King's civil rights. The rioting lasted six days and killed 63 people, with 2,383 more injured it ended only after the California Army National Guard, the Army, and the Marine Corps provided reinforcements to re-establish control. Within hours of the acquittals, the 1992 Los Angeles riots started, sparked by outrage among racial minorities over the trial's verdict and related, longstanding social issues. Of these, three were acquitted, and the jury failed to reach a verdict on one charge for the fourth. įour officers were eventually tried on charges of use of excessive force. He said he was scared for his life as they drew down on him. He described how he had knelt, spread his hands out, and slowly tried to move so as not to make any "stupid moves", being hit across the face by a billy club and shocked. On his release, he spoke to reporters from his wheelchair, with his injuries evident: a broken right leg in a cast, his face badly cut and swollen, bruises on his body, and a burn area to his chest where he had been jolted with a stun gun. In our review, we find that officers struck him with batons between fifty-three and fifty-six times." The LAPD initially charged King with "felony evading", but later dropped the charge. The incident was covered by news media around the world and caused a public furor.Īt a press conference, announcing the four officers involved would be disciplined, and three would face criminal charges, Los Angeles police chief Daryl Gates said: "We believe the officers used excessive force taking him into custody. The footage showed an unarmed King on the ground being beaten after initially evading arrest. An uninvolved individual, George Holliday, filmed the incident from his nearby balcony and sent the footage to local news station KTLA. On March 3, 1991, King was beaten by LAPD officers during his arrest, after a high-speed chase, for driving while intoxicated on I-210. I’ll give my PlayStations away before I’ll spend another dime on Sony products that can just be stolen away, and not be returned to me even though Sony has the ability to help - they just won’t.Rodney Glen King (April 2, 1965 – June 17, 2012) was an African-American man who was a victim of police brutality. What do you think the odds are they I will buy another one next year? I’ve had one for 4 years now - and guess what - if Sony can’t reactivate my console for me I’m done with Sony.
#INFAMOUS 2 WALLPAPER PLUS#
So now I am stuck with a PlayStation Plus subscription that will expire before I can use it again. So I contacted support, who told me that I would have to wait six months to deactivate and reactivate the consoles. When I went to try and deactivate it on the website I was told “You have deactivated your devices recently and cannot use this feature at this time.” When I got my account back, and went to use it - I was told my PS could not be activated because I already had 2 activated. Whomever stole my account, also deactivated my PlayStations. My account got hacked one way or another. I am very upset and disappointed with Sony’s inability and/or willingness to help customers.