Rodney King funeral to be held today

Rodney King, an African American whose beating by white Los Angeles police officers sparked riots in 1992, will be laid to rest after a public memorial service in the Hollywood Hills today, Reuters reported. The 47-year-old King was found dead in his swimming pool on June 17.

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The public funeral was planned for 2 p.m. at the Forest Lawn Hall of Liberty, where pop star Michael Jackson was privately mourned by friends and family in 2009, Reuters reported.

King’s three daughters and his fiancée, Cynthia Kelly, who was one of the jurors in his civil trial, were expected to attend the funeral, Reuters reported.

The Revs. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson were scheduled to speak, according to the Los Angeles Times. Screenwriter and producer Deidra Wayans and radio host Margaret Prescod also planned to deliver speeches, along with King’s family and friends.

In a statement, Sharpton said King "represented the anti-police brutality and anti-racial profiling movement of our time," the Associated Press reported.

After the four LAPD officers who’d been filmed beating King following a high-speed car chase on Mar. 3, 1991 were acquitted in 1992, young Los Angelenos rioted, Reuters reported. King appeared on television to calm the situation, pleading, “Can’t we all get along?”

King, who suffered brain damage in the beating, later won $3.8 million in damages from the city of Los Angeles in a civil trial, according to the LA Times. However, he struggled with his notoriety and, in April, he said he had run out of money.

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