Culture: How Rodney King’s beating reportedly led to his engagement
- 1991 Rodney King is brutally beaten by a bunch of police officers. It’s caught on tape.
- 1992 An initial not guilty verdict in his police brutality case sparks off the L.A. riots.
- 1994 After winning a $3.8 million civil suit, he briefly dates one of the jurors in the case.
- 2010 On a hunch, he calls the juror to say hello; now they’re reportedly engaged. source