King's daughter was just 7 when her father was beaten bloody by the Los Angeles Police Department. ( Matt Sayles / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ) Rodney King displays scars on his arm where he was tazered by police who were filmed beating him on a Los Angeles street in 1991. ( EI Scan ) Rodney King's daughter Lora King, 32, stands shoulder-to-shoulder with a group of LAPD officers as they meet with a group of young people who have had their own run-ins with police at a meeting of the Los Angeles Conservation Corps, which provides at-risk youth with job training, education and work. ( Reed Saxon / The Associated Press )LOS ANGELES—Rodney King’s daughter was just 7 when her father was beaten bloody by officers from the Los Angeles Police Department. She was eating breakfast when it came on the morning news — video footage showing LAPD officers kicking and hitting her unarmed father dozens of times with batons.

Source: thestar September 17, 2016 22:23 UTC