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Rodney King, whose beating led to LA riots, dies


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LOS ANGELES — After his beating by police stunned the nation and a jury’s decision not to hold them responsible sparked a deadly race riot that left Los Angeles smoldering, Rodney King in a quavering voice pleaded on national television for peace while…