Rodney King, 47, the man whose 1991 beating by L.A. police was surreptitiously videotaped by a witness, and eventually led to the trial of his assailants, was found dead in his swimming pool Sunday. There are at this time no reported indications of foul play. King’s case was made famous by the acquittal of the accused officers, which engendered such rage in his supporters, that it sparked the L.A. riots. A look in photos at his case, and other shocking acquittals.

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