Editing Rodney King (section)

==Early life==
Rodney Glen King was born in [[Sacramento, California]], on April 2, 1965, the son of Ronald and Odessa King. He and his four siblings grew up in [[Altadena, California]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Rodney King, L.A. police beating victim, dies|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/06/17/MN9T1P3FSA.DTL|access-date=June 25, 2018|newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle|date=June 18, 2012|first=Washington|last=Post}}</ref><ref name="Indy">{{cite news |title=Profile: An icon, anxious and shy: Rodney King – As he awaits a new trial of the police who beat him, Rodney King has become a hero, a demon, and a gold mine. |author=Phil Reeves |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/profile-an-icon-anxious-and-shy-rodney-king--as-he-awaits-a-new-trial-of-the-police-who-beat-him-rodney-king-has-become-a-hero-a-demon-and-a-gold-mine-phil-reeves-reports-1474406.html |newspaper=The Independent |date=February 21, 1993 |access-date=July 1, 2012 |location=London}}</ref> King attended [[John Muir High School]] and often talked about being inspired by his social science teacher, Robert E. Jones.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Riot Within: My Journey From Rebellion to Redemption|last=King|first=Rodney|publisher=Harper One|year=2012|pages=12–15}}</ref> King's father died in 1984<ref name="Tel o">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9337577/Rodney-King.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9337577/Rodney-King.html |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Obits, Rodney King|newspaper=The Telegraph|location=United Kingdom|date=June 17, 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref> at the age of 42.

On November 3, 1989, King robbed a store in [[Monterey Park, California]]. He threatened the Korean store owner with an iron bar. King then hit the store owner with a pole before fleeing the scene. King stole two hundred dollars in cash during the robbery. He was convicted and sentenced to two years' imprisonment. He was released on December 27, 1990, after serving one year in prison.<ref name="Indy"/>