LAist is part of Southern California Public Radio (SCPR), a member-supported public media network. Hear our news on-air at our partner site:
This is an archival story that predates current editorial management.
This archival content was written, edited, and published prior to LAist's acquisition by its current owner, Southern California Public Radio ("SCPR"). Content, such as language choice and subject matter, in archival articles therefore may not align with SCPR's current editorial standards. To learn more about those standards and why we make this distinction, please click here.
Just one day ahead of the 20th anniversary of his infamous and incendiary videotaped beating by Los Angeles Police Department officers, Rodney King found himself being pulled over and cited.
The story was first reported late yesterday by gossip site TMZ, who say police in Arcadia "received a complaint about a man driving recklessly in a green Mitsubishi Tuesday afternoon ... and when they located the vehicle, they saw King behind the wheel."
King was pulled over, and he admitted his license had expired, for which he was issued a citation.
However, Arcadia Patch sees a couple of holes in TMZ's story: "Lt. Roy Nakamura of the Arcadia Police Department could not confirm it was the same Rodney King involved in the 1991 beating." Plus, they add, while TMZ says this happened Tuesday, "Lt. Nakamura said King was pulled over Wednesday afternoon at about 4:16 p.m."