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Los Angeles (AFP) - Three decades ago, a bystander's grainy video of US police officers savagely beating a motorist eventually led to their trial. Their acquittal a year later for the attack on Rodney King set Los Angeles ablaze, as anger over police violence erupted across the city, with riots that left dozens dead and wrought $1 billion in damage. Now the United States is once again bracing for fury with the release of footage of five Memphis policemen pummeling 29-year-old Tyre Nichols. He died of his injuries three days later on January 10. The five, all of whom are Black, have been fired...
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Washington (AFP) - Best-selling author Stephen King is horrified by an upcoming merger of major book publishers. The 75-year-old author of "Carrie," "The Shining" and scores of other books, appeared in a Washington court on Tuesday to testify against the acquisition of his long-time publisher, Simon & Schuster, by Penguin Random House. The "King of Horror" is the Justice Department's star witness in its anti-trust case opposing the merger. He introduced himself to the court by saying "My name is Stephen King. I'm a freelance writer," prompting laughter. "I came because I think that consolidati...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Black and Asian community leaders gathered in Los Angeles on Friday to mark 30 years since the US city was engulfed in violence in the wake of the acquittal of four police officers for the brutal beating of Rodney King. Dozens died and a billion dollars of damage were wrought as anger flared across the multi-ethnic city following the verdicts, which came despite graphic footage of the assault on the Black motorist. "My late father, Rodney King, became synonymous with police brutality to some people. But our family remembers him as a human being -- not a symbol," Lora King, ...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - A multi-ethnic group of Los Angeles community leaders will gather on Friday, marking 30 years since their city was engulfed in a wave of violence following the acquittal of white police officers for the beating of Rodney King, a Black man. The deadly 1992 Los Angeles riots inflamed deep-seated tensions across America's second largest city, as fury in the Black community at racial injustice boiled over and Korean-American and other immigrant shopkeepers bore the brunt of the carnage. "There's nothing romantic, nothing enticing, nothing beautiful about celebrating what happen...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Joe Exotic is behind bars but Netflix has forged ahead with "Tiger King 2," a follow-up to the early-pandemic TV phenomenon, which has already spawned a legal battle before its release Wednesday. The sequel series catches up via phone with an aggrieved Exotic, the mullet-wearing zookeeper and big-cat aficionado who was jailed for ordering a hit on animal sanctuary owner Carole Baskin. "There's an innocent man in prison," says Exotic in the trailer. "Everybody from the zoo is out there making money and I'm paying the price for every one of them people." While Exotic's 22-yea...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - "King Richard" plots the improbable rise of Serena and Venus Williams, from training on crumbling, gang-riddled Compton tennis courts to becoming all-time sporting greats. The movie could soon cap another unlikely journey, with former "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" star Will Smith heavily tipped to win his first Oscar for best actor, as their larger-than-life father, coach and manager. Smith "fell in love with Richard Williams" two decades ago, after watching him leap to 14-year-old daughter Venus's defense in an interview with an overly insistent journalist. "The look of Venus'...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - A follow-up to "Tiger King," the documentary series that captivated millions around the world in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, will be released this year, Netflix said Thursday. The original series followed "Joe Exotic," a gay, mullet-wearing private zookeeper who ruled over a menagerie of big cats, wacky employees and misfit lovers, but ended up in prison for attempted murder. It was watched by 64 million households in its first four weeks alone after its March 2020 premiere. "Tiger King 2" promises "more madness and mayhem," with a trailer featuring Exotic appa...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - The iconic talk show host Larry King, one of the most recognizable figures on US television as he interviewed everyone who was anyone over a career spanning 60 years, died Saturday at the age of 87. The company he co-founded, Ora Media, did not state a cause of death but media reports said King had been battling Covid-19 for weeks and had suffered several health problems in recent years. King, with his trademark suspenders, black rim glasses and deep voice, was best known for a 25-year run as a talk show host on CNN's "Larry King Live." "For 63 years and across the platfor...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - The iconic TV and radio broadcaster Larry King, who interviewed anyone worth interviewing over a career spanning six decades, died Saturday at the age of 87. The company he co-founded, Ora Media, did not state a cause of death but media reports said King had been battling Covid-19 for weeks and had suffered several health problems in recent years. King, with his trademark suspenders and black rim glasses, was best known for a 25-year run as a talk show host on CNN's "Larry King Live." "For 63 years and across the platforms of radio, television and digital media, Larry's ma...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Jennifer King will become the first full-time Black female coach in the NFL's history when the Washington Football Team promotes her to offensive assistant, US media reported Thursday night. King, who played for three professional women's gridiron teams including the D.C. Divas, has spent the past season as an intern with Washington, helping out with the club's running backs. She also worked as an intern in 2018 and 2019 with the Carolina Panthers, and was the assistant receivers coach for the defunct Arizona Hotshots of the Alliance of American Football. Before joining Wa...
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