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I By all accounts, King,_ 25, does not . Su bmt ltln g Offlc •: Los Ange:hes
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PASADENA - Although they never served a year in prison after pleading II
have met, Rodney King and Michael guilty to the November 1989 armed rob-
Zinzun both are haunted by vivid recol- bery of a Monterey Park grocery store. I MAR 2 3 1991
lections of violent clashes with police. While in prison, he wrote a letter tol
However,· they are seeking j:ustice in Pasadena Superior Court Judge_ Lilli9;n,\ FBI- LOS ANGELES {/
I d~i~~~~'wa~~~sadena activist who won ~~~~~~~n~e~~~~~~ ~;;dt 0 I~fc~i~d~~j~l~ j_
a $1.2 million out-of-court settlement his· family. saia the·money_nas 3.1·1
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'against Pasadena,. used his high-profile "I have all good time work time," lowed him to work full-time for
·case to draw attention to the broader King wrote. "I have seriously been the. coalition, which now re­
'issue of pol~ce brutality. King and his ·thinking about what happen and I'- ceives about 100 complaints of
family, however, have struggled to keep .think if it is possible that you can give police abuse. a month from:
a low profile since his March 3 beating me another chance your honor. I have throughout Los Angeles County
in L~ke V:iew Terrae~. . . . a good job and I have two fine kid who __ a!J:d more than five a month
. WI!h Kmg ~ecovermg_from his IllJU· ·.wish me home. Have so much at st~ke from west San Gabriel Val-ley.
ries m seclusiOn and his lawyers pre- ,' to lose if I don't get that chance. My JOb D ·t th 1 k tt"t d f
paring a $56 million lawsuit, the Alta- II and family awaits nie, so please recon- K" espi d h"e f:ow-iley ~- ~~ ~b~
; dena family has remained detached ~. sider your judgment. The -sky my wit- 1 . mg ~ IS am ¥t m d - ·
, from the mounting movement to oust ~. , · :- · ; I~ves. e c~mmum Y an ?~ga-
Los Angeles Polic.e Chief Daryl Gates \', nes~ and God knows. I : mzB:tiOns l~k:e the CoalitiOn
and explore the possible racial over· 1 Kmg was paroled Dec. 27. 1 P