Rodney King remembered at funeral as forgiving man

By Matt Sayles, AP

Civil rights leaders joined with family and friends Saturday in Los Angeles to remember Rodney King.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rodney King is being remembered at his funeral as a forgiving man who bore the scars of his infamous beating with dignity.

The Rev. Al Sharpton delivered the eulogy Saturday in Los Angeles and said King never showed bitterness to the officers who beat him.

• PHOTOS: Rodney King 1965-2012

King became famous after his beating by Los Angeles police in 1991 was captured on videotape and broadcast worldwide.

Sharpton called King "a symbol of forgiveness."

The funeral comes nearly two weeks after King was found dead at the bottom of the swimming pool at his California home on June 17. He was 47.

His death is being treated as an accidental drowning, but authorities are awaiting autopsy results to determine the official cause of death.

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