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Rodney King The Riot Within: My Journey From Rebellion to Redemption. #RodneyKing #Riot  #Racism  #Police  #AfricanAmerican  #TrayvonMartin Rodney King was the coauthor of 'The Riot Within: My Journey From Rebellion to Redemption.' He expresses forgiveness toward the police officers who beat him on March 3, 1991. It has been 20 years, and Rodney King finds himself in what must be an awkward position: He is an elder statesman of victimhood. Instead of asking questions — "Can we all just get along?"— he is now being asked to answer them. Can we all just get along? What about Trayvon Martin? How does it feel to be a symbol? King, 47, tried to answer those questions Saturday at the L.A. Times Festival of Books, appearing as the co-author of a new memoir, "The Riot Within: My Journey From Rebellion to Redemption." What emerges from both the book and his appearance is a man who has spent two decades coping, not always very well, with the blows tha...