Rodney King Looks Back Without Anger  By: CNN, Posted by Chelsey
Moran By: CNN, Posted by Chelsey Moran  Editor's note: This
story was previously published on April 28 to mark the 20th
anniversary of the L.A. Riots.  (CNN) -- The Los Angeles riots
20 years ago this week were sparked by the acquittal of four
L.A. police officers in the brutal beating of suspect Rodney
King a year earlier. The turbulence that led to more than 50
deaths and $1 billion in property damage all began with a
traffic violation.  A poor decision to drink and drive led to a
100-mph car chase and a chain of events that would forever
change Los Angeles, its police department and the racial
conversation in the United States.  King, then a 25-year-old
convicted robber on parole, admittedly had a few drinks under
his belt as he headed home from a friend's house.  When he
spotted a police car following him, he panicked, thinking he
would be sent back to prison.  So he took off.  "I had a job to
go to that Monday, and I knew I was on parole, a