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DATE: SUNDAY, August 22, 1993                   TAG: 9308220096
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: LOS ANGELES                                LENGTH: Short

RODNEY KING ARRESTED AS DUI SUSPECT

Rodney G. King, whose videotaped beating by Los Angeles police officers generated a national furor and ultimately triggered last year's riots, was arrested early Saturday on suspicion of drunken driving after allegedly crashing a car into a block wall.

Police said King's blood-alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit when the accident occured at 1:40 a.m. just west of downtown Los Angeles.

- Los Angeles Times

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