Fishing and the calm it brings are King’s most reliable forms of healing. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
King meets with reporters on May 1, 1992. In his first public statement, he asked: “Can we all get along?” (Larry Davis / Los Angeles Times)
“That is my history, part of my history, part of me surviving, King said of the photo which hangs in his living room. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
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A National Guardsman stands at alert near graffiti that spells out support for King on April 30, 1992. (Randy Leffingwell / Los Angeles Times)
“I sometimes feel like I’m caught in a vice,” King said. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
King tends his pool in Rialto, the city where he grew up. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
