Organize and rally the people, the pigs are loose and stinking up Las Angeles, there’s been beatings and shooting, as graphic as your worst nightmares! Those who bear witness to these events, have battle scars to match their story. Concerning this set of events, Anna deavere Smith wrote, “Twilight Los Angeles 1992, telling the story from all sides of the Los Angeles riots. From citizens’ to gang members, police officers, and even the court house, Smith tells it all from the horse’s mouth. She captures the life style, motive, and passion of every person she interviewed. As a result, she displays just how much the spicy pot of justice stew has boiled over, while, still teaching a lesson that will withstand the test of time. More importantly, she sights just how much American’s will put up with,…show more content… Braun, at the time he worked as a lawyer and throughout his story he realizes the error in his ways. It all begins with Braun’s son, his black best friend Bobby, and a joy ride in a Mercedes that later, turns into a hate crime. Braun, at the time wanted no part in the controversy surrounding hate crimes, saying “no way am I gonna get involved in the Rodney King case, cause I regarded it as a racial beating”. But the night of the joy ride, his son gave him a reason to get involved, with these word, “I know why you stopped us because Bobby’s Black”. Braun’s son’s sudden outburst to the cop, stuck a cord, in Braun when he was notified of what the officer said back. Like any parents reaction when their kid puts their own life in danger, he got angry. When, he realizes that the very thing that he was trying to ignore and brush off, is actually a serious issue that no only affects people of color but him and his family too. Braun soon realized that, his son’s outburst taught him a lesson that he never learned growing up, that if your to fight for justice it shouldn’t be just for your own
