That's when it hits me I'm staring at a war zone In South Central On an April night in 1992 Payasa learns that her older brother has been stabbed to death his body left out in the road to rot He was never involved He was innocent He didn't even carry a gun & that messes with the rules even for Lynwood even for the streets But it's the first day of the LA riots & the city is tearing itself apart Fire-fighters graffiti artists nurses & law enforcement
- all of them connected by this murder
- find themselves caught in the mayhem Every cop is distracted & for the people who see the law as an enemy it's a chance to settle old scores That's just too good an opportunity to miss