After Operation Hammer and the glorification of Compton through the rise of Gangsta Rap the L.A.P.D. had lost control and became a renegade force in poverty stricken areas of South Central, L.A. The community that was stricken with violence, drugs, and theft was unwilling to side with police or assist. Racial profiling, police brutality, and excessive force was a day to day and part of the culture, and then it was caught on tape for the world to take notice of the horrific place this street war had reached. Part 2 of 3