The agent seems genuinely conflicted about his complicity in the oppression of LA’s disadvantaged communities. He acknowledges how the riots were about more than the LAPD officers’ not guilty verdicts at the first Rodney King trial—they originate from deep-seated racial and class tensions. Still, the man’s concern doesn’t seem to transform into action, and at the end of the day, his remorse at the “devastation” that wreaks havoc on a distant part of the city does little to improve the situation.