A SPECIAL REPORT: COPING WITH THE VIOLENCE

REASON WHY: Santa Ana attorney John D. Barnett, above, who represented Theodore J. Briseno in the Rodney King case, says he’s shocked the four officers’ acquittals led to widespread rioting. But Barnett says his client’s acquittal was the highlight of his legal career. . . . “This was the reason I went to law school, to stand between an innocent man and an accusing public. It simply doesn’t get any better.”