Diary 29 / 30 April 1992

29 April 1992:
Shock of not guilty verdicts in Rodney King trial

30 April 1992:
Up early for news. LA burning.

Taught [Thoreau's] "A Plea for Captain John Brown" in relation to idealism--frustration--fanaticism--Could not have had a better occasion [and could not have] used a tragic occasion better.