He was in a safe house, on anti-depressant drugs. He was miserable. He couldn't leave his home because he would be hounded by the media - in fact his life could be in danger! 1992 in Los Angeles. Who is he?

In the spring of 1992, Los Angeles was a powder keg, and the man at the center of it all was in hiding. The clues point to the period immediately following the acquittal of four LAPD officers charged in his brutal 1991 beating. The verdict, delivered on April 29, 1992, ignited the Los Angeles Riots. As the city erupted in violence, he became the most sought-after and polarizing figure in the nation. For his own safety amid the chaos and to escape the crushing media attention, he was moved to a safe house, where he struggled with the immense psychological toll of the beating, the trial, and the city burning in his name.

The initial incident occurred over a year earlier, when his beating by police after a car chase was famously captured on videotape by a citizen bystander. The footage became a flashpoint, broadcasting the reality of police brutality to a shocked world and intensifying racial tensions. He was not a willing public figure, but a construction worker thrust into the global spotlight.

During the riots, he emerged to make a now-famous and emotional plea for peace, asking, "Can we all just get along?" He became an unwilling and complicated symbol of the fight against racial injustice and for police reform, a heavy burden that he carried for the rest of his life.