Captain Lane Haywood is a firefighter with the Compton Fire Department. In his interview, Haywood recalls reporting to South-Central with his squad to put out the fires that began during the riot. Haywood describes what little effort the police appeared to put into stopping the looting going on around them, implying that since the neighborhood was predominantly populated by Black people and other minorities, it wasn’t a priority to the police force to protect it.
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Captain Lane Haywood Character Timeline in Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
The timeline below shows where the character Captain Lane Haywood appears in Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
A Badge of Courage
Smith interviews Captain Lane Haywood of the Compton Fire Department. He’s a tall, dark-skinned, handsome man with a broad smile...
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Haywood describes the rest of the scene that unfolded that day. Cars were backed up down...
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Haywood remembers when a task force of firefighters arrived from Huntington Beach. They had police escorts...
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