HOPE RISING: Santa Ana attorney William J....

HOPE RISING: Santa Ana attorney William J. Kopeny, co-counsel with John D. Barnett who represented Officer Ted Briseno in the Rodney King case, played a key role in the acquittal: He led the fight to move the trial out of Los Angeles County. But Kopeny sees lasting benefit from the videotape. . . . “The riots are tragic, but once they’re over, I see hope from this. The whole country’s consciousness has been raised by that tape.”