Side Lapd News Today

>> it was an acronym developed by darrell gates who was a deputy chief at the time. the first s.w.a.t. team was lapd. >> the lapd started the s.w.a.t. team right after the 1965 riots. and they wanted station defense teams. and they would respond to their police station in the event of a riot and defend that police station. that was their primary purpose at the time. >> so they trained them to be high ground security for patrol cops who were working ground level during violent uprisings, which we...

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The top of the vehicle. >> we bought food. we fed tom and waited. >> the sla suspects entered this sporting goods stores and they were caught stealing. they ran firing, at many as 30 shots from a .30 caliber machine gun. one suspect dropped this revolver, later traced to emily harris of the sla. >> seeing the news of the mels shootout, the six others realized the lapd knows theyre in town. so they figure they need to get out of where they had been with bill, emily andat and they start looking fo...

Take him hostage. >> they tossed me my keys, told me to stay there for about 10 minutes, so thats what i did. >> got in the cadillac and took off. >> lapd, they were absolutely energized and engaged. i mean, they were mobilized. they were determined and they were closing in and they were doing a good job of getting information. >> people began to come up to us and say, hey, i saw this, i saw that. i saw this black person and this white person. >> two white girls went on to the blue van and left ...

Deputy chief gates was there and i went up to him and said, you know, if that idiot, meaning the special agent in charge of the fbi, is anywhere, we dont want anything to do with that idiot. he said, dont worry, you wont have to. >> the fbi had been playing the heavy role in san francisco, but by the time they got to l.a. it was lapds turf. the lapd prevailed and basically took the lead in it. >> when i woke up that friday morning, it was about 7:00 in the morning and the two girls, they were st...

Their chest like this. bandoliers of ammo, obviously. >> and a radio transmission comes out for the team to deploy tear gas. >> be advised, were deploying gas now. >> one round goes into the side lapd did notire rs we fired the tear gas round. that was to cause them to surrender. then the gunfire erupted. [ sound of gunfire ] >> it was amazing. it basically scared the hell out of me and i dropped to the ground. i mean, i tried to dig a hole in the cement. the guys that were out in front thought ...

The reporters on the staff of knxt in los angeles. we used to call ourselves cbs channel 2 news. >> the morning of may 17th, i just crews into the station and i usually get in between 7:30 and 8:00, some time like that. when mels sporting goods happened and the shootout happened with patty hearst, we figured the sla is in l.a. i got on the story that morning. we got the sense that the lapd was going to get these guys. they had a reputation of cracking heads, and, unfortunately, not all but some ...