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We were experimenting with a brand new form of camera. we kind of dubbed it the mini cam. it was a portable camera that allowed you to do videotape and live coverage of news stories from the scene. >> right where we are now, as well as the other location, i haven't been able to confirm that report as yet. >> we were basically creating this whole new technique of covering news. >> anyone in the vicinity, of 55th and compton to stay the heck away from here. it's not a place you want to be tonight, tell you that, ladies and gentlemen. >> we're trying to figure out what our next move is. and on th...

Homes were evacuated. my snipers were brought. i had snipers at the rear. we had 19 s.w.a.t. officers that were actually surrounding the house. >> the media was every place. >> we're going to move down the street to try to get a better picture for you. >> back in 1974, most tv stations in the united states were using film. we'd go out with film canisters and then the film would have to be run back to the station and processed and hope that it came out. i mean, you really couldn't cover breaking news with film. we were experimenting with a brand new form of camera. we kind of dubbed it the mini...

Out. i mean, you really couldn't cover break news with film. we were experimenting with a brand new form of camera. we kind of dubbed it the mini cam. it was a portable camera that allowed you to do videotape and live coverage of news stories from the scene. >> right where we are now, as well as the other location, i haven't been able to confirm that report as of yet. >> we were basically creating this whole new technique of covering news. >> anyone in the vicinity of 55th and compton to stay the heck away from here because it's not a place you want to be tonight, i can tell you that, ladies a...

>> we were scrambling to evacuate the people that hadn't evacuated yet. >> five square blocks of the city that were contained and the homes were evacuated. my snipers were at the rear. we had 19 s.w.a.t. officers that were actually surrounding the house. >> the media was every place. >> we're going to move down the street to try to get a better picture for you. >> mostv stations in the united states were using film. we'd go out with film canisters and then the film would have to be run back to the story and processed and hope that it came out. i mean, you really couldn't cover break news with ...

Now you have a steel gate in the front like a security gate and a security gate in the back. >> a little mini cam? >> who? >> a mini cam. >> on you? >> i'll put it on. >> you watch too much tv. >> before they go any further they need to find out gang affiliations and ranks of each of the men connected to the house. >> we have to check charts to identify potential risk on these guy. always high risk, but so we know what we're getting into. this guy is on the chart. look familiar to you at all? >> i'll look at him. >> latin folks, maniacs or whatever, that's what this guy said, lovers or maniacs...