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>> 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 were happening about every other day back then. there was one riot after another. >> on may 17th, 1974...

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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 mel's shootout, the six others realized the lapd knows they're in town. so they figure they need to get out of where they had been with bill, emily andat and they start looking for somewhere else they're on 84th street and they drive through south central looking for another p...

Take him hostage. >> they tossed me my keys, told me to stay there for about 10 minutes, so that's 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 in it and came back. one was in the blue one and one was in a red and white one. that's all i seen....

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 don't want anything to do with that idiot. he said, don't worry, you won't have to. >> the fbi had been playing the heavy role in san francisco, but by the time they got to l.a. it was lapd's 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 standing up in the van and they knew that theirt step was they needed another mode of transportati...