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Subject: [Leica] Peter Turnley and Rodney King
From: gerry.walden at me.com (Gerry Walden)
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 09:01:04 +0100
References: <CAF8hL-HAVkFe_qc=aTxPAsmUsZD-oTgV8JF7_Xr801Dz5wB1Fg@mail.gmail.com>

Peter Turnley has posted a couple of images on Facebook, so if you got to 
his Facebook page it shows a little of the drama.

Gerry

Gerry Walden
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On 18 Jun 2012, at 00:10, Richard Man wrote:

> Just got Peter and Daivd's book. What amazing work from  a pair of
> teenagers. On his FB, regarding Rodney King, Peter says
> 
> I happened to be in Miami the night of the verdict and a friend called me
> and said why aren't you in Los Angeles, and I turned on the television, and
> saw the city in flames. I took a 5am flight from Miami to Los Angeles and
> worked around the clock for the next four days in very difficult
> conditions. One detail I will always remember was that I had 4 Hertz rental
> cars trashed during that assignment, by angry crowds or simple minor
> traffic accidents related to the riots, and each time I would pull into the
> Hertz lot with my hobbled or damaged car, Hertz would give me a new one.
> must have been "Interesting" time.
> -- 
> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
> 
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