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Re: More Old Stuff - Street
« Reply #15 on: September 09, 2015, 22:49:51 »
Movies = 120 minutes of hyperbole.

I do remember shooting a gang story. The LAPD had a new tactic for gang intervention. The police thought it would be better for gangs to confront each other in a sporting contest than on the streets in a firefight. The police arranged a football game between two rival gangs. (As American football is extremely violent, I didn't think choosing this sport was a wise choice.) As I waited at the school where the match was to be held, parked on the basketball court adjacent to the football field, I see two separate caravans of highly polished older cars, circling the school. After the caravans had circumnavigated the school, they all drove onto the basketball courts and the rival gangs piled out for the game. I met my gang contact and introduced myself. It was a hot summer day but he was wearing a knit cap on top of his bald head. I didn't think much of the bald head and knit cap as Jose was a gang member and both were de rigueur for gangs. But his responses were slow, slurred and distant. Soon another gang member started speaking with me. He was surprisingly articulate and everything started going as planned. Later, the articulate gang member explained to me that Jose, in the knit cap, wasn't doing so well today. Last night a knife was thrust two inches into his head. Jose couldn't get medical treatment because the hospital was located in another gang's territory. Consequently, all they could do was remove the blade and slap a bandage on top.   

Wow, I'm speechless !
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Re: More Old Stuff - Street
« Reply #16 on: September 10, 2015, 10:56:05 »
Your off to a flying start here Gary!
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« Reply #17 on: September 10, 2015, 16:16:49 »
Your off to a flying start here Gary!
Thank you Erik. With the amount of individual and collective talent on this site ... I am reluctant to post. But my stuff seems to be appreciated.   :)
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« Reply #18 on: September 10, 2015, 16:18:46 »
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« Reply #19 on: September 10, 2015, 17:09:21 »
 ;D ;D ;D ;D
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« Reply #20 on: September 10, 2015, 17:45:55 »
Very happy to see More Old Stuff - Street continuing the saga  !!

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« Reply #21 on: September 10, 2015, 18:23:09 »
(...) I am reluctant to post. But my stuff seems to be appreciated.   :)

And I thought that the understatement was a very British thing, not Californian ! :-)
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« Reply #22 on: September 11, 2015, 15:54:59 »
And I thought that the understatement was a very British thing, not Californian ! :-)

Californians brag about our weather, our beaches, our mountains, our cities, our farms, our snow, our deserts, our universities, our agriculture, et cetera ... but never about our photography.   ;)
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« Reply #23 on: September 11, 2015, 15:56:54 »
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« Reply #24 on: September 11, 2015, 16:05:42 »
You had to squat for this one... :-) Impressive, as I remember the time when most kids from anywhere in the world would have toy guns ! Now it's really frown upon, and you can't even find them in shops...
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« Reply #25 on: September 11, 2015, 19:41:26 »
Although your images are phenomenal Gary, I have to admit that I am a bit disappointed that the box doesn't contain Patrice  :'(

Now tell us the full story with the boy and the rifle :)
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« Reply #26 on: September 11, 2015, 22:51:25 »
The boy with the rifle: Expressionwise he seems to be much older than he really was at that time.
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« Reply #27 on: September 12, 2015, 08:36:08 »
Ah - toy guns.... us girls loved them too!
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« Reply #28 on: September 12, 2015, 17:08:11 »
You had to squat for this one... :-) Impressive, as I remember the time when most kids from anywhere in the world would have toy guns ! Now it's really frown upon, and you can't even find them in shops...

And we all had Daisy BB guns so we can shoot out an eye from our sibling.
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« Reply #29 on: September 12, 2015, 17:12:48 »
Although your images are phenomenal Gary, I have to admit that I am a bit disappointed that the box doesn't contain Patrice  :'(

Now tell us the full story with the boy and the rifle :)

LOL ... she's still in pretty good shape, in her spare time she teaches aerobics and yoga.

No real story on the kid with the M-16. It was lunchtime, I was bored at work, so I took a walk down Broadway and this kid with his hand in his pocket and a toy rifle strapped around his neck was walking in the opposing direction. I took his picture and keep on walking. That's it.
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