Shootout date was 28 Feb '97. Not gonna split hairs.
They (researchers and the Police) believed that the movie HEAT played a big role in their actions that day. They were also suspected of two other robberies in the area. One took his own life with a Beretta 92 when s**t got too deep, the other was dropped by a high-powered rifle.
The media was left ad-libbing it as it happened but of course began Monday morning quarterbacking it.
The only thing I would say that the crooks earned was suprise.....after it got picked up on by LAPD they showed they were prepared for a hot withdrawl from the bank. But....they didn't have much in the way of contingency planning beyond the banks sidewalk and that's where the bullshitting began by the media.
Facts are facts, boys in blue did one hell of a job reacting and adaptive thinking to sustain life and eventually overcome greater odds, crooks... well they had it coming.
