Description : JOHN NICHOLS INTERVIEW. SIDE A ONLY MILITARY CONDITIONS WERE INADEQUATE. EXPLAINS WHY TROOPS WERE FEDERALIZED. FIREFIGHTERS WERE SHOT AT. EXPLAINS A BLIND PIG. KERNER   COMMISSION WAS MORE EMOTIONAL THAN FACTUAL BECAUSE SO IMMEDIATE.
Notes : REEL ID 2065-6
Description : JOHN NICHOLS INTERVIEW. SIDE B ONLY POLICE ACTION IS IMMEDIATE, NO TIME FOR RATIONAL EVALUATION. RIOTS     WEREN'T POLICE'S FAULT; THEY TRIED TO RESPOND TO CITIZENS. PATTERN OF  LOOTING. OBSERVER AT WATTS - SIMILAR SITUATION. JUSTIFIES POLICE FIRE GIVEN THE ENVIRONMENT.
Notes : REEL ID 2055-6