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====Unrest moves to Florence and Normandie==== After the retreat of officers at 71st and Normandie, many proceeded one block south to the intersection of [[Florence Avenue|Florence]] and [[Normandie Avenue|Normandie]].<ref>{{citation|author=coldmotors|title=LAPD Police Flee Angry Mob β begin of the La riots|date=December 19, 2011|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKQIeSq4FK4&t=234|access-date=May 12, 2016}}</ref> As the crowd began to turn physically dangerous, Bartholomew managed to flee the scene with the help of Goldman. Someone hit Bartholomew with a wood plank, breaking his jaw, while others pounded him and grabbed his camera.<ref name=":10" /> Just after 6 p.m., a group of young men broke the padlock and windows to Tom's Liquor, allowing a group of more than 100 people to raid the store and loot it.<ref>[https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/1993/05/23/the-untold-story-of-the-la-riot "The Untold Story of the LA Riot"], ''US News & World Report'', May 23, 1993</ref> Concurrently, the growing number of rioters in the street began attacking civilians of non-black appearance, throwing debris at their cars, pulling them from their vehicles when they stopped, smashing window shops, or assaulting them while they walked on the sidewalks. As Goldman continued to film the scene on the ground with his camcorder, the [[Los Angeles News Service]] team of Marika Gerrard and [[Zoey Tur]] arrived in a news helicopter, broadcasting from the air. The LANS feed appeared live on numerous Los Angeles television venues.<ref>{{cite news|last=DeLuca|first=Matthew|date=2012-04-27|title=Bob Tur, the L.A. Riots' Eye in the Sky, on Reginald Denny & More|language=en|work=The Daily Beast|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/04/27/bob-tur-the-l-a-riots-eye-in-the-sky-on-reginald-denny-more|access-date=2020-07-10}}</ref> At approximately 6:15 p.m., as reports of vandalism, looting, and physical attacks continued to come in, Moulin elected to "take the information" but not to respond or send personnel to restore order or rescue people in the area.<ref name="lapd.com" /> Moulin was relieved by a captain, ordered only to assess the Florence and Normandie area, and, again, not to attempt to deploy officers there.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/22/us/after-the-riots-reliving-riot-flash-point-los-angeles-lieutenant-fights-chief.html|title=After the Riots; Reliving Riot Flash Point, Los Angeles Lieutenant Fights Chief|last=Mydans|first=Seth|date=May 22, 1992|newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> Meanwhile, Tur continued to cover the events in progress live at the intersection. From overhead, Tur described the police presence at the scene around 6:30 p.m. as "none".<ref name="merged1">{{cite AV media|date=October 29, 2013|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzuWr0FYe5Y|title=LA Riots, Raw footage of Reginald Denny beatings β April 29, 1992|publisher=LA News Archive|via=[[YouTube]]|access-date=December 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220423232801/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzuWr0FYe5Y|archive-date=April 23, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>
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