October 22nd, 1991. Geraldo Rivera’s Now It Can Be Told program delivers us footage accompanying a police swat team at the Rio Grande Bar in Florida.
“They hone their plans to surgical precision, down to the last detail…”
First, the agents train at a mockup of the real facility. Then despite poor weather comes the actual raid where multiple suspects are apprehended. It takes the police only 28 seconds to complete the apprehension of the men. Agent Lonnie Cooper talks about how successful the raid was with half the people they were looking for in the same place.
This day, Geraldo’s Television History.