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Eddie Adams unwittingly slimed the Saigon police chief. He later regretted ever snapping the picture—for it was highly misleading. The Viet Cong fighter was also a terrorist who had already murdered a number of people. He did not have a right to a trial and the city was experiencing something of a martial law existence. Adams not only became friendly with the general in later years—he also apologized for the infamous photograph. The legacy media interpreted it in a totally dishonest manner.