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Abbie Hoffman — Part 5
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© CONFIDENTIAL ©
NY 100-161445
“This is it. This is it. You're over there. You'fre the jocks
and you're the hippies and you're supposed to do this and
you're supposed to do that. Well, it ain't that way. 'Cause
we're one. We are the people. And Abraham Lincoln, like.
Another hippie. When the Government's .. . When you cannot
change the Government by electoral means, the people have
@ revolutionary right and duty to dismember and overthrow that
Government. That was Lincoln. Another hippie. Beard and long
hair, You start thinking and everybody in history that ever did
anything had long hair. We come out of that tradition. But
we are not unAmerican. We are the only Americans left. That's
right.
"We went to Chicago to show the reality that we face
living in this country and that's the reality that we see every
single day of our lives. See. 20,000 young people lead hippies.
"Wo. You know. I don't care. I get busted. I sell
more books. I mean they can't nail us that way. They can't
nail us any way, regards ... . but someddy. . someday. .
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"Oh be--- g---, Now I gotta do it. I gotta call
your bluff and do it. I didn't wanta do it. Tell them all
the secrets. You see, that’s not what law is about. Look.
Ten days ago, I was busted, Busted by, I don't know, 36 or so.
"A We have this office right by the police station. Right. An
_ 8 by 10 office that overlooks . . that looks out in ti» street.
kl The windows don't work. They're always open. Right next to the
re police station. Ninth precinct. Captain Fink, my buddy, runs
jos the Ninth precinct, arrested me twice personally. All right.
m3 They went in and they grabbed .. uh... three ..wuh...
E- undercover cops came in and left a bag with three automatics,
> loaded, two black jacks, packets of heroin. Okay. They came
be back an hour later and busted everybody. Three guys there.
yy So I came in to pay the bail, they bust me. They say, well,
it's your office. I say, well, the lease isn't in my name. I
don't pay the rent and I waan't there at the time of arrest.
That don't matter. D.A. said arrest you. Dig it."
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