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Abbie Hoffman — Part 8

108 pages · May 12, 2026 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Abbie Hoffman · 106 pages OCR'd
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fs NY 100-161445 The subject held an improntu press conference at O'Hare Airport in which he criticized the United States Government and likened the eight individuals (on trial in Chicago for conspiracy to violate the Anti-Riot Laws) to a baseball team arriving in town to play the "Chicago pigs". The individuals accompanying the subject threw empty shotgun shell casings into the air as they walked through the airport terminal and carried red banners reading "Chicago Conspiracy". i On September 22, 1969, an SA of-the-FBI -obtserved - - po a news conference held from 1:15 p.m. to 3:15 p.m., at the brody Sheraton Blackstone Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. The news conference was called in behalf of "The Conspiracy" organization for the purpose of bringing the press up-to-date on the position of the eight individuals indicted for conspiracy of Anti-Riot Statutes arising fron activity that occurred during the 1968 Denocratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, Illinois, and to announce Planned activities to accompany the trial. The news conference was attended by approximately 75 members of the news media. JAY MILLER, American Civil Libeties Union (ACLU), Attorney, Illinois Chapter, WILLIAM KUNSTLER and LYNN WEINGLASS, Attorneys for the eight defendants, presented legal reviews of the motions and activities regarding the conspiracy trial scheduled to begin on Septenber 24, 1969, in the United States District Court, Chicago, Illinois. - 13 -
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