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Abbie Hoffman — Part 12

96 pages · May 12, 2026 · Document date: Mar 18, 1970 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Abbie Hoffman · 96 pages OCR'd
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CONFIDENTIAL a NY 100-161445 a forever, who knows if history books still law abiding. Maybe it's the most violent country that ever lived. I know where I lived, on the lower east side of Manhattan, it's a bad place, filled with violence, Right on my block twenty cops to patrol every single night. Violence in the streets, ¥ sure, Me and my old lady, we got a plant that's been mugged (laughter) (inaudible). In the courtroom it's a different thing because of the little pipsqueak up there, a baid~headed midget (laughter). all he's got to do is bang his gavel down once and say that word contempt and away we go, six months, two years, something like that. Still (inaudible) up there. (Inaudible) because after this trial we're going to have to send that (laughter). (Inaudible) but that's not what we're guilty of, Every single minute w're in that courtroom, we are guilty of contempt because we just can't relate to people that come with signs, banners and buttons. He says let's have a 3 | fair trial. We don't understand where they are living. But me! we think the trial's got to be stopped (applause). Well, it's 4 time we think about how to stop it because this trial's going “ to last right up to 1984, autumn, winter, spring, summer, we'll be there, but we'll be fighting because that's what we came . here to do. We came here to delegitimize that institution, ‘ because we feel what's going on in there. But last year, 1968, when JOHNSON and DALEY conspired to (inaudible) the b 7 streets of Chicago, NIXON and MITCHELL kept conspiring to ; ® finish it in the courts and we aim to stop this trial (appjause)." c }- . ‘ ao 1 antes an nemo amined A eee A characterization of the NLG { ! 4s contained in the appendix hereto. | B. Brandeis University . Waltham, Massachusetts November 23, 1969 6 1D f- hat on- November 9 group of ’ spo ro approximately 1,000 students at Brandeis University, Waltham, Messechusetts., He stated that he was a Brandeis University alumnus, Class of 1959, and he appealed for funds for the aa detense of himself and six others in Federal Court, Chicago, rae Tilinois, where they are facing conspiracy charges. a6. CONFIDERITIAL Sf .
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