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Abbott Hoffman, Aka — Part 22
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He himself was not hit by the police and he saw
no one seriousyinjured. As police moved into the crowd,
some of them were screaming, "Kill them," and a few police
were yelling such things as, "You f------ (obscene) commnies."
He recalls that earlier, the crowd had been asked by tre
police to clear the street, although not immediately before
they moved in swinging their night sticks. He said that it
was his observation also that most of the pocple hit by the
police were not"hippies" or "yippies" but were well-dressed
people who appeared bewildered by police actions. He also
does not remember seeing any missiles thrown at police in
the vicinity of Michigan and Balbo,
After the street was cleared he walked north and
Saw one individual being beaten by policemen who was hanging
onto a railing somewhere in the vicinity of the Illinois
Central Railroad Station. The police did not arrest this
individual and after beating him, left him there.
Later that evening at about 11 p.m., or midnight,
he went back to Grant Park across from the Conrad Hilton
Hotel, whee he heard speeches made by a number of convention
delegates. He remembers hearing JULIAN BOND, a delegate
from Georgia, and JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH. These delegates
spoke of continuing theirefforts throughthe established political
system. Senator MC CARTHY's daughter alisospoke to the group,
along the same Jines. NORMAN MAILER Spoke again and said
that if 300 convention delegates would march later that day
to the Amphitheatre, he would march also. ge
ae .:: home about 5 a.m., August 29, and returned
at 12 noo at day to the park across from the Conrad Hilton.
A number of speeches were being made there. A deleyate from
Wisconsin spoke and said that the Wisconsin delegates were
meeting in the hotel with MAILER about a march. The crowd
at this time appeared to be mostly MC CARTHY supporters and
was rather subdued.
Two speakers, unknown co Spoke and complained
that “liberals” had taken over from radicals." These
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