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Abbie Hoffman — Part 24
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On Monday, August 26, 1968, he came pcross a peeting
_ pear the Field Rouse in Lincoln Park. ABBIE HOFFMAN was sagt
speaking and stated he wanted everyone who was serious, ané ~ a
_ those who were not serious were asked to leave. HOFFM/N
‘ wanted to form self-defense groups in Lincoln Park. They
hed waps of the park with different areas marked where they would
have small groups. The idea was to hold the park at 11:00 p.m. _
that night. HOFFMFN said they would frustrate the | Police’ by
staying in small organized groups.
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HOFFMAN gave out telephone numbers for legal
aid and medice) care, and suggested that they write
the numbers on their arms. They broke up in small groups
anc there were no wore then 50 people listening to HOFFMAN
at one time.
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‘Their tactics fell completely apart thet night when
the police usec tear gas.
‘on Tuesday, August 27, 1L¥68, tated that he
AU eard part of the speech by BOBBYf/SEALE at Lincoln Park.
/ SEALE, talking mostly about HUEYYNEVTON, quoted the following
° Statement of NEVTON, "If peopl didn't do as they should they
should be made to act in a presfribed manner.” As an example
he said NEWTON was in jail for making ® policeman act in a
prescribed manner. He said "Instead of just talking you should
use ragnums (other unrecalled weapons were mentioned) to
make the ‘pigs* act in rx prescribed manner,"
eft before the speech ended and said
that during the DNC the speakers referred to the police
as “pigs.”
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