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Abbie Hoffman — Part 26

163 pages · May 12, 2026 · Document date: Apr 30, 1969 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Abbie Hoffman · 160 pages OCR'd
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Wy 7, ~ CV 176-97 HOFFMAN; Mayor DALY would have me shot for that. He recommends that arson is the most devious/ hideous crime and should be shot. This is arson according to Mayor DALY to light a cigarette is an over-reaction, DOUGLAS: Who was the enemy in Chicago? HOFFMAN: Well, I think Mayor DALY runs a very tight chin You know it's a verv awkward kind of risa pe =~ ren PR el Seer ae oe - city, when we could, for example, they wouldn't rg give us a permit; and, uh, we went into court a to sue him. The judge we went before, a , Federal Judge, his name was Judge LYNCH, which is kind of interesting, all judges have interesting names like that; but he turns out to be Mayor DALY's ex-law partner, who Mayor DALY appointed or certainly played a great role in influencing the Federal Government to appoint him. How are you going to get him to act against DALY? And it works that way for the whole court system. I men, uh, there were oy like about 400 people arrested for resisting arrest in Chicago, uh 399 of whom they let go; one they have given a jail sentence, me. That's called equal harrassment under the law or something, I don't know. But that’s under appeal. It's kind of hard to figure out how you resisted arrest for a crime that you didn't commit. ws ra DOUGLAS: What do you expect is going to happen to the village of Chicago? Do you expect HOFFMAN: Well, I think that, that they played right into our hands. It's almost as if we were running the government because they've taken eight of us who have very different styles and have a lot of disagreements about how we Shanta nrarasA inta the future. anda they nut us all together and said you're the conspiracy. And, uh, we said, right, of course, They're 13
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