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Abbie Hoffman — Part 39
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CG 176-28
the revolution which to his knowledge, involved violence
in the streets, leading to collapse of the present Government.
Several of the leaders, including HOFFMAN, indicated that 7
violence wus not undesirable,
cago Police Depar ;
th District, advised on September 5, i968,
he was on duty at Lincoln Park during the demonstration ,
held there, and also at Balbo Street and Michigan Avenue
during the week of the DNC, stated he
observed a person, later ide oO him as ABBIE HOFFMAN,
give demonstrators orders to zero in on specific policemen
with unusually abusive verbal attacks, in an effort to
provoke the policemen to act against the demonstrators.
On one occasion, one policeman was so viciously attacked
by the demonstrators with obsc rected toward the
policeman and his family, tha emoved him
from the area for a while. .
arrests
The files of the Bureau of Records and Communi-
cations, Chicago Police Department, checked by Investigative
Clerk iP ©: September 3, 1968, reflect under
Chicago Police Department Number 2568734, that sBBIE Y.
HOFMAN waS arrested on august 28, 1968, in a restaurant
at Clark and Lincoln Streets, Chicago, at 8:45 a.m., f°
resisting arrest and disorderly conduct. HOFFMAN had an
obscene four-letter word written on his forehead while in
the restaurant, and was arrested for disorderly conduct
and resisting arrest after politely being asked by the
police officers to come with them.
When arrested, HOFFMAN gave his address as ‘'no
home", and his occupation as "revolutionary artist".
HOFFMAN was to appear in court on September 6,
1968. Bond was set at $1,000.00, and IOFFMAN was released
on bond,
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