Jerry Rubin. We are coming from"The life of the American spirit is being torn asunder by the forces of violence, decay, and the napalm-cancer fiend. We are reading, singing, laughing, printing newspapers, groping, and making a mock convention, and celebrating the"Everything will be free.
"The Chicago Eight" (or "Chicago Seven") Trial (1969 - 1970)
Lee Weiner. All they had to do was "surround it, make faces at the people inside and let them have nervous breakdowns and destroy themselves." They feared that police would destroy their sound system. In the afternoon, Dellinger, Seale, Davis, and Hayden addressed 10,000 to 15,000 demonstrators at the band shell in Grant Park, opposite the Convention's headquarters hotel, the Conrad Hilton.
On March 20, 1969, the jury returnedOn September 24, 1969, thirteen months after the riots that shocked America, the trial of the so-called "Chicago Eight" began in the oak-paneled, twenty-third-floor courtroom of The defense and prosecution tables stood in dramatic contrast. At Columbia, students seized the office of the President and held three persons hostage to protest the school's ties to the Defense Department. (Hoffman said he did so to discourage the press from photographing him.) We are the delicate spores of the new fierceness that will change America. "Join us in Chicago in August for an international festival of youth, music, and theater.
The Chicago 7 (or 8, minus Bobby Seale) Culturally and politically, 1968 was one of the most turbulent years America has ever seen. Bring blankets, tents, draft-cards, body-paint, Mr. Leary's Cow, food to share, music, eager skin,and happiness. THE MARSHAL: Your Honor, the jury hs reached a verdict. The new law made it a federal crime to cross state lines with the intent to incite a riot. John Froines. It began with a sunrise service of chants, prayers, and meditation in Lincoln Park, led by Allen Ginsberg. Is the jury here? Police stopped a nighttime march of about 1,500 people to the Amphitheatre. Tom Hayden. The court also noted that it was determined after appellate argument that the F. B. I, with the knowledge and complicity of Judge Hoffman and prosecutors, had bugged the offices of the Chicago defense attorneys. Foreman Edward Kratzke handed a hung-jury message to the marshal to take to Judge Hoffman. Clark viewed what had happened in Chicago as primarily a police riot. Abbie Hoffman said, "I don't know whether I'm innocent or I'm guilty." Decision of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversing Judge Hoffman's decisions concerning contempt specifications. Famous Trials By Professor Douglas O. Linder. These are some of the questions that surround one of the most unusual courtroom spectacles in American history, the 1969-70 trial of eight radicals accused of conspiring to incite a riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.Culturally and politically, 1968 was one of the most turbulent years America has ever seen. Also in 1968, two groups met to discuss using the upcoming Democratic National Convention in Chicago to highlight their opposition to the Vietnam War and establishment values. Thomas Foran. Charges against an eighth officer were dismissed. Preparations were woefully inadequate for the level of police violence that demonstrators would face. THE JUDGE. The jury acquitted Froines and Weiner of the charge of teaching and demonstrating the use of an incendiary device.On February 20, 1970, Judge Hoffman sentenced the five members of the Chicago Seven found guilty by the jury. [The heart of the government's case was presented through the testimony of three undercover agents who had infiltrated radical ranks, The defense through its witnesses tried to portray the defendants as committed idealists who reacted spontaneously to escalating police violence. Weare there! “Famous Trials” first appeared on the Web in 1995, making this site older than about 99.97% of all websites. When the police moved in to retrieve the American flag, Jerry Rubin yelled "Kill the pigs! Famous Trials By Professor Douglas O. Linder. Chicago is yours! The appellate court based its decision on the refusal to allow inquiry into the cultural biases of potential jurors during voir dire as well as Judge Hoffman's "deprecatory and often antagonistic attitude toward the defense." The "YIPPIES" were born, and plans for a "Festival of Life" in Chicago were first discussed in December 1967. Leonard Weinglass. Following the April assassination of Martin Luther King in Memphis, riots erupted in 125 cities leaving 46 dead.
PROSECUTORS. Or is it best seen as a symbol of the conflicts of values that characterized the late sixties? About 10:30, a police officer with a bullhorn walked through the park saying, "The park is closing. Home; The Chicago Eight Trial: Selected Contempt Specifications Print Email Details Contempt specifications against Abbie Hoffman . Famous Trials By Professor Douglas O. Linder. Bobby Seale. Each defendant made a statement before sentence was imposed. Plans for the "Festival of Life", as they were developed by Yippie founders Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin, called for a "festival of youth, music, and theater." He said that no one was expected to take the events seriously [In late August, mostly student-aged anti-war and counter-culture activists began arriving in Chicago.
The defense also attempted, without much success because of Judge Hoffman's rulings excluding such testimony, to make the Viet Nam War an issue in the trial. Police undercover officer Until enactment of the 1968 Civil Rights Act, rioting and incitement to riot was a strictly local law enforcement issue. "All seven Chicago police officers charged with violating the civil rights of demonstrators were acquitted. In another incident, Rennie Davis was clubbed into unconsciousness, taken to a hospital, then covered with a sheet and moved from room to room in a successful effort to foil police who planned to arrest Davis during a search of the hospital.