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Hoffman was arrested on August 28, 1973, for intent to sell and distribute cocaine. ... Including Abbie Hoffman's Special Introduction to this edition "Chicago: Two ...
Poster in support of the "Conspiracy 8" The Chicago Seven, originally the Chicago Eight and also known as the Conspiracy Eight or Conspiracy Seven, were seven defendants – Rennie Davis, David Dellinger, John Froines, Tom Hayden, Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, and Lee Weiner – charged by the United States Department of Justice with conspiracy, crossing state lines with intent to incite a riot ...
The Days of Rage cost Chicago and the state of Illinois about $183,000 ($100,000 for National Guard payroll, $35,000 in damages, and $20,000 for one injured citizen's medical expenses). Of Weather, 287 members were arrested during the Days of Rage and most of the Weathermen and SDS' leaders were jailed. [21]
(Spoiler alert: Do not read on if you haven’t seen “The Trial of the Chicago 7.”)In Aaron Sorkin’s “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” Abbie Hoffman (Sacha Baron Cohen) and Jerry Rubin ...
In August 1968, Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Tom Hayden, Rennie Davis, David Dellinger, Lee Weiner, John Froines, and Bobby Seale make preparations to protest at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Five months later, they are arrested and charged with "crossing state lines" to incite a riot.
Along with activist Abbie Hoffman and 13 others, she was arrested, while still a Brown student, during a 1986 demonstration at the University of Massachusetts Amherst for protesting CIA recruitment there. She was acquitted of all charges in a well-publicized trial in Northampton, Massachusetts.
Carly Simon, Abbie Hoffman and Amy Carter in March 1987. Ron Galella, Ltd. - Getty Images Carter was arrested during the 80s for protests against the CIA and the apartheid regime in South Africa.
Judge Hoffman was a humorless, no-nonsense guy who demanded decorum in his courtroom, whereas Abbie was king of the Yippie pranksters,” he recounts. #22 Image credits: historymemeshq