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24 Nos. 77-1698, 77-1210 & 77-1370 in a series of media activities because “there were no methods of getting the officers’ story to the public as effectively.” The initial phase began around noon on December 4 when he issued a statement to the press in the presence of Jalovec, Groth, and other raiders. Although aware of conflicting stories, he adopted the raiders’ version of the incident and urged the support of the citizens of Chicago for the courageous actions of the police officers. He frequently emphasized his words by pointing to a display of seized weapons and, in par-. ticular, to a revolver which he said was “used by Hamp- ton in the course of the attack on the police.” On December 8, amidst the continuing storm of con- troversy surrounding the raid, Hanrahan called his sec- ond press conference. Reading from a prepared state- ment, he reiterated the raiders’ account of the incident and summarily dispelled conflicting reports referred to by reporters. Despite further potential pre-trial prej- udice to the survivors’ criminal defense, Hanrahan con- tinued to publicize the incident and decided to employ additional media tactics to promote the raiders’ version of the incident. At his behest the Chicago Tribune published an exclusive interview with the raiders on December 11. The article stated that the occupants in- itiated the firing and contained photographs provided by the State’s Attorney’s Office which showed holes in walls and -doors of the apartment which purportedly represented shots originating from guns fired in the bedrooms. At trial a reporter for the newspaper testified that his sole source of material for the article was the in- formation obtained from Hanrahan, Jalovec, and the raiders during an interview. The following day a reenactment of the raid was filmed by CBS-TV in Chicago. Hanrahan asked the broadcasting company to film the story for television without editing by CBS. A set was constructed at the State’s Attorney’s Of- fice, and Jalovec assisted the ——e directors. All the raiders were present for the event and those who participated in the reenactment were informed that the film could be cut as the raiders desired. To insure the production’s conformity with his previous press state- ~ ments, Hanrahan visited the set during portions of the taping. The broadcast was aired the same evening.