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Abbie Hoffman — Part 5
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“why people had that reaction. Because like where
they live in there, like, nice suburbs and out like
the lower East side, I mean like the cop comes by
and he says, Oh you gotta flat tire, I'll help you.
You mow. He fixes the flat tire. They look and a
they watch Mod Squad and FBI. Huh! They're all good .
guys. What else do you see? Ns
"we went to Chicago to show the reality
that we face living in this country and that's the
reality that we see every single day of our lies. ;
See. 20,000 young people lead hippies. NO
tat a party in Palm Springs, California.
I was there like two weeks ago, right. Cops came in 7
with like tear gas, helicopters, pugs (ph) and it aN
was out of sight. Crazy. It was like North Vietnam. ~*~
They're hunting in a cave for kids. The kids got
driven into town, so they decided to rip it dow. -
Right. Three got shot. One died in the hospital.
Sixteen year old kid.
- ‘ "Boston Common last summer. Two hundred
kids arrested for idleness. Idleness! I was up
there. Boston. Wrote this before Chicago. It was
a sunny day on the Boston Common, couples laying in
the grass, swan boats flutter in the pond, kids
playing frisby and catch. One big happy scene.
America the beautiful. You can spap a neat Kodachrome
~ in your mind and send it all over the world. A young
girl with long hair, beads and sandals, winks at you
and hands you a leaflet. Last night on the Boston
| Common the cops smashed our beings (ph). They brought
out the dogs. They clubbed and tear gassed us and
arrested 65. Tonight, we assemble again. Don't wait
| for the piga to take our parks. The streets belong
to the people. The girl moves on handing out the
leaflets in a very selective manner that looks ever
80 casual. A leaflet to a black couple, one
hesitatingly for a frisby player, a leaflet and a
hug for two long hair guys, one playing a flute.
About a fourth of the people in the area got leaflets.
Comrades being gathered for the second American
~3l-
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