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Abbie Hoffman — Part 10
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‘the attempt to bring that power back and the authority
that it represents and we have to regard that constantly
as the illegitimate authority and constantly go on the
offense. That's why nobody changes the way they dress,
nobody changes the way they talk, the way they carry on
in the courtroom offensive. Never recognize this
authority as legitimate. Now vou'd swear we
rigged this (obscene) judge. “I mean they made movies
out of it. They been lookinp up all over the country
for the past three months and they can't find another
one like him. he's bevond the generation pap.
This guy, he's about 75 years old. His last 44 jury trials
will give you some idea of what we're up arainst. Never
mind the laws, never mind the prosecutor betting their
political careers on this, never mind the computer in
Washington and the FBI agents who have a special key and
goes out and it's a real fright when you think about it ~
this (obscene) problem. Every time a witness comes on and
gives his name and address there's an FBI agent who, first
of all from the first week,
tle can’t understand —. Anyway it goes like this:
then he just yawns a little
and gets out a little gold ring, a key,
and kinda outside the room and out the door and down to
the 15th floor there's a special crew assembled and
they write down the information who that witness is, ‘Jrite
to Washington and in five or ten minutes, he slips back
into the room carrying a little brown folder like this,
just sneaking in along the side. If you see this guy, you
just sit there. You wouldn't even know - this is the
most frightening thing about the trial. He hits on three
out of four witnesses whether they're factory workers or
chairmen of a kw school in Los Angeles, whether it’s a
rock singer. No matter who it is, he hits on three out of
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