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Abbie Hoffman — Part 14

182 pages · May 12, 2026 · Document date: Dec 17, 1970 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Abbie Hoffman · 182 pages OCR'd
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Fx. 2 A] rn we we eee) eevee Muter traffic Monday. 7 Bond’ (= erie men was set at 25.000 by U.S. Mazis- trate Arthur L. Burnett. - Hoffman was artaigned _ yesterday io New York on charges. incitizsea riot “awe “h BS ge at th in Washington and is free on demozxstrations and violence $20,000 4wir—tre owas ar- during the Denmerstic.Con- - rested lale Wednesday in the vention in Chicago which led hallway of his New York to the conspiracy charges, apartment by FBI agents on against the Chicago Seven. _ & warrant issued by Judge = Although all three men in- Burnett. ; sisted the “government lost’ The warrant charged that in the week-long confronta- between April 29 and May 3, ton with antiwar demon- ¢ Hoffman traveled to Wash- strators, they wouldn't ex~ . ington from outside the dis- plain how they arrived at " trict “with intent to incite, that conclusion, since the + organize, promole, encour. kovcrnment had prevented age, participate in and carry them from obtaining their out a riot.” “main objective — forcing . government offices in the Capitol to shut down. © An affidavit by an FBI After making his statement agent, attached to the war- last night, Davis was pressed rant, cited a speech Hoff. on this point but wouldn't ‘man made at the University answer. after Hoffman ws: “ef Oklahoma in Norman, Pere@ in his ear. “We ho where he was quoted as say- the pre ss conference, hot the _ ing the D.C. demonstrations press! os . 7 ~ would “make Chicago in Davis did explain, “We- 1968 look like a YAF (the ‘Went to Washington to demon- ‘conservative Young Ameri- . Strate the possibility of non- -eans for Freedom) meeting.” , Violent tactics. The Ameri- - . can people begin to resist : f . for Americans to say nose which his wife explained . come . H was broken during the Wash-- ents ot Boing to be good | ington demonstrations. . ~ / ; ; Hoffman is also charged ; , with assault. for allegedly . He said demonstrators tried * /Unreatening a Washington to impress upon government policeman with a ‘board dur- workers who were angry over ‘ing attempts to tie up com. ‘a two-hour traffic jam as - ‘ + e e ® “I'm also charged with as- because of the war,:“a mil- : saulting a policemen’s night- lion Vietnamese will never ; . stick with my nose,” Hoffman go to work again.” - t ‘laughed last night. _ Davis admitted jater that * ‘Although demonstrators’ at- "in one respect, the demon. ,- ‘tempts to “close down the Strations failed, because the - | government” failed to do «concept of a “Peoples Peace . 5 more than tie up tralfic dur. Treaty” was lost as the « _ing' rush hour on Monday, media concentrated” on the - Froines declared again last %emonstrators’ tactics. . cnight, “We're going to shut Davis and Froines had... , down the government. . taken a flight from Wash--. ; +, , ington to Newark to meet. He described the series of with Weinglass and Hoffman, “demonstrations as a “most who was en route to Chi- 4 _. Momentous event.” . cago. | Hoffman: went him. oné = When asked what they dis ’ further. * fussed with Weinzlass, the “It was the greatest event much-arrested Holfman te, since we ptmolished . the Pied with a smce, “Bribes, emocratic Party in ‘63," he bribes for: the_ailocsey gen- declared, referring ,to the ot ys they went. .ta work that, | - os Fae A ACE Like tN ORT A gO Ow heal © Saeek t stint: tk tee, seat > ats et UA BIg PEs hat RL BSG aR AA ae TES MEAS Ye LR ate A eR
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