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Abbott Hoffman, Aka — Part 22

127 pages · May 12, 2026 · Document date: Sep 10, 1968 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Abbott Hoffman, Aka · 127 pages OCR'd
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CG 176-28 the revolution which to his knowledge, involved violence in the streets, leading to collapse of the present Government. Several of the leaders, including HOFFMAN, indicated that violence wus not undesirable. cago Police Depar ’ th District, advised on September 5, 1968, he was on duty at Lincoln Park during the demonstration held there, and also at Balbo Street and Michigan Avenue during the week of the DNC, ena -.::.. he observed a person, later ide (e) mas ABBIE HOFFMAN, give demonstrators orders to zero in on specific policemen with unusually abusive verbal attacks, in an effort to provoke the policemen to act against the demonstrators. On one occasion, one policeman was so viciously attacked by the demonstrators with obsc rected toward the policeman and his family, tha emoved him from the area for a while. " arrests The files of the Bureau of Records and Communi- cations, Chicago Police Department, checked by Investigative Clerk i °: September 3, 1968, reflect under Chicago Police Department Number 2568734, that sABBIE Y. HOrFMAN waS arrested on august 28, 1968, in a restaurant at Clark and Lincoln Streets, Chicago, at 8:45 a.m., £(° resisting arrest and disorderly conduct. HOFFMAN had an obscene four-letter word written on his forehead while in the restaurant, and was arrested for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest after politely being asked by the police officers to come with them, When arrested, HOFFMAN gave his address as ‘'no home", and his occupation as "revolutionary artist". HOFFMAN was to appear in court on September 6, 1968. Bond was set at $1,000.00, and HOFFMAN was released On bond.
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