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Abbie Hoffman — Part 29

130 pages · May 12, 2026 · Document date: Apr 13, 1970 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Abbie Hoffman · 128 pages OCR'd
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ABBOTT H. HOFFMAN "he's about 48, you know, with sideburns down here. And he says things like 'Cool' and ‘Dig it,' you know, and ‘We got, we got to get our shit,' no they don't, 'We got to get our scene together here at Harrison High,* you know?" (Clapping) "Well, those were the undercover agents that appeared against us. It was all like that. Huh, they look at that(?) and they say (indistinct) seen you. Well, so the jury systen. “When the jurors got into their room, it wasn't like the Twelve Angry Men or any of the jury movies that Perry Mason-- you know, they all sit around the table and yell and scream at each other; no, they couldn't get along too well--because actually the jury had made up its mind before it even got in the jury box. and how they want their kids to grow up and marry Yippies, you know, and stuff like that; and. so they had their minds made up before they even got in the jury box. They get into the room and the first thing, according to Kay Richards, is that two of the jurors said we should be shot. Shot! So one of the liberals-- there were four liberals that thought we were innocent of all charges and still to this very day think that we are innocent-- they said well, why? And they said, well, they're disrespectful | to the judge--so they're guilty. Third woman on the jury eaid, 25
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