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ead pephny, owe! pene eae rc : i 4 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ‘ FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Chicago, Illinois SEP § 879 ALL Pues - p90 ad . pone ra) \ DAK Oe aeabas ABBOTT HOWARD HOFFMAN . ANTIRIOT LAWS Hoffman is a white male, born November 30, 1936, at Worcester, Massachusetts. Hoffman resides at 114 East 3th Street, New York, New York. On March 20, 1969, Hoffman was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury (FGJ), Chicago, charged with a violation of the Antiriot Laws (ARL), Title 18, United States Code (USC), Sections 2101 and 371. Hoffman was charged with conspiring with others ‘+, and himself traveling in interstate commerce from outside Illinois, to Chicago, Illinois, with the intent to incite, organize, promote and encourage, a riot and thereafter, on or about August 26, 1968, at Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois, and on or about August 27, 1968, at Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois, and on or about August 29, 1968, at Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois, he did speak to assemblages of persons for the purposes of inciting, organizing, promoting, and encouraging a riot. Trial in this matter commenced in Chicag llinois, on September 24, 1969, and on February 18, 1970, was found by a jury to be guilty of Section 2101 of the above etatute, as related to his own travel interstate for the pu: poses as noted. On February 20, i970, he was sentenced by United States District Court (USDC) Judge Julius J. Hoffman, trial judge in this case, to five years in the custody of the Attorney General (AG), fined $5,000.00 and court costs. In addition, as a result of his conduct and statements in court during this trial, Hoffman was found by USDC Judge Hoffman to be clearly a dangerous individual and on February 14, 1970, was sentenced to a total of eight months and fourteen days in the custody of the aG for twenty-four separate instances document contains neither recommendations nor eS lusions of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ont ‘im the property of the FBI and is loaned to your ya: macy; it and its contents are not to be distributed side your agency. vas i //¢