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Abbie Hoffman — Part 39
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PROERALBUCEAL OF UNVESTIGAL. Od
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He is assipne the 20th District of the
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Chicayo Police Department and was on duty at Lincoln Park
during the denonstrations held there and at Balbo and
Michipan curing the weck of the Democratic Convention held
in Chicewo,
: if SN © 2xv00 numerous instances
: a: during these dceononstrations whon the members of the Press
covering these domonstrations disobeyed Police instructions
and were generally very uncooperative at all times, In
spite of Police requesis and protests, TV cameramen
continuously blinded Policcisen on duty witb their television
camera lights. It was very hard to distinguish members
of the Peess from other individuals because so many prople
had cameras and professed menbers of the Press without
having proper identification, In some instances, when ordcored
to get behind the Police skirmish line, the Press would
nake verbal insults to the Police such as "who the hell
? ties) tt a the "OO
k you are?" and “we have a right to be hore
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do you thin
The demonstrators not only abused the Policemen
verbally by shovting obscenitics and personal insults at then,
but also hurled such objects as bricks, rocks, bottlics,
balls with nsils protruding, spears of wood, knives, and
bags and bottles filled with human wastes.
In addition numerous Police cars were damaged
and Policemen injured during these demonstrations, :
It was obvious that cars, usually old ones, ovned
by the demonstrators had their tires punctured by the
demonstrators in an effort to cast suspicion on the Police
Department.
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restraint in ¢ Iace of all the abuse they had to withstand
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