CoolBrees
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His lawyer had emergency gall bladder surgery and they wouldn’t grant a delay. And Bobby refused the public defender and they wouldn’t let him defend himself. Then they were acquitted of most of the charges but were given harsh punishment for contempt as if the circus of a trial was their fault. Fortunately they were overturned.
But that was only the beginning of the FBI trying to destroy these men. They framed Abbie and he had to go underground for over a decade. If it wasn’t for his lawyer pushing FOIA after FOIA to finally uncover cointelpro who knows how many great American patriots would have been persecuted for exercising their First Amendment rights.
The fact is, the whole thing was ridiculous. If the city would have granted their permit for Lincoln Park, and if the FBI would not have infiltrated the movement and incited violence then there would have never been an issue.
There were twice as many protesters in Washington at the Pentagon and it was peaceful.
I believe it was there in DC, with that level of involvement and no violent action is what cause cointelpro to being in the first place.
ETA-for our phish fans: the song Free is about Abbie. That was his nickname.
But that was only the beginning of the FBI trying to destroy these men. They framed Abbie and he had to go underground for over a decade. If it wasn’t for his lawyer pushing FOIA after FOIA to finally uncover cointelpro who knows how many great American patriots would have been persecuted for exercising their First Amendment rights.
The fact is, the whole thing was ridiculous. If the city would have granted their permit for Lincoln Park, and if the FBI would not have infiltrated the movement and incited violence then there would have never been an issue.
There were twice as many protesters in Washington at the Pentagon and it was peaceful.
I believe it was there in DC, with that level of involvement and no violent action is what cause cointelpro to being in the first place.
ETA-for our phish fans: the song Free is about Abbie. That was his nickname.