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The Chicago Seven, originally the Chicago Eight and also known as the Conspiracy Eight or Conspiracy Seven, were seven defendants – Rennie Davis, David Dellinger, John Froines, Tom Hayden, Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, and Lee Weiner – charged by the United States Department of Justice with conspiracy, crossing state lines with intent to ...
Oct 16, 2020 · At the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, anti-Vietnam War protesters and police clashed in the streets, and eight men ended up in a lengthy trial for charges including conspiracy...
- Lia Beck
- Becky Little
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- The Chicago Eight were the first people tried under the first federal anti-riot law. 1968 Riots at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Anti-riot laws were all at the local or state level until the passage of the 1968 Civil Rights Act, which included a provision making it illegal to cross state lines to incite a riot.
- Prominent voices challenged the legitimacy of the anti-riot law. The Chicago Eight: (top L-R) Jerry Rubin, Abbie Hoffman,Tom Hayden, Rennie Davis, Bobby Seale, Lee Weiner, John Froines and David Dellinger, circa 1968.&
- There was a clear cultural clash between the judge and the defendants. Judge Julius Hoffman, 1969. During the trial, yippies Hoffman and Rubin sometimes used unusual tactics to draw attention to their arguments.
- The judge ordered Bobby Seale to be chained and gagged in court. Courtroom drawing of Bobby Seale bound and gagged during the trial, by Franklin McMahon.
Nov 16, 2009 · The Chicago Seven (formerly the Chicago Eight—one defendant, Bobby Seale, was being tried separately) are acquitted of riot conspiracy charges, but found guilty of inciting riot.
- Missy Sullivan
- 2 min
Nov 16, 2009 · The trial for eight antiwar activists charged with inciting violent demonstrations at the August 1968 Democratic National Convention opens in Chicago before Judge Julius Hoffman.
These are some of the questions that surround one of the most unusual courtroom spectacles in American history, the 1969-70 trial of eight radicals accused of conspiring to incite a riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
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Oct 19, 2020 · What happened to the Chicago Seven? After the months-long trial, the remaining seven defendants were acquitted of conspiracy, but all except Froines and Weiner were found guilty of crossing state...
