They were the first to be federally charged for inciting a riot — and their controversial trial went down in history.
This is the story of the Chicago Seven.
This is the story of the Chicago Seven.
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00:00When the cops come into Lincoln Park, there's no human possibility of staying there because
00:17they're coming in with orders to kill anybody who tries to stay there, and we don't believe
00:21in suicide.
00:51We are Revolutionary U.
01:21Judge Hoffman represents all that is old, all that is ugly, all that is bigoted, all
01:36that is repressive in America, and that we represent the spirit of a new generation at
01:44that table, and our spirit is going to devour the sickness that Judge Hoffman represents.
02:03We feel that all of the evidence so far introduced by the government simply reinforces our own
02:13view that it was the city that sabotaged the attempt to negotiate, and it was the city
02:19therefore that was responsible for all that followed during convention week.
02:26It's really not much of a trial anymore the way it's being conducted in there, but according
02:52to the system that's running there now, it's almost certain to be guilty on all accounts
02:57involved.
03:21We will not let them separate our culture from our politics.
03:26We are a people.
03:27We are all together.
03:29We are all under attack.
03:32America has decided to devour its youth.
03:35We will resist.
03:36We will not participate in America's children for breakfast program.
03:41F*** them.