The #ChicagoSeven were found not guilty of conspiracy & incitement on #ThisDayInHistory in 1970. Originally eight (#BobbySeale of the #BlackPantherParty was a mistrial), their prosecution was to make them #PoliticalPrisoners. The judge tried anyway with bogus contempt sentences.
Seven leaders of demonstrations at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago were being tried for conspiring to incite a riot as they protested the Vietnam war.
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Yes, absolutely.
This opus from an OG #AmericanResister had an unforeseen influence on the rest of my life.
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🎞️ Where the film deviates: Sorkin condenses some of Abbie’s sharpest lines and exchanges for pacing, giving him a more polished “Sorkin-esque” wit than the often chaotic, rambling style found in transcripts.
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🎬 Which moment shocked you most — the real trial or the film version?
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Anti-war demonstrators gather opposite the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., Oct. 21, 1967. (Pic: TommyJapan79)
📖 Today in history
✊🏿 On 18 February 1970, the "Chicago Seven" were acquitted by a jury of conspiracy to incite a riot at the Democrat National Convention that had taken place in the city in 1968.
Blast from the past 👇🏼
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