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Old 02-02-2006, 10:13 AM   #11
Fred Little
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Re: Race and Aikido

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Jo Adell wrote:
As I recall, most of the Chicago 7 were either white or Jewish.
That is correct as far as it goes. But before they were the Chicago Seven, they were the Chicago Eight. While a number of the defendants engaged in political theater that mocked the legitimacy and decorum of the courtroom, it was Bobby Seale of the Black Panther Party who was bound and gagged at the defendants table.

It appears that Judge Hoffman, a former law partner of the infamous Mayor Richard Daley, found Mr. Seale's outbursts characterizing him as a racist, fascist pig more offensive than Mr. Hoffman's remark that ""you are a disgrace to the Jews. You would have served Hitler better."

Seale's case was severed from that of the other defendants, at which point the Chicago Eight became known as the Chicago Seven.

Although Seale was sentenced to four years for contempt of court, his contempt conviction, like that of the other defendants, was overturned on appeal and the US Government opted not to retry the charges.

In the "truth is stranger than fiction" addendum, it should be noted that addition to his autobiography, Seale is also the author of Bobby Seale: Hickory & Mesquite Recipes

Ex-Panther David Hilliard and singer Al Green have also independently developed a product suitable for use with Seale's cookbook, "Burn Baby Burn: A Taste of the Sixties Revolutionary Hot Sauce," the proceeds of which go to benefit the Huey P. Newton Foundation.

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