Man, it's so cool, seeing all the Abbie Hoffman avatars. Wonder what it would be like if everyone with an "Abbietar" posted to the same thread? Would all the non-Abbies look disturbingly out of place? Would it look like the interior of a Chicago courtroom, circa 1968?
Of course, the Yippies weren't the only ones with potty-mouth antics in the courtroom...
MR. KUNSTLER: Mayor Daley, do you hold a position in the Cook County Democratic Committee?
THE WITNESS: I surely do, and I am very proud of it.
I am the leader of my party. I am the leader of the Democratic Party in Cook County. . .
MR. KUNSTLER: I call your attention, Mayor Daley, to the week of August 28, 1968.
Did you attend any sessions of the Democratic National Convention?
THE WITNESS: I did.
MR. KUNSTLER: And were you there during the nominating speeches for the various candidates?
THE WITNESS: I was.
MR. KUNSTLER: Mayor Daley, on the twenty-eighth of August, 1968, did you say to Senator Ribicoff--
MR. FORAN: Oh, your Honor, I object.
MR. KUNSTLER [continuing]: --"Fuck you, you Jew son of a bitch, you lousy mother-fucker, go home"?
MR. FORAN: Listen to that. I object to that kind of conduct in a courtroom. Of all the improper, foolish questions, typical, your Honor, of making up questions that have nothing to do with the lawsuit.
THE COURT: May I suggest to you, sir, that this witness is your witness and you may not ask him any leading questions even of the sort that you proposed--especially, rather, of the sort that I heard a part of a moment ago.
MR. KUNSTLER: I have the source, your Honor. I will be glad to read it into the record.
THE COURT: I order you now, Mr. Kunstler, not to ask leading questions. Under the law you may not ask him such questions.
MR. KUNSTLER: Well, your Honor, then I would renew my motion out of the presence of the jury to have a hearing on the question of whether he is or is not a hostile witness.
THE COURT: I will be glad to do that. I'll excuse you, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, for a few moments.
Of course, the Yippies weren't the only ones with potty-mouth antics in the courtroom...
MR. KUNSTLER: Mayor Daley, do you hold a position in the Cook County Democratic Committee?
THE WITNESS: I surely do, and I am very proud of it.
I am the leader of my party. I am the leader of the Democratic Party in Cook County. . .
MR. KUNSTLER: I call your attention, Mayor Daley, to the week of August 28, 1968.
Did you attend any sessions of the Democratic National Convention?
THE WITNESS: I did.
MR. KUNSTLER: And were you there during the nominating speeches for the various candidates?
THE WITNESS: I was.
MR. KUNSTLER: Mayor Daley, on the twenty-eighth of August, 1968, did you say to Senator Ribicoff--
MR. FORAN: Oh, your Honor, I object.
MR. KUNSTLER [continuing]: --"Fuck you, you Jew son of a bitch, you lousy mother-fucker, go home"?
MR. FORAN: Listen to that. I object to that kind of conduct in a courtroom. Of all the improper, foolish questions, typical, your Honor, of making up questions that have nothing to do with the lawsuit.
THE COURT: May I suggest to you, sir, that this witness is your witness and you may not ask him any leading questions even of the sort that you proposed--especially, rather, of the sort that I heard a part of a moment ago.
MR. KUNSTLER: I have the source, your Honor. I will be glad to read it into the record.
THE COURT: I order you now, Mr. Kunstler, not to ask leading questions. Under the law you may not ask him such questions.
MR. KUNSTLER: Well, your Honor, then I would renew my motion out of the presence of the jury to have a hearing on the question of whether he is or is not a hostile witness.
THE COURT: I will be glad to do that. I'll excuse you, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, for a few moments.
