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The very same Angela Davis who on 8/5/1970 bought the shotgun that was used to blow Judge Harold Haley's head off two days later? https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E

The very same Angela Davis who on 8/5/1970 bought the shotgun that was used to blow Judge Harold Haley's head off two days later? https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E3UiyuqVUAE816j?format=jpg https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E3UiyuqVUAE816j?format=jpg

guerrilla 5y ago
She maintained her innocence and was eventually found not guilty on all counts. > A defense motion for a change of venue was granted, and the trial was moved to Santa Clara County. On June 4, 1972, after 13 hours of deliberations, the all-white jury returned a verdict of not guilty. The fact that she owned the guns used in the crime was judged insufficient to establish her role in the plot. John Lennon and Yoko Ono in support of her though. [1] 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBpcm-DtN0Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBpcm-DtN0Q
- rainworld 5y ago
  To everybody interested in all this I will strongly recommend Bryan Burrough’s Days of Rage. Too few know just how much left-wing terrorism there was during that time, how much they got away with, and just how much support they got from mainstream society.[0] Lennon came to regret much of his left-wing activism later in life. [0] Cf. Tom Wolfe’s Radical Chic: https://nymag.com/news/features/46170/ https://nymag.com/news/features/46170/
  - Sporktacular 5y ago
    So you knew knowing she bought the shotgun but you didn't know she was acquitted? Or were you just hoping no one else did? You seem to have an agenda here, trying to find any way to undermine the left.
    - rainworld 5y ago
      I’m familiar with the details of the case, tyvm. Wrongful verdicts happen all the time. Especially when there’s enormous social pressure and polarization, then and now. The left (or progressivism, really) does not need my help undermining itself—it’s just that it’s a painfully slow slide down and I’d rather see something else during my lifetime and for my descendants.
      - TomSwirly 5y ago
        If you have descendents, perhaps being on the side of the people who want to increase pollution and carbon dioxide output is not a good idea? I'm not an American, but the Right there seems to be actually mentally ill - not an insult, I mean they sound like crazy homeless people screaming incoherently in the street. Listened to multiple Republicans like Boebert lauding the Taliban and the deafening silence from the rest of you makes your stance pretty clear...

guerrilla 5y ago

She maintained her innocence and was eventually found not guilty on all counts. > A defense motion for a change of venue was granted, and the trial was moved to Santa Clara County. On June 4, 1972, after 13 hours of deliberations, the all-white jury returned a verdict of not guilty. The fact that she owned the guns used in the crime was judged insufficient to establish her role in the plot. John Lennon and Yoko Ono in support of her though. [1] 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBpcm-DtN0Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBpcm-DtN0Q

rainworld 5y ago
To everybody interested in all this I will strongly recommend Bryan Burrough’s Days of Rage. Too few know just how much left-wing terrorism there was during that time, how much they got away with, and just how much support they got from mainstream society.[0] Lennon came to regret much of his left-wing activism later in life. [0] Cf. Tom Wolfe’s Radical Chic: https://nymag.com/news/features/46170/ https://nymag.com/news/features/46170/
- Sporktacular 5y ago
  So you knew knowing she bought the shotgun but you didn't know she was acquitted? Or were you just hoping no one else did? You seem to have an agenda here, trying to find any way to undermine the left.
  - rainworld 5y ago
    I’m familiar with the details of the case, tyvm. Wrongful verdicts happen all the time. Especially when there’s enormous social pressure and polarization, then and now. The left (or progressivism, really) does not need my help undermining itself—it’s just that it’s a painfully slow slide down and I’d rather see something else during my lifetime and for my descendants.
    - TomSwirly 5y ago
      If you have descendents, perhaps being on the side of the people who want to increase pollution and carbon dioxide output is not a good idea? I'm not an American, but the Right there seems to be actually mentally ill - not an insult, I mean they sound like crazy homeless people screaming incoherently in the street. Listened to multiple Republicans like Boebert lauding the Taliban and the deafening silence from the rest of you makes your stance pretty clear...