The Trial of the Chicago 7 - Debate Over Speaking Engagement in Chicago
Sondra:
You can't give this speech in Chicago!
Bobby Seale:
Fred Hampton wants me there. Plane ticket.
Sondra:
Let Fred give the speech!
Bobby Seale:
Between Hayden and Hoffman there could be 5,000 people. It'd be nice to talk to 5,000 people.
Sondra:
Not while you're in trouble in Connecticut.
Bobby Seale:
Yes, well I'm in trouble - I'm the head of the Black Panthers, Sondra! When the hell am I not gonna be in trouble? Travel bag.
Sondra:
You're going to be in a lot more of it if you stand up and say Fry the pigs!
Bobby Seale:
IF they attack me. You're taking it out of context.
Sondra:
So will every white person in America! Cops won't give a shit about context, and you don't have enough protection in Chicago.
Bobby Seale:
There's no place to be right now but in it.
Sondra:
But Fry the pigs'?
Bobby Seale:
IF they attack...
Sondra: [[Martin Luther King, Jr.|Dr. King]
]...
Bobby Seale: [[Malcolm X|Malcom; [w:Medgar Evers|Medgar; [Robert Kennedy|Bobby; [Jesus]
Is dead! He has a dream? Well now he has a fucking bullet in his head! Martin's dead, ]'s dead, ]'s dead, ]'s dead, ] is dead. They tried it peacefully, we're gonna try something else.
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