riots were started by the chicago police
department
welcome to watch mojo and today we're
counting down our picks for the top 10
things the trial of the chicago seven
got factually right and wrong cite mr
consular with his second count
of contempt sending daphne o'connor to
break my heart
was way out of line mr kunsler the
demonstrators attacked the police and
the police responded
for this list we're looking at plot
points from this historical legal drama
that were true to real life or
fictionalized for the sake of
storytelling
what did you think of the trial of the
chicago 7 let us know in the comments
number 10 hoffman and reuben wore
judicial robes
right i have an egg the film portrays
abby hoffman and jerry rubin as a couple
of jokers who treat the trial almost
like performance art and the record
should reflect
that defendant hoffman and i are not
related father no they see it as an
opportunity to attract the media and
more young people to the yippie movement
undermining the no-nonsense judge around
every turn mr rubin
mr huffman what are you wearing
it's an homage to you your honor one
such example is when they appear in
court wearing judicial robes
much to judge hoffman's annoyance take
off the roads please
silence in real life hoffman and reuben
did show up in robes one day
although they were not wearing police
uniforms underneath as depicted in the
film
upon taking the robes off they used them
to wipe their feet
this actually sounds like something that
sasha baron cohen might do if he were on
trial
making his casting as abby all the more
brilliant
number 9. fbi agent daphne o'connor
wrong played by caitlyn fitzgerald
daphne o'connor is an undercover fbi
agent who has a sort of romance with
jerry rubin after buying him a drink at
a bar
nobody's ever sent me a drink before how
do you like it so far
it's a tom collins i know it's kind of a
country club drink but they're delicious
despite coming to empathize with ruben's
cause o'connor takes the stand and
breaks his heart the demonstrators
attacked the police and the police
responded
much like rooney mara's character in the
social network daphne o'connor is purely
a creation of aaron sorkin
granted there are a few undercover
agents who got close to the chicago
seven sending daphne o'connor
to break my heart was way out of line
erwin bach and william frappley
infiltrated the vets for peace
and the students for a democratic
society reuben was personally duped by
robert pearson
a chicago police officer who went
undercover as his bodyguard
yet there are no reports indicating that
ruben had a 93-hour fling with an fbi
agent
nothing is more dangerous than a crowd
of people who are moving it's like
trying to redirect the mississippi river
isn't she great number eight judge
julius hoffman's incompetence
right you're not going to let the jury
hear his testimony
not unless you can demonstrate to me
which you have not
thus far done that this you any good
it's not uncommon for biopics to vilify
authority figures
but judge julius hoffman was every bit
as antagonistic as frank langella's
portrayal
cite mr consular with his second count
of contempt
described as quote impetuous and rude in
joseph golden's 1974 book the bench
warmers the 74 year old judge hoffman
prevented the jury from examining
certain evidence that would have
benefited the chicago 7.
your parents received this note this
morning and they're male they call the
police as they should have done
as in the film the families of two young
jurors received threatening letters
allegedly from the black panthers
which the defense claimed were forgeries
judge hoffman
showed them the letters meaning one to
leave the jury do you still feel you can
render a fair and impartial verdict
no sir you're dismissed from this jury
according to attorney gerald lefcourt
judge hoffman was
quote pro-government on a mission
viewing the defense team as the quote
enemy from day one as such the judge
issued 175 counts of contempt of court
throughout the trial
number seven richard schultz was
sympathetic to the defendants
wrong although he was a junior
prosecutor the film suggests that
richard schultz sympathized with the
chicago seven
yeah we're all on the same team in a
sense
i guess but in a much truer sense we're
not while schultz does his job
he doesn't get much joy from it
meanwhile lead prosecutor tom ferrand
shows little empathy for the defendants
it's schultz who pleads with judge
hoffman to have mercy on bobby seal
leading to his mistrial i'm issuing an
order declaring a mistrial as with the
defendant bobby g
in reality this was the u.s attorney's
office is doing
several people have argued that schultz
was far more hot-headed than seen in the
movie
earning a reputation as quote the
government's pitbull
respect for the fallen defendant david
dellinger went as far as to call schultz
quote
a snake and a quote nazi some would also
debate that faran was the more
restrained of the two although he did
make plenty of controversial comments
number six david dellinger punched a
marshal wrong
david dellinger is depicted as a radical
pacifist who wanted to keep the protests
peaceful
you're a thug because you are dead
please sit mr dillinger dellinger is
finally pushed to his limits when judge
hoffman throws out key testimony
calling him a quote thug if we're guilty
why not give us a trial dave
marshalls seat to defend if we're guilty
which you have
clearly decided dave i've got watch
yourself
this culminates in dullinger punching a
marshall and apologizing before being
dragged out
although it is a powerful moment
dallinger never used physical violence
in court
this isn't to say dellinger never threw
a punch in his life
i'm sorry he showed great remorse for
knocking out another man in college
which may have inspired the scene
throughout the trial however dellinger
stuck by his pacifist world view
that said he was escorted out at one
point for interrupting a witness
it was at this point that dellinger made
his snake and nazi comments about
schultz
number five the jury didn't hear ramsay
clark's testimony
right an investigation by our criminal
division
led to the conclusion that the riots
were started by the chicago police
department in the film
the case is seemingly blown wide open
when attorney general ramsey clark takes
the stand
he recounts telling the president over
the phone that the chicago pd
likely started the riots the jury isn't
present to hear this bombshell however
and judge hoffman decrees that his
testimony will not be shared
you're not going to let the jury hear
his testimony
not unless you can demonstrate to me
which you have not
thus far done that this year are you any
good
judge hoffman did in fact bar clark as a
defense witness
ruling that he made quote no relevant or
material contribution to the case
it's debatable if clark's testimony
truly would have been the smoking gun
the film leads us to believe
please sir i will be forced to find you
in contempt
you understand nevertheless defense
attorney william kunstler called judge
hoffman's ruling
quote absolutely unheard of in the
history of the united states
adding that it quote sets a precedent
that is horrendous to contemplate
number 4. jerry rubin's arrest wrong
in one of the movie's most intense
moments the police and protesters clash
atop a hill
although this played out differently in
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reality
a fleet of officers wasn't waiting for
the protesters when they arrived at the
general john logan memorial
on the contrary a significant number of
cops intervened after the crowd started
taking the hill
the scene shows ruben rescuing a female
protester carrying an american flag as
three men
forced themselves on her while there
doesn't appear to be any account of this
happening
robert pearson claims that a conflict
did erupt over a communist flag don't
move jerry
then get those guys they're under arrest
even so
reuben wasn't arrested during the riot
as the film depicts but at a later time
when he was on the street with a buddy
number three flow all over the city
speech right
we get to the root of the riots as renny
davis is beaten by the police at grant
park
out of nowhere
motivating tom hayden to deliver his
blood flowing all over the city speech
although this wasn't the first time
hayden got fired up it's widely believed
that davis's beating ignited his speech
and the ensuing chaos yes absolutely if
blood is going to flow
let it flow all over the city the gas
is going to be used let it go down all
over chicago
we're going to the convention on the
streets through his research
aaron sorkin found that hayden meant to
say our blood
in an interview with gq sorkin said
quote i think that there's a part of tom
that feels like he inadvertently caused
a tremendous amount of violence
and all of the blood that was spilled
that night not that tom nor anyone else
thinks that the riot was tom's fault
the police could have easily not started
smacking people in the head with
baseball bats oh you didn't try and stop
anyone
no number two bobby seals mistreatment
and fred hampton's death
right the chicago seven were truly the
chicago
eight i said it would be impossible for
me to care any less
what you are tired of the eighth person
in question was black panther party
co-founder bobby seal
who wasn't permitted to postpone his
trial when his lawyer needed gallbladder
surgery it was premeditated
fred hampton was assassinated last night
unable to defend himself
seal was left without counsel most
notably
seal really was restrained and gagged
after an outburst
in the film seal's speech stems from
fred hampton's shooting during a raid
although this actually happened after
seal was bound in court
it's generally believed that hampton's
death was an assassination carried out
by the fbi
do i have your assurance
seal was actually restrained for several
days as opposed to a few minutes
judge hoffman would declare a mistrial
separating seal from the other seven
before we unveil our top pick here are
some honorable mentions
abby hoffman discussed the trial in
public right
check out his album wake up america if
you want to hear more they got hayden
they got hayden we gotta march down to
the police station
overcome the cops and the illinois
national guard
and free tom hayden
we couldn't find our way out of the park
march to bail out tom hayden
right protesters and police did confront
each other at the station
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number one reading the names right and
wrong
the film ends on a high note as tom
hayden uses his closing statement to
read off the names of the 4752 u.s
troops who died in vietnam since the
trial started private eric
allen bosch 21 years old mr contra
lance corporal robert earl ellis 19
years old it's a triumphant moment but
did it really happen yes and no while
names of fallen soldiers were read aloud
in court
it wasn't at the end of the trial and it
wasn't hayden who led this act
last douglas w jackson
19 years ago it actually happened on
october 15
1969 almost four months before
sentencing
and david dellinger read the names james
clinton defranco
19 years old corporal kenneth joe
austin 18 years old judge hoffman
initially wasn't present as the names
were being read when he entered the
courtroom
judge hoffman made dellinger stop and an
argument ensued
while altered the ending we get is
classic aaron sorkin henry
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