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...Three others were also arrested in the Ryan trial disturbances. Harvard students Michael Sobel and John Pennington were charged along with John Whitney, an associate professor at the University of Massachusetts...
Uniformed and plainclothes police began beating the withdrawing crowd and made four arrests. Michael Sobel and John Pennington, both Harvard students, and James Whitney, an associate professor at the University of Massachusetts, will all seek continuances to delay their cases...
Like DeSimone, Whitney faces a possible two-and-a-half year prison term for assault and battery, and a six month term for disorderly person. Sobel is charged with disorderly conduct and disturbing the peace, with a maximum six-month prison sentence on each charge. Pennington will come to trial for contempt of court and disorderly person...
Suddenly, during Ryan's summation, police arrested John Pennington '68-4, National Secretary of SDS, and charged him with contempt of court. Then, after cutting Ryan off for the last time, Viola ordered the courtroom cleared. As one or two plainclothesmen ushered the coterie of Harvard officials into a safe corner, Ryan's witnesses and 75 spectators were forcefully driven out and away from the courtroom building. During the mel?c, police seized three other spectators on charges ranging from disorderly conduct to assault and battery on a policeman. All four arrested now face prison terms...
...university isn't neutral." Pennington said at the end of the rally. "It uses committees, cops and troops to attack the people. We must ally ourselves with the working people and fight the common enemy...