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Recounting a speech by Seale on Aug. 27, 1968, Pierson quoted the Black Panther leader as saying. "The time for singing 'We Shall Overcome' is past. We've got to act, Go out and buy a .357 Magnum, a .45, and a carbine-and kill the pigs...
During the noon recess, Rubin denied Pierson's allegations and said the policeman had not been an important bodyguard...
Cross-examining in the afternoon, defense attorney William M. Kunstler quoted Pierson's testimony before a grand jury and the House Un-American Activities Committee to contradict his testimony today. After pressing for details of how Pierson got involved with Rubin. Kunstler asked for a recess to finish reading prosecution evidence...
...reporters left the courtroom, defense counsel handed out reproductions of an article by Pierson in a popular detective magazine which cited his experiences as a "daring undercover officer" who "infiltrated the Yippies' high command...
Describing how he established his cover. Pierson wrote in the article, "The first night the Headhunters [a local motorcycle gang]... invited me to ride out with them... They had pot-marijuana-and I smoked with them. However, since I didn't inhale, just pretended to, it had little effect...