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...hours of tough cross-examination today showed that the defense was indeed delighted with Robert Pierson, an undercover agent for the Chicago Police Department who claims he was Jerry Rubin's bodyguard during the 1968 Democratic National Convention...
...Pierson took the stand this morning on the tenth day of the trial, the first test of the 1968 federal law forbidding crossing state lines to incite riots. The eight defendants, a cross-section of pacifist radical-Yippie leadership, are Abbie Hoffman, John Froines, Lee Weiner, Rennie Davis, David Dellinger, Bobby Seale, Tom Tayden, and Rubin...
Giving an almost hourly account of the five days in August 1968, Pierson mentioned in his testimony five of the eight defendants and attributed inflammatory statements to Rubin and Seale...
...Pierson said, "Rubin told me, 'We've got to have new Chicagos everywhere. We've got to have riots in other cities.' I told him he could count on me to fight the pigs with him anywhere." Pierson also said he heard Rubin shout "Kill the pigs, kill the pigs" during a demonstration...
Lowell tallied 18 points in the first half in dumping Davenport-Pierson 24-0, while Kirkland's Mike Gannon led an offensive attack that rolled over their Yale opponents...