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...advocate of liberal causes, Clark must now contend with embarrassing revelations concerning some of his actions as Attorney General. In a 1967 memorandum to Hoover, reports TIME Correspondent Sandy Smith, Clark urged FBI investigators to "use the maximum available resources, investigative and intelligence," to determine whether conspiracies had triggered rioting in urban ghettos. The memo also said: "As a part of the broad investigation which must necessarily be conducted . . . sources or informants in Black Nationalist organizations, S.N.C.C. [Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee] and other less publicized groups should be developed and expanded to determine the size and purpose of these groups...
...April's Earth Day rallies with undercover agents. Attorney General John Mitchell replied: "The FBI has no interest in an Earth Day meeting as such, but it does have a very legitimate interest in the activities of persons whose known records reveal a likelihood of violence, incitement to riot or other criminal behavior." He added pointedly: "Any suggestion that the FBI is conducting surveillance of the political activity of United States Senators is just as false as the charge that the FBI is tapping the telephones of members of Congress...
...many issues. "The first Harvard and Columbia strikes are good examples of how a very small minority can swing a majority to their support.... What is this law and order that the authorities are pulling to their support-what do they mean, telling black people they can't riot?" he asks indignantly...
With no great sadness, we left that cell about an hour later. A riot bus drove us to a new location. All the male demonstrators were now together, stuffed into the "bullpen" buried somewhere in the basement of one of the many D.C. courthouses. There were two stinking urinals, two plugged toilets, and, as I remember, no working faucets...
...substantive evil that the state has a right to prevent, he can be silenced or arrested. Such a test very much depends upon circumstances since language provocative in one context might be applauded in another. The burden, however, appears to lie with the speaker to avoid inciting to riot or using language that would cause an average man to fight. According to a Note in the Harvard Law Review (1967), "If the varying nature of audiences can be taken into account, very slight taunting may be enough to withdraw constitutional protection under some circumstances." The mere appearance, however...