5 CONVENTION WEEK PROTESTERS INDICTED
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BY MAUDLYNE IHEJIRIKA Staff Reporter Chicago Sun-Times, Septembet 21, 1996
In the aftermath of the 1968 Democratic National Convention, the Conspiracy Seven trial put Chicago and its police procedures in the spotlight.
Five protesters arrested during last month's return of the convention to Chicago hope felony indictments announced against them Friday--stemming from the ``Not on the Guest List'' march that week--will do the same.
``We neither engaged in violent acts nor encouraged anyone else to,'' defendant Michael Durschmid said on the steps of the Harrison District Courthouse. ``If anything, the Chicago Police Department should be on trial. But the truth will out.''
Durschmid and his co-defendants evoked images of 1968, when Chicago police responded with billy clubs to taunts from protesters.
Durschmid said their arrests were a ploy to stop a Festival of Life march they had planned for the convention's last day, when President Clinton arrived at the Democratic campout.
Friday's indictment alleges Durschmid, 36, of Glen Ellyn, and four others hit police officers with various items during their march through Wicker Park.
Free on bond, the five were identified as ``participating in a melee--throwing debris and rocks at police,'' said Marcie O'Boyle, a spokeswoman for Cook County State's Attorney Jack O'Malley, who announced the charges.
Besides Durschmid, charged with two counts each of aggravated battery of a police officer, two counts each of aggravated battery on a public way and two counts each of felony mob action were Robert McDonald, 33, of the Northwest Side; Bonnie Torwich, 26, of Hickory Hills; Bennett Masel, 39, of Madison, Wis., and the Rev. Ronald Schupp, 44, of the Northwest Side.
``The Five Protesters,'' as they call themselves, showed up Friday for what they expected would be a preliminary hearing but were told they had been indicted instead. They face an Oct. 1 arraignment.
``The state, in a very unusual move reserved for extreme murder cases, chose to bypass a preliminary hearing and go straight to a grand jury, where defendants have no voice,'' said defense attorney Jeff Haas. ``This is strong indication they know a judge would likely have thrown this case out.''
O'Boyle said she could not say why the case went to a grand jury.
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I am a recent high school graduate, and in my American Government class we studied the Chicago Seven trial. It is my opinion that this trial was itself a mockery of anything that resembles a respectable court. The Judge was a complete egotist who believed tat the U.S. had every right to invade Vietnam,and anyone who thought differently deserved to be shot. This does not sound anywhere close to, "fair and impartial trial," conditions that the Constitution assures every citizen in the U.S. That's all.
The story of the "Chicago 8, 7, or 5" is one that should be publicized as should other stories from that time period that have been lost and/or forgotten. The silence and lack of exposure of these stories leave my peers and me ignorant and in the dark. Not only African-Americans, but all people should be educated about what happened. The information is here, but what good is it if the story and legacy goes untold? -Jonathan Pratt, Jr. Florence,Al 18 yrs. old
The story of the "Chicago 8, 7, or 5" is one that should be publicized as should other stories from that time period that have been lost and/or forgotten. The silence and lack of exposure of these stories leave my peers and me ignorant and in the dark. Not only African-Americans, but all people should be educated about what happened. The information is here, but what good is it if the story and legacy goes untold? -Jonathan Pratt, Jr. Florence,Al 18 yrs. old
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