The Trial of the Chicago 7 Page #20

177 INT. CONSPIRACY OFFICE -NIGHT 177

KUNSTLER:

Once you’d had a moment to settle

down, did you try top stop people?

178 EXT. GRANT PARK -NIGHT 178

The ARMY OF PROTESTORS is getting closer to the BATTALION OF

RIOT POLICE. We HEAR a RADIO COMMAND and-

BAM--tear gas gets shot into the crowd.

BAM BAM BAM--more tear gas gets fired.

We see TIGHT IMAGES of protestors getting cracked in their

heads and across their faces by police batons.

179 INT. CONSPIRACY OFFICE -NIGHT 179

KUNSTLER:

You didn’t try to stop anyone.

TOM:

No.

180 EXT. GRANT PARK -NIGHT 180

We see bloody faces on the ground as the feet of the

protestors move by.

TOM is going through the crowd and directing them-

TOM:

(shouting)

The bridges! Head to the bridges!

The bridges!

144.

181 INT. CONSPIRACY OFFICE -NIGHT 181

KUNSTLER:

You were the one who told people to

go to the footbridges.

TOM:

The ones who were able to make it

out of the park without getting

arrested or maimed.

KUNSTLER:

And those people, the ones you sent

to the footbridges, did they know

what was waiting for them on the

other side?

182 EXT. FOOTBRIDGE -NIGHT 182

A few hundred protestors who made it through the battalion of

riot police come into view at one end of a footbridge

connecting to Michigan Avenue.

Headlights come into view from the other direction and we see

that the source of the headlights are a moving wall of five

Jeeps outfitted with concertina wire in front.

183 EXT. ANOTHER FOOTBRIDGE -SAME TIME 183

Another group of protestors meets a moving line of NATIONAL

GUARDSMEN with bayonets.

184 EXT. THIRD FOOTBRIDGE -SAME TIME 184

A third group of protestors meet armored vehicles covered

with NATIONAL GUARDSMEN.

185 INT. CONSPIRACY OFFICE -NIGHT 185

KUNSTLER:

All access to the convention was

blocked.

TOM:

By an armored division.

145.

KUNSTLER:

Of the Illinois National Guard,

they’re the good guys.

TOM:

Jeeps fitted with concertina wire

called Daley Dozers, and when did I

stop being one of the good guys?

KUNSTLER:

Let’s find out. Were glass bottles

being thrown at the police?

A186 EXT. FIRST FOOTBRIDGE -NIGHT A186

We see glass bottles flying through the air and crashing on

the street in front of the police.

DAVE:

Sh*t, no!

DAVE starts making his way through the crowd-

DAVE (CONT'D)

(shouting)

Don’t throw anything! Drop the

bottles! Don’t throw anything!

B186 INT. CONSPIRACY OFFICE -NIGHT (FILE FOOTAGE) B186

TOM:

Some people threw bottles. Dave was

the one trying to shut it down.

They were frustrated--all three

footbridges were-

KUNSTLER:

You, Abbie, Jerry and 11 others

eluded the police.

TOM:

I wouldn’t say we eluded them, I’d

say we were fleeing from them.

KUNSTLER:

You found an unguarded bridge.

146.

186 EXT. SMALL FOOTBRIDGE -NIGHT 186

TOM, ABBIE, JERRY and 15 others are standing on one end of a

dark, empty bridge that’s only protected by a police

barricade.

JERRY throws the barricade over and they head across-

187 INT. COLLEGE AUDITORIUM -NIGHT 187

ABBIE:

Now here’s where things got weird.

188 INT. CONSPIRACY OFFICE -DAY 188

KUNSTLER:

You, Abbie, Jerry and 11 others

found the only way to the

convention.

189 INT. COLLEGE AUDITORIUM -NIGHT 189

ABBIE:

In the lobby of the Hilton, right

next to the Convention Center, is a

bar called the Haymarket Tavern.

The Haymarket Tavern is a watering

hole for Chicago’s political class

and their hookers. And the place

was packed to watch Humphrey

getting the nomination a mile away.

190 INT. HAYMARKET TAVERN -NIGHT 190

The place is crowded with lawyers and their dates who are

partying it up. On the television sets we can see and hear

the roll call vote being taken.

One side of the bar is a floor-to-ceiling picture window.

DELEGATE (FROM TV)

Mr. Chairman, the great state of

Ohio, the Buckeye State-

PATRONS:

(toasting)

The Buckeye State!

147.

191 INT. COLLEGE AUDITORIUM -NIGHT 191

ABBIE:

One side of the Haymarket Tavern is

a huge picture window with smoked

glass. You can’t see inside from

the street.

192 EXT. HAYMARKET TAVERN -NIGHT 192

TOM, ABBIE, JERRY and the others have just about crossed to

the other side of an intersection clogged with police

barricades, police vehicles, ambulances, etc., to a darker

place on the street.

193 INT. CONSPIRACY OFFICE -NIGHT 193

KUNSTLER:

You made it through the riot

police, the tear gas, the national

guard and you’re in sight of the

Convention Center-

194 EXT. HAYMARKET TAVERN -NIGHT 194

TOM, ABBIE, JERRY and the others are on a dark, empty

sidewalk.

A few riot police appear from around the corner. The group

turns in the other direction where more riot police appear.

195 INT. CONSPIRACY OFFICE -NIGHT 195

TOM:

Where we got trapped.

KUNSTLER:

What’s another word for trapped?

TOM:

We were trapped between the window

and the police.

KUNSTLER:

What’s another word for trapped?

(beat)

“Caught”, right?

148.

196 EXT. HAYMARKET TAVERN -NIGHT 196

TOM, ABBIE, JERRY and the others are basically pinned against

the picture window by the riot police who are coming closer.

197 INT. COLLEGE AUDITORIUM -NIGHT 197

ABBIE:

Inside the bar it’s like the 60’s

never happened. Outside the bar,

the 60’s were being performed for

anyone who looked out the window.

198 INT. HAYMARKET TAVERN -NIGHT 198

The roll call continues on the television sets and the

festive mood continues. A WOMAN looks out the window and

notices the backs of the protestors that are out there. Her

date is deep in conversation-

BAR PATRON #1

Does anyone know what a buckeye is?

WOMAN:

(trying to get his

attention)

Hey.

BAR PATRON #2

A buckeye?

BAR PATRON #1

Yeah.

WOMAN:

Am I the only one who sees what’s

going on out there?

BAR PATRON #2

A buckeye is a nut. A poisonous

nut.

We see a few other people near the window are starting to

notice what’s going on outside.

199 INT. COLLEGE AUDITORIUM -NIGHT 199

ABBIE:

And we see a cop do something you

don’t ever want to see a cop do.

149.

200 EXT. HAYMARKET TAVERN -NIGHT 200

We PUSH IN on TOM as he sees a RIOT OFFICER pull off his

badge and then his name tag and put them in a pocket. ABBIE

watches as the another RIOT OFFICER pulls off their badge and

name tag. JERRY watches another.

201 INT. CONSPIRACY OFFICE -NIGHT 201

KUNSTLER:

All those people, how come you and

Abbie and Jerry are the only ones

who saw them do that?

TOM:

I don’t know. It was dark. People

were scared.

202 INT. COLLEGE AUDITORIUM -NIGHT 202

ABBIE:

60’s outside the bar. 50’s inside

the bar. And then...? An

unnecessary metaphor.

203 INT. HAYMARKET TAVERN -NIGHT 203

BAR PATRON #2

(over the noise)

It’s a nut?

BAR PATRON #1

What?

BAR PATRON #2

(louder)

A nut!

CRASH!!!!!!--TOM, ABBIE, JERRY and the DEMONSTRATORS are

pushed through the window, which smashes to pieces. PATRONS

are SCREAMING as the RIOT POLICE come in after the

DEMONSTRATORS.

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