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Catching Apples

Life in Insurrection City:
cheering new arrivals—there were
eventually several thousand
there ... listening to Dr.
Spock...catching apples, oranges,
and cans of food thrown in by
friends...rapping to guards about
concentration camps...singing
folksongs in the tent...hearing
hourly speeches on our legal status
from lawyers who admitted they
didn't know what they were talking
about...complaining to visitors like
Representatives Fauntelroy and
Abzug.

RFK Stadium Accommodated The Arrested Multitudes During Weekend Demonstrations

Once at the Coliseum, we were
kept on the cold concrete floor by
both troops and policemen. Lines
for the bathroom stretched across
the floor. Food consisted of cheese
or baloney sandwiches. There was
no hot water, no facilities of any
sort; some of the guards would give
you a cigarette if you asked.

About dusk on Monday, the
entire group was transferred to the
Coliseum, by bus and paddy wagon.
Several of the buses had been
gassed before the people got on
them.