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On this day August 28, 1973

Abbie Hoffman arrested in NYC drug sting

Abbie Hoffman
Released
Abbie Hoffman was a co-founder of the Youth International Party ("Yippies") and one of the most flamboyant figures of the New Left, known for guerrilla-theater protests including the 1967 attempt to l...
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Anti-war and Yippie activist Abbie Hoffman was arrested with 3 others by undercover police in NYC for selling cocaine. Hoffman jumped bail and went underground, but eventually surrendered to authorities in 1980.

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