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Brian Flanagan

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1960s
State:Illinois
Support
Anti-Imperialism Anti-War Weather Underground Students for a Democratic Society
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Biography

Weather Underground / SDS member tried for attempted murder of Chicago city attorney Richard Elrod during the October 1969 Days of Rage — when Weather collective members ran through downtown Chicago smashing cars and shop windows in protest of the war and the Chicago 8 trial. Acquitted at trial. Later notable for being one of the highest-earning Jeopardy! champions in the show's history.

Case

Charges: Attempted murder of Chicago city attorney Richard Elrod (Days of Rage, October 11, 1969).
Arrested: Oct 11, 1969
Sentenced: Feb 1, 1971
Sentence: Acquitted.
Convicted: No — acquitted