ChesusRice
Well-Known Member
Who did Bill Ayers kill?I don't see what is left to talk about. He was acquitted. They hauled his ass into court and made their case. He didnt get off on a technicality or a police fuckup, he was straight up acquitted. If you want to get worked up over someone who was DIRECTLY responsible for the death of an innocent and got off on a PURE technicality, go march for justice against Bill Ayers. Or, we could make him a darling of the left, pay him to indoctrinate your children and launch the political careers of future presidents. Hypocrisy much?
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[h=2]Involvement with Weather Underground[edit][/h]Further information: List of Weatherman actions
After the Greenwich Village townhouse explosion in 1970, in which Weatherman member Ted Gold, Ayers' close friend Terry Robbins, and Ayers' girlfriend, Diana Oughton were killed when a nail bomb being assembled in the house exploded, Ayers and several associates evaded pursuit by US law enforcement officials. Kathy Boudin and Cathy Wilkerson survived the blast. Ayers was not facing criminal charges at the time, but the federal government later filed charges against him.[SUP][4][/SUP] Ayers participated in the bombings of New York City Police Department headquarters in 1970, the United States Capitol building in 1971, and the Pentagon in 1972, as he noted in his 2001 book, Fugitive Days. Ayers writes:
Although the bomb that rocked the Pentagon was itsy-bitsy - weighing close to two pounds - it caused 'tens of thousands of dollars' of damage. The operation cost under $500, and no one was killed or even hurt.[SUP][18][/SUP]
During this time Ayers and fellow member Bernardine Dohrn married, and the two remained fugitives together, changing identities, jobs and locations.
In 1973, new information came to light about FBI operations targeted against Weather Underground and the New Left, all part of a series of covert and often illegal FBI projects called COINTEL.[SUP][19][/SUP] Due to the illegal tactics[SUP][clarification needed][/SUP] of FBI agents involved with the program, government attorneys requested all weapons- and bomb-related charges be dropped against the Weather Underground, including charges against Ayers.[SUP][20][/SUP]
However, state charges against Dohrn remained. Dohrn was still reluctant to turn herself in to authorities. "He was sweet and patient, as he always is, to let me come to my senses on my own", she later said of Ayers.[SUP][4][/SUP] She turned herself in to authorities in 1980. She was fined $1,500 and given three years probation.[SUP][21][/SUP]