The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II: Bobby Seale
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Quotes
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Sondra : You can't give this speech in Chicago!
Bobby Seale : Fred Hampton wants me there. Plane ticket.
Sondra : Let Fred give the speech!
Bobby Seale : Between Hayden and Hoffman there could be 5'000 people. It'd be nice to talk to 5'000 people.
Sondra : Not while you're in trouble in Connecticut.
Bobby Seale : Yes, well I'm in trouble - I'm the head of the Black Panthers, Sondra! When the hell am I not gonna be in trouble? Travel bag.
Sondra : You're going to be in a lot more of it if you stand up and say 'Fry the pigs!'
Bobby Seale : IF they attack me. You're taking it out of context.
Sondra : So will every white person in America! Cops won't give a shit about context, and you don't have enough protection in Chicago.
Bobby Seale : There's no place to be right now but in it.
Sondra : But 'Fry the pigs'?
Bobby Seale : IF they attack...
Sondra : Dr. King...
Bobby Seale : Is dead! He has a dream? Well now he has a fucking bullet in his head! Martin's dead, Malcom's dead, Medgar's dead, Bobby's dead, Jesus is dead. They tried it peacefully, we're gonna try something else.
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[after being informed of Fred Hampton's murder]
Bobby Seale : [to Tom Hayden] You've all got the same father, right? 'Cut your hair, don't be a fag, respect authority, respect America - respect me.' Your life, it's a 'fuck-you' to your father, right? A little?
Tom Hayden : Maybe.
Bobby Seale : Maybe. And you can see how that's different from a rope on a tree?
Tom Hayden : [quietly] Yeah.
Bobby Seale : Yeah. He was shot in the shoulder first. You can't aim a gun if you've been shot in the shoulder, you can't squeeze the trigger. Second shot was in his head. Fred was executed. Anything else?
William Kunstler : No.
[Bobby leaves the room without another word]
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William Kunstler : Your friends shouldn't sit together. The jury's not going to like that.
Bobby Seale : This isn't my jury, and if they don't like it...
Fred Hampton : No, he's right.
[to the group of Panthers]
Fred Hampton : Spread out, okay? In pairs.
William Kunstler : And Fred?
[Gestures to head]
Bobby Seale : No, they're dressed just fine.
Fred Hampton : It's alright.
[to Panthers, sarcastically]
Fred Hampton : And take your very scary hats off.
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Judge Julius Hoffman : Would the defense like to cross examine the witness?
Bobby Seale : Yes. I'm sittin' here saying that I would like to cross examine the witness.
Judge Julius Hoffman : Only lawyers can address a witness.
Bobby Seale : My lawyer is Charles Garry.
Judge Julius Hoffman : I'm tired of hearing that.
Bobby Seale : Couldn't care less what you're tired of.
Judge Julius Hoffman : What did you say?
Bobby Seale : [Stands up, louder] I said it would be impossible for me to care any less what you are tired of, and I demand to cross examine the witness.
