Lee Weiner (Noah Robbins) was a caseworker with an activist streak, becoming radicalized as he witnessed social inequalities in Black neighbourhoods. During the protest, his task was to train protest marshals to protect crowds. These marshals practiced with rolled-up magazines to shield against police batons. Weiner was known to be one of the most quiet defendants in an otherwise rowdy trial. While he was acquitted of charges, he was, along with the other men, detained for contempt of court. In 2020, he published Conspiracy to Riot: The Life and Times of One of the Chicago 7.
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