Dustin Hoffman stands outside 18 West 11th Street in New York, which was destroyed by the explosion and next door to his own apartment, on March 6, 1970. Credit- AP PhotoLeaders of the Weathermen (left to right) Peter Clapp, John Jacobs, and Terry Robbins, march during the ‘Days of Rage’ actions in Chicago, 1969. David Fenton: Getty ImagesAuguste Rodin’s “The Thinker” lays face down after members of the Weather Underground placed explosives at its base. The museum decided not to restore the mangled metal; the sculpture is still on display today. Cleveland, Ohio, March 24, 1970. RedditChicago Police Haymarket Statue Statue designed by Frank Batchelder of St. Paul Minnesota in 1889 and sculpted by sculptor Johannes Gelert of NYC. The statue’s marble pedestal inscription is the command that Captain William Ward delivered in the Haymarket just before the bomb was thrown: “In the name of the People of Illinois, I command peace.” Funded by private funds raised by the Union League Club of Chicago. The statue is the first known US monument honoring policemen. October 6, 1969, the Weatherman planted a bomb that blew up a statue in Chicago built to commemorate police casualties incurred in the 1886 Haymarket Riot. The blast broke nearly 100 windows and scattered pieces of the statue onto the Kennedy Expressway below. The statue was rebuilt and unveiled on May 4, 1970 (coincidentally, the same day as the Kent State massacre), only to be blown up by the Weathermen a second time on October 6, 1970. The statue was rebuilt once again and Mayor Richard J. Daley posted a 24-hour police guard to protect it, but the statue was later destroyed again a third time. The monument was rebuilt and is located at Chicago Police Headquarters.For the bombing of the US Capitol building, on March 1, 1971, the group issued a communique stating that the bombing was in protest of the U.S. invasion of Laos. For the bombing of the Pentagon, on May 19, 1972, they issued a communique stating that they were retaliating against the U.S. bombing raid in Hanoi. For January 29, 1975, bombing of the United States Department of State building, they issued a communique indicating that they were protesting the past escalation of the Vietnam conflict. MediumWanted poster for the Weather Underground Members Cathy Wilkerson, Bernadine Dohrn, Michael Spiegel, Kathy Boudin, Robert Roth, Judith Clark, Howard Machtinger, and Linda Evans. APFBI evidence photos document bomb-making supplies found in a Weather Underground safe house in Nob Hill in 1971. Max Nowel: SF WeeklyBrian McDonnell was killed by shrapnel in the 1970 bombing of Park Police Station. San Francisco Police DepartmentBill Ayers mug shot. Chicago Police DepartmentBernardine Dohrn, former leader of the radical, anti-war movement Weather Underground, and her companion Bill Ayers are escorted by federal authorities after surrendering at Cook County Courthouse in Chicago, Ill., Dec. 3, 1989. AP PhotoSuspects Cathy Boudin, David Gilbert, (who gave his name as James Hackforth) and Judith Clark are lead from Nyack Police Headquarters after their arraignment on felony murder charges. The Journal News File photoWeather Underground member Katherine Boudin is led from Rockland County Courthouse in New City, New York, by sheriff’s officers in this Nov. 21, 1981. NY Daily NewsKathy Boudin leaving prison on September 17, 2003. MARY ALTAFFER: AP
