Now he was inside.
Rows of file cabinets beckoned. This was the moment the group of eight had planned. They had long suspected FBI malfeasance and were convinced these records would prove it.
Daniel, then 26, rolled out the first metal cabinet drawer, scooped up the files and threw them into a suitcase. His gloved hands shook. The burglars had to hurry.
They had chosen March 8, 1971, because Muhammad Ali’s title fight against Joe Frazier at Madison Square Garden would keep most of the country and world and most importantly, FBI agents and police glued to closed-circuit screens and radios for a few hours. One of the intruders could hear the broadcast in nearby apartments.
open. he also in response to a question from our colleague who was the pool reporter today about what did he mean by this cancellation, the president had said that he thinks he knows what is behind it, but when pressed on that, he would not give us an answer. and sort of said that will be for a book that you will write some day. what that appears to be just by looking at the larger circumstances, we should consider the impact of china and what their actions may have been to perhaps influence you north korea and this tumbling of events that we ve seen today. a very important and potentially historic day in the trump administration. and we don t really know what comes next. kelly o donnell there for us at the white house. and again, we should tell our viewers that we have a camera there inside the oval office and where again according to kelly s reporting president trump is about to pardon a black boxer posthumously, jack johnson. he was involved in the original fight of the century an
boxing was quickly becoming one of the nation s most popular diversions. and no fighter dominated the ring more than jack johnson, the world s first black heavyweight champion whose unprecedented run at the top so frightened america that it canvassed for a great white hope. a hope that was dashed when on july 4th, 1910, johnson soundly beat his hand picked white opponent into submission. what was then called the fight of the century. the response from white america was tragically predictable. and anti-black riots ensued across the country and the u.s. congress behind the sale of fight films they banded a band that would last nearly 30 years. the message was clear. the threat of black physical
together. antonio olivo with the washington post, thank you. thank you for having me. there are at least 32 class action lawsuits filed alleging the so-called fight of the century between pacquiao and mayweather was a fraud because pacquiao didn t disclose a preexisting shoulder injuries. fans in bars may not have paid big bucks for the pay per view fight if they knew that the fighter, one of them anyway, wasn t in the top shape. joining me is robert bianchi. what do you say? we talked before about this fight. do you think the lawsuits have legs? absolutely not. pacquiao is knocking this one out without any question. they are ridiculous and predatory and frivolous. i say it doesn t get in front of a jury. talk about evidence prosecutors could use to prove their case and using pacquiao s own words after the fact, to