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They even had one of the "as­ that "at least eight of the top sailants" apprehended 200 yds. This oast October, HARRY Edi­ radicals in town are in the employ from the assault still screaming tor TomV. D.'Antoni took a most of I.S.D.,(the Red Squad) and there "Kill, Kill, Kill!) Surprisingly peculiar position when his Photo­ is a cop in every collective" is a enough they didn't have him graphy Editor, Glen Barry Ehasz, rather obvious police line and in­ foaming at the mouth...probably (or is it Fleischman?) surfaced dicative of where his head is by didn't want to over do it. But to reveal that he was and had been even printing it. among the sea of evidence which a police agent for nearly two years. totally exposed the police fab­ With the straight papers and TV But the most interesting rication was the film Ehasz made denouncing this invasion of the and revealing aspects of this case showing the board being swung... "free press" by police agents, the are those which D'Antoni fails only once. Editor of HARRY, which claims to be to mention in his version of how "serving the Baltimore underground Ehasz infiltrated the Police Now Ehasz and D'Antoni were since 1969", defends not only his Department (to hear him tell it). allededly taking this film for favorite undercover agent, but his The circumstances which lead to a sort of newsreel they were work­ actions in that role as well. Ehasz Ehasz surfacing after nearly ing on called the Monthly Tongue. set "himself up as a "supreme moral two years with HARRY, (he was This is obviously quite heavy authority" he tells us in an article actually one of the three co- evidence, and very incriminating that October, he never did anything founders!) revolve around the to whoever was wielding that to harm the movement, he was only demonstration protesting the board (there was a reasonably good 'weeding out the assholes..." One invasion of Laos, February, 71 right profile of the "assailant"). might ask how he could have missed which he attended as a Red Squad So what do they do with it? They D'Antoni , if that is what he was assignment, with faithful side­ not only show it publicly doing??? kick D'Antoni operating a tape at the Corner Theatre and the recorder which was attached to Community Center on at least five D'Antoni's biographical his movie camera. During the occasions, but publicize in HARRY "expose" of Ehasz a week after his march following the rally a exactly what the film depicts. surfacing substantially incorrect, police Lt. was struck on the head Knowing Ehasz was a police agent, glorifying his role here in Baltimore with a 2x4, preventing him from we needn't question his motivations, while conveniently neglecting to carrying out his duty, which at the but what of D'Antoni? Is this sim­ explain his own highly suspicious moment consisted of brutalizing a ply the act of a fool, or is there actions surrounding the case. For young v/oman he had on the ground. something more dangerous here? instance, his tale of how Ehasz Subsequently three different men, successfully infiltrated the in different lockups, were The single most incriminating Peace Action Center a couple of identified by different police fact which D'Antoni neglected to years ago is simply bullshit. He as being the "assailant". When mention in his version of this was suspected immediatly .as a cop the police realized what they episode was something he told a and ousted from at least two meetings had done, rather than admit to Sun reporter on October 10, and And it was not the local Weathermen having made at least two and verified on WAYE on October 11 -- with whom he went to Chicago for perhaps three mistaken identi- that he told Glen Ehasz last May that the Days of Rage demonstration, tifirations, they wrote a new he thought he was a cop, but that but the Revolutionary Youth Move- "offense report", five pages it really didn't matter '. Ment II, another splinter group of long, vividly describing how first one man hit the Lt. with SDS, none of whom were busted at cont. on page 8 their separte and peaceful demon­ the board, then another (with by Crazy Horse The States Attorneys office has finally dropped charges, against PEOPLES VICTORY Eric Hallengren resulting from his bust at last February's demonstra­ jumping up and down beating store More looks of disbelief from the jury. tion against the Laos invasion. Eric's windows on Park Avenue with his trial, ending in a mistrial on Sept­ bar fists (accompanied by a graphic The climax of the trial ocurred ember 25, 1971 with the jury being illustration in which Harrold fairly with the State's last witness. Officer 11 to 1 for acquittal, marked the • successfully imitated a demonic Fred Graham, who had accompanied second time in less than a year that baboon for the jury). He said he Harrold on his chase. Graham could the police have attempted to nail chased Eric through an alley onto not have contradicted Harrold more him on heavy charges. Last November Saratoga St. after Eric split off thoroughly. First, he said that Eric he was found guilty of disorderly from his two companions, and saw had not split off from the other two conduct after a five-day trial that him run smack into Harvey Poseno demonstrators but ran with them saw a jury throw out charges of riot, innocently directing traffic at straight up Park Ave. to Saratoga St. incitinq a riot, assault on an officer Howard & Saratoga Sts. knocking him But better yet, he placed Harrold with and resisting arrest stemming from to the ground. Harrold finally ended him the whole time, even to the point the 1970 Flower Mart. his testimony with Eric being sub­ of saying that Harrold ran slightly dued after a fierce struggle. ahead of him all the way up Park Ave. until they turned onto Saragota In his latest trial, Eric faced St. in pursuit of the three "fleeing" the usual trilogy given arrested demon­ There was but one problem with Officer Harrold's carefully con­ demonstrators. No split off, no alley strators the pigs want to screw: chase, and Harrold was in front of assault, resisting and disorderly. He structed story - no alley existed where Harrold said it existed. In him at all times, no mistake about was arrested six blocks from the scene - it. In addition, though he claimed he of the demonstration, beaten on the fact, no alleys were even remotely nearby, making it pretty difficult was himself chasing one of the others, ground by six pigs and then worked Graham could only identify and des­ over with a club as he was being taken for Eric to run through one. When confronted with this information by cribe Eric, and said he saw Eric to Central District.