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Extraction Summary
5
People
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Organizations
3
Locations
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Events
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Relationships
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Quotes
Document Information
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House oversight committee document (likely an excerpt from a memoir, article, or witness statement)
File Size:
1.21 MB
Summary
This document appears to be a page from a narrative memoir or article included in House Oversight Committee files. The text recounts the narrator's experience as a journalist for the Bay Guardian in San Francisco during 1979, specifically covering the aftermath of the Dan White trial verdict. It details receiving a phone call from fellow journalist Mike Weiss alerting the narrator to the 'White Night Riots' at the Civic Center following White's lenient sentence for the assassinations of Harvey Milk and George Moscone.
People (5)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Narrator (Unidentified) | Journalist |
Writing for the Bay Guardian; covering the Dan White trial.
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| Dan White | Defendant/Assassin |
Assassinated George Moscone and Harvey Milk; sentenced to seven years.
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| George Moscone | Mayor of San Francisco |
Assassinated by Dan White; former state senator who authored marijuana decriminalization bill.
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| Harvey Milk | Supervisor/Activist |
Assassinated by Dan White; described as a dedicated gay activist.
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| Mike Weiss | Journalist |
Friend of the narrator; covered the trial for Time and Rolling Stone; called the narrator to report the riot.
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Organizations (5)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| Bay Guardian |
Newspaper the narrator was writing for.
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| Time |
Publication Mike Weiss wrote for.
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| Rolling Stone |
Publication Mike Weiss wrote for.
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| San Francisco Government |
Employer of Moscone and Milk.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Document source (indicated by footer).
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Timeline (3 events)
1978 (implied by context)
1979 (May 21 implied)
White Night Riots (Civil Unrest)
Civic Center, San Francisco
Locations (3)
| Location | Context |
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City where the events took place.
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Location near where Mike Weiss called from.
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Location of the riot and burning police cars.
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Relationships (2)
We had become friends during the trial
who had assassinated two progressive government officials... Mayor George Moscone
Key Quotes (3)
"“There’ s a riot going on! You should get here right away!”"Source
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"In 1979, I covered the trial of Dan White, )who had assassinated two progressive government officials in San Francisco"Source
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"after an incompetent prosecution and a shrewd defense, White was sentenced to only seven years."Source
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Complete text extracted from the document (1,242 characters)
known he was her boyfriend, and so I vowed never to risk sleeping with a gangster’ s girlfriend, especially if she smoked cigarettes;
2. In 1979, I covered the trial of Dan White, )who had assassinated two progressive government officials in San Francisco--Mayor George Moscone (in 1975, as a state senator, he authored a bill to decriminalize marijuana) and Supervisor Harvey Milk (a dedicated gay activist)—and yet, after an incompetent prosecution and a shrewd defense, White was sentenced to only seven years.
That evening, I was unwinding at home, smoking a joint and preparing to write my final report for the Bay Guardian. My reverie was suddenly interrupted by a phone call from Mike Weiss. We had become friends during the trial, which he had covered for Time and Rolling Stone. He was calling from a phone booth across the street from City Hall. I could hear crowds screaming and sirens wailing behind his voice.
He had to yell: “There’ s a riot going on! You should get here right away!”
Reluctantly, I took a cab. When I arrived at Civic Center, there were a dozen police cars that had been set on fire, which in turn set off their alarms, underscoring the shouts from a mob of 5,000 gay protesters. On
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