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Protest on trial tells the story of the trial of the seattle seven in 1970 bakkes extensive interviews and legal insights show how the justice department became perverted by political dogma and paranoia the antics of the protesters seem almost comedic today the nixonian antics of the government are far more sinister and relevant. Kit bakkes protest on trial the seattle 7 conspiracy shines a light on the attempt to destroy a growing political movement in a small corner of the northwest while the us was mired in an increasingly unpopular war in vietnam. The seattle 7 faced federal conspiracy months after violence erupted during a demonstration authorities arrested six men and one woman all slf members the seattle 7 faced federal conspiracy and intent to riot indictments aimed at limiting their ability to organize and protest. But the trial of the seattle 7 never really was about conspiracy as defendant chip marshall said the judicial system has to be aware that justice and obedience are not the same thing and what the group of activists had done was essentially civil disobedience protesting an increasingly unpopular war. In seattle in january 1970 after the factional split of students for a democratic society sds the main national organization against the vietnam war a new antiwar organization was formed called the seattle liberation front slf by april 1970 eight leaders were indicted for conspiracy