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“I saw all the stuff the government was doing and at first I just refused to believe it,” said a former attorney for the group.

2019—Portsmouth’s Daniel Street Post Office closes for good. Thanks a lot, Councilor, Congressman, Governor, and Senator Judd Gregg. 1973—The Gainesville Eight…

Vietnam war veteran turned peace activist Scott Camil has been to a few protests over the years. He was one of the Gainesville Eight, a group of men who were charged with conspiracy to disrupt the 1972 Republican convention in Miami Beach. They were acquitted. At the 1971 University of Florida homecoming parade, he joined in some street theater — he and others dressed in army clothes, carried a flag-draped coffin and pretended to stab people in the crowd who were in on the gag and had fake blood. Over the years, Camil has slowed down a bit on the protest front but he is riled by the “ant...

Florida's new anti-riot law: How does it fit with Gainesville's history of protest? Cindy Swirko, The Gainesville Sun © [FILE PHOTO/The Gainesville Sun] A large group of protesters march between the Florida Gym and what was the old engineering building as demonstrators raise their fists days after the Kent State massacre, May 7, 1970. [FILE PHOTO/The Gainesville Sun] Vietnam war veteran turned peace activist Scott Camil has been to a few protests over the years. He was one of the Gainesville Eight, a group of men who were charged with conspiracy to disrupt the 1972 Republic...