John somebody?

[Scott Wyant]

Ted Samsel wrote

> Didn't this first show up in the late '60s with the Detroit scene
>of the MC5 and the White Panthers?
>Free John (somebody...) or something was a slogan from then..

Sinclair.  John Sinclair.  Arrested and sentenced to an absurdly long
sentence for possession of two or three joints.  That he was the founder of
the White Panthers had nothing to do with it, of course.



Scott Wyant
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