Chapter 6-7, pgs. 65-88 Summary and Analysis

McCarthy donated ten thousand dollars to the Chicano group.

Brown and members of the group are out around a lake near Edwards AFB, smoking dope and trying to relax. Everyone is tense about the upcoming trial. The owner of the property wants them to leave and starts shooting at them. They run off.

When the trial had initiated, Brown had argued that the indictment was defective and that the group had the constitutional right to march and protest. As a result, the court issued a temporary restraining order. It would probably be a year before there was a ruling.

Brown receives a call from Doctor Francisco Bravo, owner of the Pan American Bank, requesting a meeting with Mayor Yorty to discuss the situation in East Los Angeles. All thirteen defendants appear for the meetings. The...