AIDS activists wrap a giant condom over Senator Jesse Helms’ house - September 5th, 1991
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🗓️ 5 September 2024
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On this day in 1991, a group of AIDS activists draped a giant, inflatable condom over the home of North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms.
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| 0:00.0 | For decades the mafia had New York City in a stranglehold with law enforcement |
| 0:05.6 | seemingly powerless to intervene. |
| 0:08.0 | It uses terror to extort people. |
| 0:11.8 | But the murder of Carmie Galante marked the beginning of the end. |
| 0:15.0 | It sent the message that we can prosecute these people. |
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| 0:28.0 | Ever get the feeling someone's watching you? |
| 0:34.0 | Well, in 1971, a group of anti-war activists had that feeling. |
| 0:40.0 | I was in the heart of the dragon and it was my job to stop the fire. |
| 0:43.4 | So they decided to do something insane. |
| 0:46.4 | Break in to the FBI and expose J Edgar Hoover's dirty secrets. |
| 0:51.9 | We had some idea that this was pretty explosive. I'm Ed Helms. |
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