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Hi everyone.

It's Ken here.

This episode deals with the F word,

and we use it a lot.

So, please exercise listener discretion.

I'm... On April 26, 1968, Paul Robert Cohen walked down the corridor of the Los Angeles County Courthouse

on the corner of Grand and First. He stopped outside Department 20, which in those days was

a municipal court courtroom hearing misdemeanors and minor crimes. He took off his jacket and

folded it under his arm, and he went into the courtroom to watch what was going on. He took off his jacket and folded it under his arm and he went into the courtroom

to watch what was going on. He was a witness in a case that was going forward. While he was

in there, several officers at the Los Angeles Police Department entered the courtroom and

asked the judge to hold Mr. Cohen in contempt. The judge refused.

Cohen hadn't done anything in his court.

But when Cohen stepped out, he was arrested by the police officers.

Paul Robert Cohen hadn't said anything inflammatory.

He hadn't threatened anyone.

He hadn't made a speech or held a sign.

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