Thirty Years Ago Today in San Francisco

On the Monday after Thanksgiving, the 27th of November, 1978, a good-looking weenie named Dan White changed the face of San Francisco politics forever.

Stupid, short-sighted, self-centered little creep. Never use family duty as an excuse to act out unjustly or destructively. Never.

This clip is the NBC news from City Hall. The assassinations of Mayor Moscone and Supervisor Milk were heartbreaking, but the non-stop demonstration of rage (The White Night Riots) after the verdict came in (seven years!? for two murders!!? Twinkies!!!?) was like a revitalizing tonic.

The ancient philosophers taught us that if we must rage, that we rage correctly. Put that in your box when you’re packing up your office, Richard Raddon.

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