And wow! The legendary motorcycle group Hells Angels fight with pool cues during the Altamont Free Concert by John Springer Collection via Getty Images. But the patrol has no hesitation about moving in on last-minute situations caused by anti-war demonstrators. Drag images here or select from your computer for Alan David Passaro memorial. No luck. This gun, like the witnesses, did little or nothing for the prosecution. Birth: cemeteries found within miles of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. Luckily for Mick, their boat was hit by a storm, and the men were swept overboard. Please reset your password. Marriage & Divorce. Did the breathing presence of Hunters white girlfriend Patty Bredahoffantagonise the Angels? It looked like he was blocking the view . He disappeared. The man he pointed to looked very different from the one who had ridden his Harley Davidson down to Altamont that day. Sergeant Donovan testified that the gun had not been fired in recent years. A MediaComms.IO company. (At Altamont, he said, People were loaded and fell out. Person hired to promote new 'Scream' movie prompts 911 calls. Please try again later. Altamont itself was heroic an epic as Wagnerian in stature as the Nuremberg rally had been: closing out an era with a bang, not a whimper. And, if youre honest, youll just drag up from the depths all the times youve hated or felt passionately about something and play it. If you dont have them to work for you as stewards, they come anyway and cause trouble. And we got the fire put out. Jensen goofed. Walker stood up and asked him why he had taken off the windbreaker jacket hed been wearing. Not just the Stones, all of them. He said it was true what Mel Belli said, that the Maysles Brothers had offered him $10,000 for his role as a superstar in Gimme Shelter.). And you can also follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Are you familiar with the jargon Im using? Walker worked on this theme with Paul Cox and other prosecution witnesses. As soon as Burke got through with this reluctant witness, George Walker zoomed in to develop one of his favorite themes: That everybody around the Altamont stage had been so stoned nobody would know who was stabbing whom. The situation didnt look too promising for the defense, at the beginning: Walker certainly didnt mind getting help from jurors who might think it would be good for the country if white guys kick and stomp or even stab a few niggers. If he dont want to be my friend, then out of sight, dont even talk to me. You have chosen this person to be their own family member. Celeste said she herself wasnt crazy about his joining the Angels. And where was the Alameda country health department? To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. But not the philosophy: Peace, and let everybody walk on you.'. Question by Walker: Would you know what I meant if I said Mr. This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review. Featuring acts like Santana and Jefferson Airplane, the concert was set to culminate with The Rolling Stones as the closing act. Copyright 2023 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. Oops, we were unable to send the email. The coroner said it had been an accidental death. Sergeant Hilliard said three of his informants had told him that Angels had remarked, in comment on her death, This is what happens to snitchers. Oakland patrolman James Carreker testified that one informant told him once: Id rather go to the state penitentiary for 20 years than be involved [as an informer] with the Hells Angels and get caught at it.. He and his brothers had given their proof abundantly that afternoon. Name: Alan David Passaro. For me and my people. The trial began 370 days after the killing. Jagger was singing Under My Thumb when the Hells Angels bravely moved quickly toward the gunman. The body of Alan D. Passaro, 36, of nearby Morgan Hill, was found by two boaters Sunday in Anderson Reservoir, about 75 miles south of San Francisco. For one thing, the motorcycle was laying on its side May be we had to have a little talk with the guy that knocked it down.. Passaro was acquitted. The sheriff said it was not his responsibility because the festival was held on private property. (I aint no cop. (I read they busted some big dude from the Corrections Department on weed, he said. Alan was 36 years old at the time of death. Paul Cox, 18, nervously told the court that he had seen Passaro stab Hunter twice (the autopsy revealed that Hunter had been stabbed five times). 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It takes premeditation in a killing to get a man into the gas chamber: if youre stoned, how can you tell if somebody is premeditating? For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab. Burke: Why did you strike at Hunter with a knife?. About Alan Passaro is a member of the following lists: 1948 births, Deaths by drowning and 1985 deaths. Only after I had seen the film, the witness said, was I aware of the nature of the happenings. With Dave Maysles at his side, he had been on a quest for color, swinging his lens around to pick up, now Mick Jagger, now and then a naked man, or the hips or breasts or big-eyed glory of a stoned girl, or the very colorful Angels as they stood so intransigently planted on the edges of the stage, their Deaths Head jackets to camera. It was another hard-to-get item. However, a close examination of the film revealed that Hunter had pulled a gun first. In 1969, The Rolling Stones headlined a concert at the Altamont Speedway in California. Police investigated Angels pads throughout the state. Alan Passaro, 21, was the Angel arrested and charged with murder. At Altamont, Sheriff Madigan explained, Mel Belli and the promoter said they were hiring 300 private patrol. Translation: Let them take care of their own. There is a problem with your email/password. When he rushed the stage and pulled out a huge black gun, the rest of what went down happened pretty fast. Alan David Passaro, 24, one of Barger's soldiers and an ex-convict, was charged with Hunter's . Rolling Stones Recorded a New Song With Paul McCartney But I dont really want to be. Remove advertising from a memorial by sponsoring it for just $5. The email does not appear to be a valid email address. U.S. The judge said Cox has expressed his fear and the court needs to know whether in fact the Hells Angels are a dangerous group. But he did not let the jury hear this testimony. First-aid stations ringed the field, litter-bearers abounded, a field hospital was set up nearby, and a special force of 300 policemen and 40 California Highway patrolmen were maneuvered to keep the peace through command posts from radio-equipped helicopters. I didnt see the stabbing of Meredith Hunter but I remember him. I aint never going to ever pretend to be a cop. Criminal. (Rehabilitation for what? Alan Passaro - Biography. Still, 45 days after the homicide, lots of people, even lawyers and newspapermen, were reading what Cox told John Burks in Rolling Stone. soon began to think of something more than himself? the murder indictment. Even if he had hunted down that black Berkeley kid just out of an impulse of revenge, getting even with all the cops and prison guards who had hassled him; even if he rammed that knife into Hunters back two times, as Paul Cox said he did; and even if he was glad, glad, glad to use the knife on the guy and it made his muscles sing like a PG&E high tension line; even if Hunter died from the two top wounds in his back that Cox thought he surely saw made by Passaro; even if all that was true, and the jurors had any reasonable doubt about it, Passaro was not guilty. First I heard he was my lawyer was when I read it in Herb Caens column. They just kicked back and didnt do shit. In Soledad, Alan Passaro read The Trial and The Understanding of Dreams. Donald B. Ayer, Asst. I been riding bikes since I was 14. Failed to report flower. The Rolling Stones onstage at The Altamont Speedway in Livermore, California on December 6, 1969. cemeteries found within kilometers of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. His death was labeled suspicious, but has gone unprosecuted. Because it had blood on it, on the collar and on the front.. I know some of them hit people. Public Member Photos & Scanned Documents. He made himself comfortable in the witness chair, letting his well-muscled legs fall wide apart. He was afraid it would make him look like a sissy.. When Jensens office leaned on the Maysles Brothers in New York to get the name of the cameraman who caught the killing, nobody seemed to know which one it was. A panel of 60 persons was called to the courtroom of Alameda County Superior Court Judge William J.Hayes in a courthouse that looks like a half-ruined wedding cake, and is located on the shore of the only pretty thing in downtown Oakland, Lake Merritt. The Altamont Free Concert took place just four months after Woodstock. The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time Barger had more to say on KSAN, San Franciscos underground FM station: We were told if we showed up, we could sit on the stage and drink some beer that the Stones managers had brought us, you know. No animated GIFs, photos with additional graphics (borders, embellishments. Seal pup returned to water after crossing busy New Jersey road. He was found dead floating in the Anderson Reservoir with $10,000 in his pocket in 1985. Edit Search New Search Jump to Filters. Look, I aint no cop. I tried to shake the gun loose. He said he struck at Hunter twice with the knife and later was riding the black teenager, who was dead on his back. And everybody started climbing all over him and I was knocked away and I couldnt see the guy no more. And when the concert was over he helped pack up all the instruments, jumped on his bike and rode home. (Not guiltyand not free. And, after that, they tried to destroy our bikes, and were not gonna stand for it. The story was the focus of the 1970 film, "Gimme Shelter," and is also the focus of an urban legend that states that the song, 'Sympathy For The Devil,' was playing during the murder, but it was 'Under My Thumb,' that was playing. Walker, giving out body English he learned as a star basketball forward for UC Berkeley 13 years ago, dribbled slowly past the jury and scored. I think he has a cause of action, the noted compensation lawyer said. SAN FRANCISCO, FEBRUARY 12, 1971 Attorney Mel Belli announced he had filed suit in Superior Court against "the guys who released Gimme Shelter," a movie that achieved notoriety by showing a. Snubbing the King: Why Don't Big Stars Want to Perform at Charles' Coronation? He was so scared he sometimes looked like ectoplasm. But as he took some drags on the cigar the softness of him was covered over by a tough, con-wise expression on his face. Alan Passaro died in 1985 after drowning in the Anderson Reservoir in Santa Clara County. Record information. She gave in during the last hour of deliberation. Sergeant Donovan testified that 12 days after the killing he had only one eyewitness (Cox). It was supposed to be Woodstock redux. Despite the size of the crowd and the ardor of it, there were no casualties, save for the customary cases of fainting women and bruised toes. Passaro was charged with murder, but acquitted on the basis of self defense. He is currently serving a two-to-10-year sentence for possession of marijuana. He may be in for eight years. The problem in the Altamont case is that the state of California had accused only one of many who should be defendants. The Altamont Festival brings the 1960s to a violent end March 1 (UPI) -- Police in Maine said the last of the three bison to escape in Aroostook County was safely rounded up with help from the animals' owner. This tentative young man in his light-opera costume was very embarrassed by the contradictions. Passaro was arrested and charged but he claimed self-defense and he was later accquitted. Here was George Walker zero-ing in on Cox with questions about what he had told John Burks of Rolling Stone. Trivia (2) Passaro was caught on film stabbing Meredith Hunter and put on trial for murder. Finally, the Stones come out and they start playing. It looked as though he was wearing one of the wigs that long-haired guys wear to get across the border into Mexico. Rolling Stones to Release All-Star 50th Anniversary Show as Live Album. Cheetah briefly escapes enclosure at Omaha zoo. His father likes him and, Celeste said, promised to deed to him a hotel he owns in Italy if the jury got him off the murder rap. Hells Angels are a dangerous group I couldnt see the stabbing of Hunter. Walker stood up and asked him why he had taken off the windbreaker jacket hed wearing. 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