Passaro was arrested and charged but he claimed self-defense and he was later accquitted. Via: Beth Bagby, New Hampshire Public Radio : More: Bill Owens: Altamont 1969 ;Joel Selvin : Altamont: The Rolling Stones, The Hells Angels And The Inside Story Of Rocks Darkest Day. Burke: Why did you strike at Hunter with a knife?. A brat. (Shit, he said, when they picked me up on this weed they made a deal: I cop out and they give me six months in the country jail. But dont play with me, cause youre playing with fire. . The bike had caught fire. And, he testified, I attempted to get his gun hand . The Hells Angels biker gang had been hired by the Rolling Stones to work security at the concert. Really, the difference between the open air show we held here in Hyde Park and the one there is amazing. Thats what I went there to doIm no peace creep, by any sense of the word, and if a cat dont want to fight with me, dont want to hassle with me, I want to be his friend. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('Unit4'); }); The killing at the Altamont Speedway in northern Californiawas caught on camera. Passaro, who had been a member of the Angels for four months at the time of the concert, was arrested and charged with murder after being identified as a suspect from film footage shot by Albert and David Maysles at the concert. 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. Another Harley. He asked Bryant: If you smoked a couple of numbers would you know what that meant? Immediately after the trial, Passaro was returned to jail. Violence had already marred the event. In Hyde Park everybody had a good time, and there was no trouble. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? Passaro, a former Hells Angel, was acquitted in the death of a Berkeley teenager stabbed to death during the December 1969 rock concert. Did that alter the trial's outcome? 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 member of Hells Angels with a knife and stabbing at or into a black teenager at Altamont. Once we jumped off the stage, thats when I heard the gun go off. Message in a bottle travels more than 185 miles in Australia. Walker asked him what happened to Hunter when he was knocked off his position on the speaker box a few feet away. I like a lot of the Hells Angels because they stick by you, she said. So the great law and order jury in the courtroom in Oakland studied this man from Soledad as he sat at a table with his attorney, George Walker, and watched them take their 12 judgment seats. Are you familiar with the jargon Im using? Walker worked on this theme with Paul Cox and other prosecution witnesses. There were 300,000 people in front of that stage that day, but it was so hard to get any eye witness, let alone keep him. But here was a case where the victim was black and the accused was a Hells Angel: the devil and the deep blue sea. The prosecution could round up only one witness from the multitudes near the stabbing who would testify against Passaro. An email has been sent to the person who requested the photo informing them that you have fulfilled their request, There is an open photo request for this memorial. They took me to lunch and made sure I ate.. . About the indeterminate sentence. Hunter was black. SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Sheriff's deputies today sought clues in the drowning of a former Hells Angel once tried for the 1969 stabbing death of a teenager at a Rolling Stones concert at Altamont Raceway. He likes his father a lot and the name of his four-year-old son is Michael Alan Passaro. - Douglas Percy Bliss on his friend Eric Ravilious from their time at the Royal College of Art Eric Ravilious loved. (Not guiltyand not free. Oops, we were unable to send the email. Try again later. She said he used to go around at Christmastime and make spare change by painting nativity scenes on gas station windows. (At Altamont, he said, People were loaded and fell out. March 1 (UPI) -- Officials at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium confirmed a cheetah briefly escaped from its enclosure, but was behind a public barrier at all times. To add a flower, click the Leave a Flower button. They helped us with money for the lawyer. They had hit people with pool queues. All of a sudden, someone down in front, where this one bike, right directly in front, was, is yelling. In Soledad, Alan Passaro read The Trial and The Understanding of Dreams. Hunter did a couple of numbers and he was straight like the rest of us ?, Cox: I dont really understand the question., Judge: Do you understand what the words mean?, Cox: Straight means someone with straight ideas., Judge: Have you used those words yourself?, Cox: Ive had someone ask me if Id had a number. For me and my people. I been riding bikes since I was 14. Alan Passaro was born on August 23, 1948 in Farrell, Pennsylvania, USA. This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review. When violence broke out, Keith Richards was unprepared: The violence just in front of the stage was incredible. If you enjoy what we do, please consider becoming a patron with a recurring monthly subscription of your choosing. Copyright 2023 Penske Business Media, LLC. He said: Im writing a book about how we got to white culture groups like the blacks and browns have to hassle out problems with the institution. This story is from the February 18th, 1971 issue of Rolling Stone. Twowere killed by hit-and-run car accidents and one by drowning in an irrigation canal. The scavengers pawed over the ground as once thieves had ransacked the bodies of the soldiers on the field of Waterloo. John Burke, the prosecutor, said after the verdict: He was impeached by his inconsistent statements.. Passaro, 22, threw back his head and let out a whoop as the verdict was read. Personally, I was there to sit on the stage and listen and drink this beer that we were promised. In 1948, in the year that Alan Passaro was born, on January 30th, Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in New Delhi by a member of a Hindu nationalist party who thought that Gandhi was too accommodating to Muslims. Maybe the eight white-skinned men and four white-skinned women of the jury decided that Meredith Hunter, waving a gun that day, and a certified speed user, was even more lawless and disorderly. Mostly I just read philosophy and psychology and wait for my wife to come down. 1948 Alan Passaro was born on August 23, 1948 in Farrell, Pennsylvania, USA as Alan David Passaro. Ephemeral, disposable, they served only one purposeto let someone know "I'm here. [1] Charged with murder, Passaro was tried in a court of law in January 1971. Please whitelist in order to read our content as well as support our work. There was a problem getting your location. The eight-man, four-woman jury deliberated 12 1/2 hours following 17 days of testimony. The first witness was a cameraman, Baird Bryant of Los Angeles, who shot the cemetery scene in Easy Rider. didnt know the defendant would testify until an hour before he took the stand). Via Rolling Stone. You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. Over the years, though, Ive learned how to get up and do it again., Hells Angels are on stage with the Rolling Stones Mick Jagger, wearing red, and guitarist Mick Taylor, with back to camera. Judge Hayes and Burke sneaked him into the courthouse and were most careful to arrange that nobody found out where he lived or anything else about him but his name. Trivia (2) Passaro was caught on film stabbing Meredith Hunter and put on trial for murder. You need a Find a Grave account to continue. Nobody asked him if the siren on his patrol car was busted. They were unarmed innocents. The story goes that the Angles were hired by headline act The Grateful Dead for security. Edit Search New Search Jump to Filters. Cause of death was drowning, though foul play was never confirmed. A natural film extra! He worked for awhile at Daltons Barber Shop in Milpitas, a few miles away. Meredith Hunter succumbed to deadly knife wounds, inflicted on him by Alan Passaro, a member of the Hells Angels biker gang. (Sitting at the formica-topped table in the prison reception room, Alan Passaro was so eager to talk to Rolling Stone that he brought with him a sheet of vellum on which he had written in pencil, in a small, artistic hand, a numbered list of points he wanted to cover. In this Dec. 8, 1969 file photo, the Rolling Stones perform at the Gimme Shelter rock concert at the Altamont Race Track in California (AP Photo, file). And Im going to ride and ride. You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. We want to hear it. You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. It looked like he was blocking the view . No animated GIFs, photos with additional graphics (borders, embellishments. . . His attorney, George G. Walker, told the press that the verdict reaffirms my belief in the jury system., Trending The next day, for six hours, all but one woman wanted acquittal. A system error has occurred. Please try again later. But when youre standing there looking at something thats your life, and everything you got is invested in that thing, and you love that thing better than you love anything in the world, and you see a guy kick it, you know who he is. Meredith Hunter was the 18-year-old stabbed to death by a Hells Angel at The Rolling Stones Altamont Free Concert on December 6 1969. And ride. New Jersey, U.S., Marriage Index, 1901-2016. The plunder of the dead festival has not ceased. To sit around on your ass some more like I done in here? He says he and his gang were told they could drink all the beer they wanted if they kept punters off the lower stage. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. DONATE, Before the money moved in, Kings Cross was a place for born-and-bred locals, clubs and crime, See what really went on during that time in NYC's topless go-go bars, Chris Stein 's photographs of Debbie Harry and friends take us back to a great era of music. Please enter your email and password to sign in. In 1980, Passaro was sentenced to two years in prison on an unrelated weapons charge and federal racketeering charges brought against a group of Hells Angels, authorities said. One of the objects shown to the jury was a 22-caliber Smith & Wesson revolver with a six-inch barrel. All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. And we got the fire put out. Patrick Peyton of County Mayo, Eire, appeared before 250,000 persons in the Polo Grounds of Golden Gate Park, telling them: The family that prays together stays together. The lovable, round-faced priest also reported on praying victories over communist infiltrators in South America. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. Birthday: August 23, 1948 Date of Death: March 29, 1985 Age at Death: 36. Year should not be greater than current year. The Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger signs autographs for fans at the Altamont Race Track, Dec. 8, 1969. Just a scared punk.). 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. Full custom. We ended up getting a great law and order jury, said John Burke, the deputy D.A. Kiss the young lady, please., Watts demurs. A number of prospective black jurors were excused by Judge Hayes because they admitted they could be prejudiced in favor of the gas chamber. But Richards was playing to the home crowd. How much blood was on the knife afterwards? . And he said Hunter not only waved his gun, but fired it. The vibe is sweet and playful. They just kicked back and didnt do shit. This account already exists, but the email address still needs to be confirmed. Hes five now.), The jurors, after 12 1/2 hours of deliberation, rejected Burkes argument that Passaro was guilty of premeditated murder because: He goes at a man with a gun into a position of danger, and he does that when he says hes afraid., Perhaps they went along with Walkers argument that someone else stabbed Hunter. Yes I have a dark side, doesnt everyone? This was an unexpected event (Walker said the D.A. Rolling Stones to Release All-Star 50th Anniversary Show as Live Album. And Im bum kicked about the whole thing. Hunter fell to the right of the stage., Somebody reached out and grabbed his left hand with the gun in it and pulled it down., I saw him stabbed about twice. I could see the man coming back toward the stage with a gun in his hand . But the brotherhood and its mystique sprawling between all of the establishments and the mediaeval rigidity of the old German duelling fraternities pulled more strongly. There was an error deleting this problem. Use the links under See more to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. The attack that was caught on film and featured in the documentary Gimme Shelter, and Hunter died at the scene. 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. But Meredith Hunter was packing a double-barrelled gun. The young people heading for Altamont on December 5th and 6th, 1969, did not exist. I went there to have a good time and sit on the stage. Question by Walker: Would you know what I meant if I said Mr. At Altamont Alan had proved to his brothers that he was not a sissy. he had a weapon in his hand He stepped back on the box and when he did I hit him and yelled, Look out, hes got a gun! . at bat. Cheetah briefly escapes enclosure at Omaha zoo. So I plead guilty and its straight off the streets and into the pen. They tried me as a person. He allowed himself to lean half an inch forward and his eyes looked somewhat out of focus, as though this fidgety snitcher was not quite worth the dislike of a member of the mystic Angel brotherhood. Age 36 at death Zodiac Leo Alan Passaro dating history Relationships We have no records of past relationships for Alan Passaro. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. To use this feature, use a newer browser. What is this? You can send a murderer down for years and sleep at night; but sending a man to his death requires a different mind set. Celeste said that when they first met he told her he really would like to be a lawyer, and not to follow the career of his father, Michael, who was born in Italy and has a barber shop in San Jose. Woman learns of $1M Powerball prize hours before her birthday. On my first beef as a adult. And where was the Alameda country health department? Walker brought out not only inconsistency but evasiveness when he interrogated Cox about the semantics of the marijuana subculture. 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When he waived his constitutional rights not to testify against himself and sat down in the witness chair some of the jurors leaned forward. Since he was so scared of Hunter, and his avowed purpose was to get the gun, did he use the knife on Hunter to get the gun? The jurors knew him well, watching him from a distance of 15 feet for nearly four weeks, passing within 18 inches of him two or three times a day. The Municipal Railway outdid itself in getting special bus service so as to avoid a traffic mess. Four people died during violence at the concert, which was billed as Woodstock West and drew 300,000 fans. John Burkes turn: he wanted to know how many beers Tannahill [an Angel] had more than two? Cheerfulness kept creeping in." Try again. Two dogs rescued after falling through ice on Colorado lake. Cox and other prosecution witnesses only allowed to Leave one flower per day for any given memorial the gun off. 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