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Aaron Bindman

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1940s
State:Illinois
Support
Anti-War Communism
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Biography

Aaron Morris Bindman was a University of Illinois student and antiwar activist. Champaign police arrested him at Wright and John Streets on May 21, 1940 while he gave a street speech against the approaching war. He reported that officers beat and questioned him in custody. Contemporary reporting traces several hours in the city jail that day and does not show an overnight confinement or later sentence.

Case

Charges: Antiwar street speaking
Arrested: May 21, 1940
Incarcerated: May 21, 1940
Released: May 21, 1940
Sentence: Held and questioned for several hours in the Champaign city jail on May 21, 1940.