When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.

Portrayals
Michael Lembeck portrayed Hoffman in the 1987 HBO television film Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8. the right of the band to perform uninterrupted by distractions not relevant to the actual show. "
In Woodstock Nation Hoffman mentions the incident and says he was on a bad LSD trip at the time.

While the defendants were initially convicted of intent to incite a riot the verdicts were overturned on appeal. Hoffman came to prominence in the 1960s and continued practicing his activism in the 1970s and has remained a symbol of the youth rebellion of that era.