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Tape reveals Nixon backed thugs to quell protests
A White House tape from May 5 1971 shows President Nixon and H R Haldeman discussing hiring teamsters to attack protesters. The dialogue mentions “go in and knock their heads off” and “murderers” as strikebreakers. No direct action or federal probe is shown.
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