As that spring of 1971 unfolded, John Dean had overseen the White House command post during the May Day Tribe protests, an action during which hundreds of thousands of protesters descended on the capital and paralyzed the city’s business; some 14,517 were arrested during the rest of the two weeks of running battles across the city from April 22 to May 6—including 7,000 in just a single day at their peak—all pushed and prodded into makeshift outdoor camps at RFK Stadium
