America in Danger
Hours before the protest, an L.A. rock and roll radio station announced that there was going to be a rally at Pandora’s Box, another club that faced forced closure at the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Crescent Heights. The radio announcer warned people to tread carefully. That evening, over 1,000 protesters, including Jack Nicholson and Peter Fonda (who was later handcuffed by police), took to the streets.
The Pandora’s Box Nightclub 1966. Source: Pinterest
Stills said in a 1971 interview that “A bunch of kids got together on a street corner and said we aren’t moving. About three busloads of Los Angeles police showed up, who looked very much like storm troopers. And I looked at it and said, ‘Jesus, America is in great danger.’”