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Political Notebook: Photo at Milk terminal encapsulates a city's rage

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Although surrounded by other protesters, the denim jacket clad man seems solitary as he hoists into the night sky with his right hand a protest sign written in all caps, as if silently screaming its message.

It reads, "PITY FOR THE PRIVILEGED, DEATH PENALTY FOR THE POOR." It refers to the jury verdict earlier that day of May 21, 1979 for Dan White, the disgruntled former San Francisco supervisor who assassinated gay supervisor Harvey Milk and then-mayor George Moscone inside City Hall the year prior on November 27.

White was convicted of the lesser charge of manslaughter instead of first-degree murder for assassinating the two progressive politicians.

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