![]() ![]() Events leading towards the assassination attempt ![]() Four years later in 1975, Fromme wanted to confront President Ford on the environmental pollution his campaign brought forth and its effects on ATWA (air, trees, water, animals). In April 1971, Fromme served 90 days in jail for attempting to feed a hamburger laced with the psychedelic drug LSD to Barbara Hoyt, a witness to the Tate murder, to keep Hoyt from testifying in the murder trial. Through the years, Fromme assumed a leadership role in keeping Manson cult members in communication with each other after most of them had been imprisoned. Fromme was one of the earliest followers of Manson, and had a reputation as being one of the most devoted. Lynette Fromme, who was nicknamed "Squeaky" by George Spahn, was a follower of cultist Charles Manson, leader of the group convicted of murdering actress Sharon Tate and eight others in Los Angeles, California, in 1969. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan, later received the M1911 pistol used in the assassination attempt as a gift, and the gun was put on display. Although Fromme stood a little more than an arm's length from Ford that Friday morning and pointed an M1911 pistol at him in the public grounds of the California State Capitol building, she had not chambered a round, the gun did not fire, and no one was injured.Īfter the assassination attempt, Ford continued to walk to the California state house, where he met with Governor Jerry Brown.įor her crime, Fromme spent 34 years in prison and was released on Augtwo years and seven months after Ford's death. She wanted to make a statement to people who refused to halt environmental pollution and its effects on air, trees, water, and animals ( ATWA). ![]() On September 5, 1975, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, a member of the Manson Family cult, attempted to assassinate United States president Gerald Ford in Sacramento, California. To set an example to those refusing to halt environmental pollution and its effects on Air, Trees, Water, and Animals ( ATWA) Attempted political assassination via shootingĬolt M1911. ![]()
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