The Camden 28
| The Camden 28 | |
|---|---|
FBI surveillance photo of three of the Camden 28 outside the draft board offices in the morning hours of August 22, 1971 | |
| Dates of operation | 1971 |
| Active regions | Camden, New Jersey, United States |
| Ideology | Anti-war Catholic Leftism |
| Size | 28 |
| Opponents | The US Draft board The FBI |
| Wars | the Opposition to the Vietnam War |
The Camden 28 were a group of leftist, Catholic, anti-Vietnam War activists who in 1971 planned and executed a raid on a draft board in Camden, New Jersey, United States. The raid resulted in a high-profile criminal trial of the activists that was seen by many as a referendum on the Vietnam War and as an example of jury nullification.
Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan Jr. called the trial, "one of the great trials of the 20th century".