For a film about one of the most infamous trials in American history, centered around one of the most notorious police riots in American history, Netflix’s The Trial of the Chicago 7 goes down easy.
Largely, that’s to its credit. The opening moments of Chicago 7 have the giddy energy of a heist flick, laying out in seven very efficient minutes the spirit of the times and introducing all eight future defendants as they prepare to protest the Vietnam War at the 1968 Democratic National…