We know that—the so-called police riot, it was called," Drummond ... organizers of the protests during the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago—Jerry Rubin, Abbie Hoffman, Tom ...
What we're watching: Chicago and DNC leaders will do a ... compared with Mayor Richard J. Daley, who in 1968 unleashed riot police on protesters and was largely seen as ruling with an iron fist.
For Americans, the world seemed to turn upside down in 1968. Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated in April. In response, race riots broke ... between Chicago police and anti-war demonstrators.
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