History of the United States II / Unit 15 USH2 2122 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Chicago, 1968
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The idea
At the Democratic convention in Chicago, Mayor Richard Daley deployed twelve thousand police, six thousand National Guard and six thousand Army soldiers against protesters.
In practice
Television cameras catching what became known as a police riot, officers clubbing people and firing tear gas.
Where people slip
Hubert Humphrey won the nomination without winning a primary and spoke for law and order, the anchor notes.
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