Mass Protests Planned for DNC Spotlight Chicago’s Legacy of Police Repression

The upcoming Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago has been drawing parallels to its 1968 predecessor for months now. Back then, members of the Chicago Police Department infamously attacked protesters and innocent bystanders on live television during a calamitous crackdown on crowds of anti-war protesters gathered outside. While the violence of 1968 sticks out in the national memory…

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