Protesters Rally As 1968 Democratic Convention Riot Police Hold Reunion

Chicago Tribune:

More than 70 people gathered on the Near West Side Friday night to protest a reunion of Chicago police officers who served during demonstrations at the 1968 Democratic Convention.

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[ChicagoSuz]

A reunion of the '68 convention riot cops.

I've officially now heard everything­...

[whateverlolawants]

Sad. Why the hell are they reuniting? Thought they were just "doing their jobs"- what's to discuss? How they got hit with a tile by somebody, so they clubbed the nearest kid they saw?

[robXdion]

That event was how we got Nixon.

[BushBites]

I'm sick of both sides of the '60s culture wars.

Just take your fights to the Old Folks Home.

[wadenelson1]

CPD's actions during the 1968 Convention were nothing less than a despicable attempt to stifle free speech.

If the protesters were guilty of the assaults, beatings, and other crimes the CPD committed they would all be in jail.

>the convention violence ...was characterized in a federal report as a "police riot."

[Dolmance]

Those old bastards helped get Nixon elected, and in consequence were instrumental in getting nearly 30,000 American boys killed in Vietnam.

Nobody ever talks about the Great Republican Revival created almost entirely through the assassinations of John Kennedy, Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. Americans so wanted a period of peace and calm... And law and order.

Ugh. Those old bastards. Those unprofessional and utterly corrupt hacks. (I used to see my dad get out of paying tickets in those days by handing a ten or a twenty dollar bill whenever he got pulled over) They should hang their heads in shame and never raise them again.

[BushBites]

Yep.

My dad used to do that too.

Put a $10 around your Driver's License when you hand it to the cop.