1968 Democratic National Convention 
covered by ABC News, August 28, 1968.
" Here they come....we're gonna get it."
12,000 Chicago police plus 6500 National Guard troops were sent to Chicago to keep 'law and order' Approximately 10,000 demonstrators were involved in a "march" which started in Grant Park and reached a climax on Michigan and Balboa Streets outside the Hilton Hotel. According to eyewitness accounts, the demonstrators were forced into a location between the police on one side and the National Guard on the other.
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