CHICAGO -- All political conventions come with protests, but none compare to the riots at the 1968 Chicago Democratic National Convention. "Police were given free reign to use their clubs and take off ...

Federal, state and local authorities are hoping to keep Chicago violence to a minimum during the 2024 Democratic National Convention this week. The Chicago Police Department, the Secret Service and ...

The specter of 1968 – with its angry confrontations and police brutality – hung heavy over Chicago in the lead up to the Democratic National Convention, as if the largely uneventful 1996 convention ...

As the city prepares to host the Democratic National Convention, it wants to shed memories of chaos from half a century ago even as protests are growing. The police in 1968, surrounding an archway ...

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