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Chicago protest witness testifies of gas attack at 1968 convention
Sarah Diamant and her husband filmed antiwar demonstrations during the Chicago 1968 Democratic Convention. She described being gassed four times on the Congress Street bridge and near the Michigan Avenue hotel as police struck demonstrators while guardsmen controlled the crowd. She testified while pursuing a PhD at Cornell.
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