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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1968
Page
2
The Walker report portrays clashes at the Chicago Democratic convention, detailing obscene language, police actions, and demonstrators' tactics. It notes missteps by city authorities and calls for less rigid enforcement while criticizing stereotyping of crowds as hippies or anarchists.
Washington reports highlights from a special study on Chicago street rioting during the DNC. The review cites police as primary aggressors in the lakefront clash and later melee, with 192 police injured and 63 journalists attacked while 663 demonstrators were arrested.
A federal task force report on Democratic National Convention clashes in Chicago cites widespread obscene language from protesters and police. Daniel Walker notes the profanity shaped the atmosphere, with one four letter word quoted over 80 times and examples ranging from excrement sandwiches to Abbie Hoffman’s forehead graffiti. About one third of the raw obscenities come from police, the rest from protesters.
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