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Chicago Cops Cited For Brutal Chicago Demonstration
An eyewitness recounts a planned illegal march by about 6 000 antiwar protesters from Grant Park to the International Amphitheater. Police pursued, beat, and mace d demonstrators and bystanders on Michigan Avenue. one reporter narrowly escaped arrest. The scene near the Sheraton Blackstone Hotel and later Madison and Dearborn drew international attention as charges and countercharges over police brutality.
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Grant Park
International Amphitheater
National Mobilization Committee
Vietnam
Daley
Hoys
Michigan Avenue
Paul Seguerra
Chicago Daily News
Mace’d
Worthington Linen
Time-Life
Madison and
Dearborn
Ray Erickson
Seattle
Erickson
Allen Ginsberg
America