Protestors Rehearse for 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago - ABC News - August 23, 1968

The day before the convention, anti-Vietnam War protestors practice demonstrations in Lincoln Park and Yippies rally behind their own presidential candidate “Pigasus,“ a farm pig, arrested for disorderly conduct. Abbie Hoffman is interviewed. Reporter Jim Burnes’ concerns re: plans by Mayor Richard Daley and the Chicago police to suppress the protests were more prophetic than he knew.
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