Don Rose was one of the organizers of protests that devolved into riots at the 1968 Chicago DNC, but he doesn't think it will be the same kind of powder keg.
Sarah SchulteThe 1968 Chicago Democratic National Convention riots were historic and remain notorious, but 2 men who were there expect the 2024 DNC to be different.All political conventions come with protests, but none compare to the riots at the 1968 Chicago Democratic National Convention .
Sautter was about to begin his senior year at Indiana University when he drove to Chicago to join the protests against the Vietnam War. But Don Rose said it didn't have to be that way, had the city worked with the activists to get permits to protest peacefully within eyeshot of the convention.Timeline of the 1968 Democratic National Convention
"The command is given to clear the streets and that that's when the police just weighed in with billy clubs and tear gas and people are fighting back and people are throwing stuff and it's just total chaos," Sautter said.
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