DNC host Chicago, haunted by 1968 convention rioting, braces for bloodshed
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Authorities are hoping to keep Chicago violence to a minimum during the 2024 Democratic National Convention this week with anti-Israel protests planned.
"Oftentimes, it is forgotten that there was a Democratic Convention between 1968 and now," Police Superintendent Larry Snelling told reporters last week. "It was a success." A post shared by Behind Enemy Lines (@anti_imperialist_resistance)
He was speaking of Bill Clinton's second nomination in 1996. Chicago has hosted more major party political conventions than any other city – 14 Republican conventions and 11 Democratic ones between 1860 and 1996, according to the Chicago History Museum. But 1968, marred by large-scale protests against the Vietnam War, stands out as the most infamous political convention in U.S. history.
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