Ribicoff Protests "Gestapo Tactics" at 1968 Chicago Convention - HISTORY

When bloody riots broke out between anti-Vietnam War protestors and Chicago police outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention, Sen. Abraham Ribicoff ditched his prepared support speech for George McGovern and instead criticized Mayor Richard Daly's handling of the situation.

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