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NARRATOR: On August
26, Democrats

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convene in Chicago to nominate
their candidate for president.

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10,000 anti-war
protesters also turn up.

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[CROWD CHANTING]

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MAN: 20,000 police
and National Guard

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circled these demonstrators,
and they then spent

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time taunting each other--

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[CROWD SHOUTING]

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--until the whole
event became explosive.

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The protesters
challenged the police.

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The police clubbed
the protesters.

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NARRATOR: Protesters,
journalists,

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local residents, and even
members of the clergy

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are beaten by police.

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They use so much tear gas,
it seeps into the lobby

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of the Hilton hotel.

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 There was just this
pervasive sense of a nation

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at tension with itself.

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That the forces were
beginning to tear

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the American people apart.

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NARRATOR: After
contentious debate,

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Hubert Humphrey
wins the nomination.

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But a divided
Democratic Party will

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make for a Republican
victory in November

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when Richard Nixon
is elected president.

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