Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kubudirira kwake mukutarisira Republican National Convention kwakakwezva ngwariro yenyika, uye muna 1967 akaitwa mutsinhanisi wemitemo yehurumende. Pasi paWarren Christopher, uyo akanga ari mutevedzeri wegweta guru, akatarisira Federal Command Post paConrad Hilton hotera yakatarisa Grant Park muChicago panguva yeDemocratic Convention ya1968
. Meya Richard Daley akanga akumbira kutsigirwa nehurumende pashure pokutyisidzirwa kakawanda nevapanduki. Pashure pokuongorora mamiriro ezvinhu, Pomeroy akaodzwa mwoyo nemaitiro aMeya Daley, zvikurukuru kuisa mapurisa pamabasa emaawa 12, uyewo kuziviswa kuti akanga asina simba pamusoro pemapurisa eChicago. Aiva nesimba pamusoro peIllinois National Guard uye akavarayira kuti vatsive Dhipatimendi reMapurisa reChicago panguva dzakasiyana-siyana, kusanganisira humwe usiku pamberi pehotera yeHilton. Pomeroy anozivikanwa kuva, pasinei nokupindira kwaMeya Daley, akadzivisa mamiriro acho ezvinhu kuva akaipa kupfuura zvaaigona kuva.