Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Nokukurumidza pashure peCongress yeDemocratic ya1968, Tom Hayden, Rennie Davis, Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Dave Dellinger naRobert Greenblatt vakagamuchira tsamba dzokushevedzwa kuti vaende pamberi peHouse Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). Michael Kennedy akanga ari pakati pemagweta matanhatu okudzivirira eboka racho. Kunzwa kweHUAC kwakaratidzwa neNECLC se"kuedza kwehutungamiri hwaJohnson kushandisa nzira dzose dzahwo kuti hugadzire chiito chaMeya [Richard] Daley nemapurisa eChicago", uye chisimba chavakaratidza pamusoro pevaratidziri mukati me
1968 DNC. Daley akanga arayira mapurisa ose eChicago evarume 12 000 kuti ashande maawa 12 uye akashevedza varindiri vomunyika vanopfuura 5 000 kuwedzera kune vashandi veSecret Service neFBI vanenge 1 000 vakanga vari pabasawo.