Wax yar ka dib shirkii xisbiga dimoqraadiga ee 1968, Tom Hayden, Rennie Davis, Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Dave Dellinger iyo Robert Greenblatt waxay heleen warqad loogu yeeray in ay ka hor yimaadaan Guddiga Hawlaha Mareykanka ka soo horjeeda (HUAC). Michael Kennedy wuxuu ka mid ahaa lixdii qareen ee difaaca kooxda. Dhageysiga HUAC waxaa loo arkaa NECLC inay tahay "isku day ay maamulka Johnson u adeegsadeen hannaan kasta oo ay gacanta ku hayaan si ay u sharciyeeyaan ficilka Duqa [Richard] Daley iyo booliska Chicago", iyo rabshadaha ay u soo bandhigeen mudaaharaadayaasha intii lagu jiray 1968 DNC
Waxaad Daley wuxuu amar ku bixiyay ciidamada booliska ee Chicago oo dhan 12,000 oo nin inay shaqeeyaan 12 saacadood oo kala duwan wuxuuna u yeeray in ka badan 5,000 oo ilaalada qaranka ah marka lagu daro 1,000 oo ka tirsan Sirdoonka iyo FBI-da oo iyaguna shaqada ku jiray.