A decision by a policeman’s son to organize a reunion for the officers who worked the 1968 Democratic National Convention has sparked anger among demonstrators who made the convention infamous.
A decision by a policeman’s son to organize a reunion for the officers who worked the 1968 Democratic National Convention has sparked anger among demonstrators who made the convention infamous.
The "Chicago Riot Cops Reunion" on June 26 will mark what until now hasn’t been considered a proud moment in Chicago Police Department history.
In an e-mail, the organizer of the reunion told the Chicago Tribune he planned the reunion for his 70-year-old father, adding opponents of the event should protest gang violence, "not a bunch of elderly men."
But Marilyn Katz, a protester at the 1968 convention and now president of a Chicago communications firm, is calling those planning to attend the reunion "nuts," adding it’s not good PR for them.
A federal commission determined demonstrators provoked police, adding the officers reacted with violence that amounted to a "police riot."
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