My recollection of the ‘68 DNC convention riots is that they were outside, on the streets.
Sounds like this one may have the riots inside the convention hall itself.
I’ll be watching with cold and bitter satisfaction.
Inside they had naked woman with pigs heads on platters walking down the aisles.
Blacks support Hillary. College radicals support Bernie. The possibility of a Dem-vs-Dem race war on the streets of Philly must terrify the Dem leadership.
Chicago ‘68 was cops vs. crazies outside the convention.
What defeated Hubert Humphrey was the assassination of Robert Kennedy. Poor ol’ HH was seen as a continuation of LBJ & the Vietnam war. RFK had promised change.
FWIW, nobody in American history lusted for the Presidency more than Lyndon Johnson. Read Robert A. Caro on LBJ; he was consumed with ambition for high office. When it fell into his hands with the JFK assassination, Johnson couldn’t believe his own luck.
Yet, five years later, only 60 & eligible for a second term, Lyndon Johnson bailed & headed back to the LBJ Ranch. He died four years later.
Like you, I’ll watch this with a grim satisfaction and the sort of horrible fascination usually reserved for the sort of vehicular accidents that leave body parts strewn about
For an interesting look at the 1968 Chicago convention, watch some of these youtube videos in this youtube list:
"1968 Democratic Convention part 1" (and following video clips in youtube group list)For some other quick looks from back then, you might want to take a look at these video clips too.(Just be prepared to see interviews with people from all sides back then, including American terrorist Bill Ayers, and various others who were involved back then.)
"1968 Chicago Police vs Protesters"(To hear that "Whole World's Watching" chant a little better, listen to the beginning of the following youtube video clip.)"Chicago Convention The Whole World is Watching 1968"
"Thw Whole World Is Watching" Chant