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Will the Chicago DNC have protests like 1968? - BBC News

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The 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago was marred by riots after assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr and Robert F. Kennedy .

More than 600 protesters were arrested and over 100 treated for injuries, alongside 119 police officers.

The return of the DNC to Chicago in 2024 has led many to look back at 1968 and draw parallels.

But experts and veterans of the 1960s protest movement believe the differences far outweigh the similarities.

In 1968 , two shots were fired through the window of a Chicago dry cleaners' office.

The incident was one of several which marked the DNC , which also included the police "stomping out" religious ministers tied to the counterculture movement.

That violence, Mr Peck told the BBC , stands in stark contrast to today 's political violence.

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