“The Chicago police are now in the aisle with billy clubs, clearing people out!…They’re dragging people right out of the aisle. One, two, three, four, five, six—some of them wearing the blue helmets.” Photographers hoist their cameras above their heads and into the scrum: click, click, click. “This is the first time in my memory of going to political conventions that the police have come in, on the floor, armed as they were, and taking out people who were disputing the checking of credentials.” “First time in the United States, John.”
