Copwatch monitors Chicago '68 policeman reunion

by cp

Mon, Jun 29, 2009 7:55PM

On Friday, June 26th, police who had participated in the famous violent crackdown against demonstrators at the 1968 Chicago democratic national convention held a 41 year reunion celebration. They even had a website which shows photos of police violence, although there wasn't much text to help describe the event. http://www.chicagoriotcops.com/

The gathering really happened as advertised, and there was a fairly large march against the event. Chicago has a long history of both police abuse and citizen response.
http://chicago.indymedia.org/feature/display/70380/index.php

This video by Chicago Copwatch does a good job showing the situation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7Kx1n039_E

This national news article shows a few protesters who appeared.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/us/29chicago.html

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§small correction

by fisheye

Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:14PM

This was produced not by copwatch, but by Chicago Independent Television, the video collective of Chicago Indymedia

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