In the weeks leading up to the 1968 Democratic National Convention , callers and guests on Radio Unnameable debated the wisdom of marching directly into the path of Mayor Richard J. Daley 's troops . Fass cautioned listeners " to know what they were getting into should they choose to go . They do n't mess around in Chicago . " Vin Scelsa , later a major NYC radio broadcaster in his own right , then a WBAI listener , told Jay Sand , " We all should have been indicted as co-conspirators , not just the Chicago Seven . We were all in on it . That whole thing was planned on Bob 's show . " Fass rarely left his command center in WBAI 's Master Control but at the very last minute , he flew to Chicago and recorded everything he saw and heard . After reporting a noise that sounded like " an M1 cracking against someone 's head , " Fass noticed that some of the national guardsmen " look very frightened . They are putting on their gas masks . They are n't very experienced with them . " The ensuing attack , roughing up hippies and network news reporters , was broadcast live on television . When the dust settled , several of Fass 's comrades were arrested for conspiracy and inciting to riot
1968 Democratic National Convention
1968 Democratic National Convention
Bob Fass