During the 1968 Democratic National Convention , the streets outside the Conrad Hilton Hotel were the scene of a police riot as antiwar demonstrators , being beaten and arrested , began to chant " The whole world is watching " . Some protesters escaped into the hotel , along with tear gas and " stink bombs " , and the hotel suffered minor damage as a result of the violence as a couple of street level windows gave way under the weight of dozens of protesters being pushed up against them by the police
1968 Democratic National Convention
1968 Democratic National Convention
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