The National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence appointed Walker to head the Chicago Study Team that investigated the violent clashes between police and protesters at the 1968 Democratic National Convention . In December , the team issued its report , '' Rights in Conflict '' , better known as the '' Walker Report '' . The '' Report '' became highly controversial , and its author well-known . The report stated that while protesters had deliberately harassed and provoked police , the police had responded with indiscriminate violence against protesters and bystanders , which he described as a " police riot " . The '' Report '' charged that many police had committed criminal acts , and condemned the failure to prosecute or even discipline those police
1968 Democratic National Convention
1968 Democratic National Convention
Dan Walker (politician)