In response to the Festival of Life and other anti-war demonstrations during the Democratic convention , Chicago police repeatedly clashed with protesters , as many millions of viewers watched the extensive TV coverage of the events . On the evening of August 28 the police attacked the protesters in front of the Conrad Hilton hotel as the demonstrators chant " The whole world is watching " . This was a " police riot , " concluded the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence , saying " On the part of the police there was enough wild club swinging , enough cries of hatred , enough gratuitous beating to make the conclusion inescapable that individual policemen , and lots of them , committed violent acts far in excess of the requisite force for crowd dispersal or arrest . " Following the convention , eight protesters were charged with conspiracy to incite the riots , and there was a heavily publicized , five-month trial . The Chicago Seven represented a cross-section of the New Left , including Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin
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