Hi-Res format: Mike James was on the street when the 1968 riots occurred. in Chicago An SDS national council member, James leads a walking tour of the Grant Park battleground in downtown Chicago across from hotel headquarters of convention delegates and party candidates. This was the still-remembered event that despoiled the reputation of Chicago. The government's Walker Commission later described it as a "police riot," with more than 1,000 citizens and journalists were injured by police. The FBI was later identified as the outside agitator putting Chicago police "on edge" with catastrophic theories of the collapse of America from "hippies and demonstrators." Many middle-class bystanders were beaten bloody by police who appeared in a trancelike state. The government Walker Commission described it as a "police riot."
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