Pownall’s Chicago photos appeared in the Tribune and were sent around the world by the Associated Press. Young and sporting longish hair, he had blended in with the protesters; he escaped police violence, he thinks, because he had a press badge issued by Mayor Daley’s office strapped to his arm. “I wasn’t frightened — your adrenaline’s pumping — but I think I was when I got back.” Returning to the Tribune’s offices around 10 pm, he saw television footage of police going berserk downtown, clubbing protesters and reporters, dragging them into paddy wagons. These actions outraged liberals, but a majority of Americans supported Daley’s crackdown on hippies. Remembering ’68, Pownall says, “It just boiled and boiled. And that summer, that week, was a point when the kettle was going to explode. And it was all on TV.”
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