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BY RYAN THIER “AND WITH GEORGE MCGOVERN AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, WE WOULDN’T HAVE TO HAVE GESTAPO TACTICS IN THE STREETS OF CHICAGO.” – SENATOR ABE RIBICOFF 1968 was a turbulent year in the United States, with cultural and political unrest explosively culminating in Chicago’s conflagration of a Democratic National Convention. The chaos,…