Video cut from Unicorn Riot’s livestream

On the 20th of August, the second day of pro-Palestine protests at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) was repeatedly attacked by riot cops, who used clubs and push bars to forcibly stop a march and temporarily kettle or nearly kettle the march.

As police swarmed in with clubs in their hands, in “pushbar” mode the famous chant from the 1968 DNC and police riot “the whole world is watching!” rose from the crowd. Again the cops were seemingly deterred from using their clubs as baseball bats or firing tear gas, as a repeat of 1968 would be incredibly toxic to the Harris campaign.

A couple dozen arrests reported but most of the crowd apparently managed to push their way out on the sidewalks after the pro-Israel counterprotesters who may have sparked the police blockade in one direction left the scene.