Rioters also got angry at police when the police were defending themselves from various harmful products being hurled at them. The policemen fired non-lethal projectiles into the crowd to break up the riots, and were subsequently charged with a hefty lawsuit. While the protesters claimed they were being peaceful, the police insisted that they were pelted with bolts and chunks of wood. Police chief Richard Word said protesters were intent on committing “direct action”, and did not respond appropriately to requests to leave (Excessive).

Anti-War movement’s roots date back to 1965, when President Lyndon Johnson began his bombing campaign against North Vietnam. It was here that words like “pacifist”, “draft-dodger”, “draft card burnings”, “sit-ins”, and “free love” became part of America’s everyday vocabulary. This was the start of the “hippie generation”, “sexual revolution”, and the drug culture. The huge movement in America even caused soldiers in Vietnam to support it, in fear of their lives, and their future. They started wearing peace symbols, and disobeying orders. Most likely, guess that if they had paid a little more attention to their orders, and less on peace, we would not have had such a great loss of soldiers in Vietnam. As this war progressed, so did civil unrest. One hundred thousand protesters gathered in New York, and eve

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