this was going to be a place where there were going to be put in their place. >> no one will be able to take over the convention hall or streets of chicago. >> mayor daley exercised such control over the city, you couldn't even get near the convention center where the convention was being held. so basically all you could do was protest in the major hotels in the loop area where delegates were staying. >> peace groups are demanding permission to march on convention hall the night the democrats nominate their candidate for president. the city says, no, that would endanger security. there's a possibility of mass arrests unless the city allows the demonstrators to camp out in public parks. there is nowhere else for them to stay. >> i think it's in their best interest to let us sleep in the park instead of roam the streets at night. >> boy scouts could sleep overnight in the parks, but not hippies. there's no other place to sleep. so we knew if you're going to drive people out of the parks, they're going to be in the streets. it's going to be pandemonium. is that what you want?