How did the police respond to protestors at the Democratic National Convention in 1968?

At the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, police used force against antiwar protesters, leading to widely reported clashes often called the “police riot.” The response was not peaceful or restrained: officers set up barriers and attacked protesters who resisted them. Therefore, the correct choice is “by setting up barriers and attacking the protestors who resisted them.”

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