What is the main idea of the passage ? A The police deserve praise for their behavior. B The protesters deserve the violent treatment . C The police treat the protesters violently . D The protesters treat the police disrespectfully .

What occurred to the protesters that gathered outside of the 1968 Democratic National Convention?

police used violence and force to remove them.

Explanation:

At the end of August 1968 the Democratic Convention was scheduled to elect the nominee for the presidency by the ruling party. The organizers expected problems. The Chicago International Amphitheater had been motorcycle-proofed, with metal fences, bulletproof windows and police pickets.

In the press there is talk of a deployment of 15,000 National Guard soldiers and more than 12,000 police to protect the meeting. They were traumatic moments for the country, immersed in an increasingly bogged war in Vietnam.

In the afternoon a demonstration ended with clashes with the police that harshly repressed them with tear gas in the vicinity of the Hilton hotel and before the look of the cameras of the television channels that presented live the chaos of the moment. That day went down in history as the "battle of Michigan Avenue", which ended with dozens of arrests and bruise

Explanation:

so the answer is c

The police treat the protesters violently.

Explanation:

3rd person, because the narrator is out of the story but explains the feeling of the main character

i have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.

i do not think they will sing to me