Law and Order vs. Dissent intercuts footage of the police response to the demonstrations at the 1968 Democratic Convention with press conferences by Mayor Richard J. Daley and a spokesman for the Chicago Police Department in which they place the blame for the violence on the student protesters.
Includes: The Urban Crisis and the New Militants: Module 1 - The Right to Dissent: A Press Conference, The Urban Crisis and the New Militants: Module 2 - Social Confrontation: The Battle of Michigan Ave., The Urban Crisis and the New Militants: Module 3 - Law and Order vs. Dissent, The Urban Crisis and the New Militants: Module 4 - The People’s Right to Know: Police vs. Reporters, The Urban Crisis and the New Militants: Module 5 - Police Power and Freedom of Assembly: The Gregory March, The Urban Crisis and the New Militants: Module 6 - Black Moderates and Black Militants, The Urban Crisis and the New Militants: Module 7 - Cicero March