Hunter S Thompson went to the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago as a journalist and returned home disgusted yet motivated by what hed just seen violently suppressed protests riots corrupt politicians and abusive cops Back in Aspen he finds more of the same The local police and sheriffs departments are targeting young people harassing and charging them with absurd crimes and trying to push them out of town Hunter decides he has to do something to change the police brutality that has become the norm