Detroit Riots

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the worst riot of the 20th century.
Shortly after 5 a.m. stores were being broken into, rocks and bricks were smashing through windows. By 11 a.m. a crowd of about a thousand people were surrounding a smaller crowd of about a hundred or so people that were swarming the streets taunting the police and firemen. After that the looting began to take off in different spots all over the entire city.
Day 2
In the second day of rioting the Mayor issued a curfew. All people had to be off the streets between 9 p.m. and 5:30 a.m. and no alcoholic beverages were to be sold or possessed which was not followed the rioters. At 12:25 the first death was reported. A 45 year-old white male life was claimed when he was shot by a white store owner who claimed the man was looting his store. This was only the beginning for the many more fatalities that continued throughout the riots.
The burning and looting continued throughout the night. An entire block was reported on fire in the area of Dexter ...

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purchased by her firm. (Locke 43-44)
The Tonya Blanding incident. Only four years old at the time Tonya was lying in the living room of her family’s second floor apartment when guards opened fire with rifles and a tank’s .50-caliber machine gun. When the firing stopped they found young Tonya lying dead in the living room. (Lee & Humphrey 109)
The gunfire started to cease for a couple of hours. Then at 2:55 p.m. a flurry of gunfire rang out. It was mostly snipers firing at the police precincts and fire departments. Throughout Wednesday night the rioting and looting was mild.
Day 5
The fifth day Saturday, July 27, city, state, and federal officials turned their major attention to ...

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