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The 1967 Detroit riot, also known as the 12th Street Riot and the Detroit Uprising, was the bloodiest of the urban riots in the United States during the "long, hot summer of 1967". [3]
The 12th Street Riot began in the early morning hours of Sunday, July 23, 1967. The Detroit Police Department at the time was 93% white, [2] [3] of whom 45% working in black neighborhoods were considered to be "extremely anti-Negro" and an additional 34% were "prejudiced". [4]
The 1968 Detroit riot was a civil disturbance that occurred between April 4–5, 1968 in Detroit, Michigan following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Less than a year after the violent unrest of 1967, areas of 12th Street (present-day Rosa Parks Boulevard) again erupted in chaos (simultaneously with over 100 other US cities) following King's assassination.
Sawyer was Day’s first ever commitment after he was elevated to head coach. He’s an Ohio kid from the Columbus suburb of Pickerington, a town of about 23,000 where he grew up with a Scarlet ...
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Coy, who was fired after the Dec. 22, 2020, shooting, has pleaded not guilty to murder, reckless homicide and related offenses. Coy's attorney, Mark Collins, has said the officer thought he saw Hill with a silver revolver in his right hand. Jury selection in his trial is set to begin Monday.
In June 1971, the largest mass murder in Detroit's history occurred, known as the Hazelwood massacre. [8] Eight African-Americans were shot and killed in a house in the Virginia Park Historic District. [8] The number of Detroit homicides peaked in 1974 at 714 and again in 1991 with 615.
On Wednesday, exactly two years after two people were killed and six others were injured in a mass shooting over a parking dispute on Detroit's west side, the man charged with 20 counts, including ...