Summary

Soldiers in the streets of Detroit keeping the peace in the aftermath of the 1967 Detroit riots. Shows destroyed buildings still smoking after 5 days of rioting The Detroit Riots were sparked when police vice squad officers executed a raid on an after-hours drinking club or blind pig" in a predominantly black neighborhood located at Twelfth Street and Clairmount Avenue. They found over 80 people inside holding a party for two returning Vietnam veterans and attempted to arrest everyone on the scene.

Source Bridgeman Images
Footage Number 5977533
Title Aftermath of Detroit Riots: soldiers driving round the city in order to keep the peace after the riots 2/4
Description Soldiers in the streets of Detroit keeping the peace in the aftermath of the 1967 Detroit riots. Shows destroyed buildings still smoking after 5 days of rioting The Detroit Riots were sparked when police vice squad officers executed a raid on an after-hours drinking club or blind pig" in a predominantly black neighborhood located at Twelfth Street and Clairmount Avenue. They found over 80 people inside holding a party for two returning Vietnam veterans and attempted to arrest everyone on the scene.
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