What is the 12th Street Riot in Detroit, Michigan ?

Answer 1

The 12th Street Riot in Detroit began in the early morning hours of Sunday, July 23, 1967. Vice squad officers executed a raid at a blind pig on the corner of 12th Street and Clairmount on the city's near westside. The confrontation with the patrons there evolved into one of the most deadly and destructive riots in modern U.S. history, lasting five days and far surpassing the 1943 riot the city endured. Before the end, the state and federal governments sent in National Guard and U.S. Army troops and the result was forty-three dead, 467 injured, over 7,500 arrests and more than 2,000 buildings burned down. The scope of the riot was eclipsed in scale only by the 1992 Los Angeles riots. Detroit has never fully recovered from the after-effects of the riot and the negative media coverage that was conveyed internationally. The riot was prominently featured in the news media, incuding the front page of Time Magazine on August 4, 1967.

Answer 2

The street you call 12th where the blind pig was raided has since been named Linwood, even C L Franklin Dr. after the church that sits there that Aretha Franklin's Father preached at as well as her. But it's still 12th to me. The reason for the riot was the Detroit police force was almost entirely white, while it's residents were predominantly black. Feeling discriminated by not a proper representation on the force, they rioted.