yep, its going to get worse....and spread across the country....just start shooting them and maybe it can be nipped in the bed as barney would say...
July 26-July 27
There is some discussion that the deployment of troops incited more violence, although the riot ended within 48 hours of their deployment. The discussion might hinge on the type of troop used in various locations. Most of the Michigan National Guard were white, while many of the Federal Army troops were black. As a result, the National Guard troops faced a more violent reaction when deployed to the inner city. The National Guard and the Federal Army troops were engaged in firefights with locals, resulting in deaths both to locals and the troops. Of the 12 people shot and killed by troops, only one was by a Federal soldier, possibly because the Federal troops were ordered not to load their weapons except under the direct order of an officer. Indeed, the actions of the National Guard troops were called into question in the Cyrus Vance report.[17]
Tanks[18] and machine guns[19] were used in the effort to keep the peace. Film footage and photos that were viewed internationally showed a city on fire, with tanks and combat troops in firefights in the streets, thus sealing Detroit’s reputation for decades to come.
By Thursday, July 27, order had returned to the city to the point where ammunition was taken from the National Guardsmen stationed in the riot area, and bayonets ordered sheathed. Troop withdrawal began on Friday, July 28, the day of the last major fire in the riot. The Army troops were completely withdrawn by Saturday, July 29.
The Detroit riot ignited similar problems elsewhere. National Guardsmen or state police were deployed in five other cities: Pontiac, Flint, Saginaw, Grand Rapids, and Toledo, Ohio. Disturbances were also reported in more than two dozen cities.
An estimated 10,000 participated, with an estimated 100,000 gathering to watch. Thirty-six hours of rioting later, 43 were dead, 10 of them white. More than 7,200 were arrested, mostly black. Mayor Jerome Cavanagh, lamented upon surveying the damage, “Today we stand amidst the ashes of our hopes. We hoped against hope that what we had been doing was enough to prevent a riot. It was not enough.”[20]
[edit] Death toll
Over the period of five days, forty-three people died, of whom 33 were black. The other damages were calculated as follows:
467 injured: 182 civilians, 167 Detroit police officers, 83 Detroit firefighters, 17 National Guard troops, 16 State Police officers, 3 U.S. Army soldiers.
7,231 arrested: 6,528 adults, 703 juveniles; The youngest, 4; the oldest, 82. Half of those arrested had no criminal record.
2,509 stores looted or burned, 388 families homeless or displaced and 412 buildings burned or damaged enough to be demolished. Dollar losses from arson and looting ranged from $40 million to $80 million.[21]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Detroit_riot