The riots weren't started by a racial incident, & there were in fact few racial incidents during the riots, but civil rights were the main underlying issue since most of the DPD was white back then & a good # were racists & too authoritarian to all citizens. Remember 'the Big 4' or more, they bopped anybody if they felt like it. The looting was done by many young whites as well as blacks & mixed groups were filmed looting on Grand. Blvd. etc. & many whites were also arrested etc.
The riots? that only started the detruction. The Blacks did the burning ,smashing,
maybe only 3 % of them ,but it wasnt whitey coming in from Oakland county ,Dearborn or Canada. No the suburban malls didnt vandalize a thing, they are inatimate objects.the Industrial decline hit Warren Dearborn ,Livonia, But White's didnt trash those cities. No not most black did it, But the few that did ,did it. Duh
Detroit along with the nation has progressed so much, lower crime, cleaner and quieter communities, mutual respect, a growing dollar value. Yes, "change' "can can believe in " ;)
@444Wotan LOL, No, and that's the problem, I see things too clearly. A problem is that ignorance is bliss, thus people like me are less than satisfied with a world full of trash and idiots.
@TitaniumByFire You really think this country and our big cities are progressing? I wish that were true. Politicians are more crooked than ever! True they are getting caught, but the damage is done and it's going to be a long time before we pull it back together. Do you live in Detroit or Michigan? You may be doing all right, but look around you.
When you hear liberals speak of how much better life would be if they ran a society, look no further then Detroit. Everything they spout was tried here, and it's now a dump.
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The racist attitude of the white people is only overshadowed by the fact that Detroit
could have been such a beautiful place had it been willing to accept Blacks and offer a better lifethan many had who came from the South hoping to be treated better.
It is too bad that Detroit has such a past..but it will always be my home...although I live
many miles away..and have good family memories.....
@cblake1023 - How about the racist attitude of all people? The blame is on both sides here. Coleman Young's attitude of black supremacy turned off EVERY other color. All but the blacks lefts in droves, taking their businesses with them.
Don't you see that your statement singling out whites is just as racist? If you don't, you're one of the problem.
You cant blame it all on black people. Have you been thru the nieborhoods along Michigan Ave or the trash around Patton Park? WHITE, Black and Brown are keeping Detroit a Fucking dump. Mich Ave from Wyoming to the Blvd is infested w junkies, hookers, tity bars, dope dealers its a shit hole! I live on Virginia Park, and its a fucking rotting shit hole, but its not all black people keeping it like this.
@DetroiterInAustralia Whoever the fuck you are asshole, if you were not there or have anyone that was there or was a part of the riots. you should shut the fuck up you racist piece of shit bitch and i will tell you the same to your face you ignorant piece of garbage. you'll never know why any of it happened the only thing that you see is what the media wants you to see and hear and thats why your ignorant.
i still dont know what happened to detroit first of all did it catch fire or what idk! but i dotn feel like listening the people in this video sounds boring! but i wanna know so bad i have 2!!
im sorry but the riots did not destroy the city what killed this city is the suberbs u dont have major stores here no more b/c of the suberbs it stupid that u got to travel to get to a wallmart or a meijer or those stupid ass malls thats what killed detroit
con't... Which the person would have to be legally license to carry or they or sentence with a fine a possible jail time. This is what we do in Texas.
con't....create great businesses that will be for the future, and kick out thuggish low lives that kills innocent blood out of the cities into prisons. We need harsher punishment for parol violations. A prison needs to be made somewhere 2 hrs away!!! instead of one by the neigborhood, and give every home citizen of Detroit the right to carry a gun and protect their property land.
Detroit needs to have a switch in the political system. It might hurt some for certain people but I think it will do good. They need a good moral Conservative Republican who knows how to make money and take the illness of society out. For Example: drug dealers, bad cops, tare down useless drug infested properties and the damaged repair ones, rennivate historic places that was once beautiful in Detroit (if can),.......
Bottom line, while there might have been certain things that didn't help Detroit, it was black crime and hypocritical black bigotry that killed Detroit, a city that was a world class city just a generation earlier. Say what you will, call me what you want, political correct or not, blacks DID destroy Detroit. Now they are destroying what is left of the country.
Yet in your first comment you eluded to the fact that the there was already tension present long before the 60s; tension, violence, and economic hardship that stemmed from the prohibition era. The Purple Gang and Sicilian mafia weren't exactly black bigots.
Soon after this, the blacks elected coleman young who only instilled segregation by telling whitey to keep his ass north of 8 mile. He also downsized the police department by 1/3rd, and pulled undercover operations because.."too many blacks were being shot by cops". Then he pocketed funds for years, including government subsidies that were meant to ironically help a majority black city by then. Yet blacks voted this bigot and crook in for over 20 years.
The riot started over a shooting at a blind pig/illegal gambling operation. One of the patrons pulled a gun on a cop and paid for it with his life. The racial tensions the city already had didn't help, and the riot started. What people fail to take into account is that the cop just doing his job and protecting himself, AND that that cop was black.
Liberal Democrat Mayor Cavanuagh's 1962 6% income tax is what killed Detroit. Would you give up 6% of your income to live and work in Detroit ? Of course not. High property taxes and oppressive bureaucracy forced residents to abandon their unsellable homes and businesses. The big three built all of their new plants outside the city limits because taxes were way too high. The exodus of homeowners to the suburbs started long before 1967, the riots were just the proverbial "frosting on the cake".
Detroit. The most liberal and progressive city in the country.....and you see what happens when liberals try to deal with the black criminal under class....the death of Detroit.
I'd have to disagree with that statement on the technicality that the Left never really tried to deal with the criminal Negros save by excusing their behavior as the inevitable result of "white racism" and giving them "simmer down" money and programs.
The blacks played and lost - after '67 the whites said 'we won't fix it back up - so enjoy your new hood!' The blacks are paying for the riots now. The hell with them.
@weblab1 Damn right - Detroit blacks were given opportunities denied to blacks in other cities, especially in the South, on a big silver platter. And how did they say thank you? By burning down the city over a stupid bar raid! No wonder the Big 3 shifted most car production elsewhere, basically giving Detroit the middle finger.
@weblab1 thats why u gettin hell now. How the hell you gonna say the hell with us, Obviously you forgot the past and all that hatred the whites fed us ever since we got here. Dont get the shit twisted
So the Governor who doesn't like big gov and is running for president asked for help because he couldn't control it.
Knoxgoldvault 1 week ago in playlist Motor City Burning
I would love to see the nieghborhoods of Detroit rebuilt like new roads and sidewalks, new houses, lawn mowed, and kept up.
720942008 10 months ago
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The riots weren't started by a racial incident, & there were in fact few racial incidents during the riots, but civil rights were the main underlying issue since most of the DPD was white back then & a good # were racists & too authoritarian to all citizens. Remember 'the Big 4' or more, they bopped anybody if they felt like it. The looting was done by many young whites as well as blacks & mixed groups were filmed looting on Grand. Blvd. etc. & many whites were also arrested etc.
christof139 11 months ago
The riots? that only started the detruction. The Blacks did the burning ,smashing,
maybe only 3 % of them ,but it wasnt whitey coming in from Oakland county ,Dearborn or Canada. No the suburban malls didnt vandalize a thing, they are inatimate objects.the Industrial decline hit Warren Dearborn ,Livonia, But White's didnt trash those cities. No not most black did it, But the few that did ,did it. Duh
DetroiterInAustralia 1 year ago 6
Detroit is a shit hole enough said...
GreenLineTech 1 year ago 5
Detroit along with the nation has progressed so much, lower crime, cleaner and quieter communities, mutual respect, a growing dollar value. Yes, "change' "can can believe in " ;)
TitaniumByFire 1 year ago 2
@TitaniumByFire Are you on crack?
444Wotan 1 year ago
@444Wotan LOL, No, and that's the problem, I see things too clearly. A problem is that ignorance is bliss, thus people like me are less than satisfied with a world full of trash and idiots.
TitaniumByFire 1 year ago 5
@TitaniumByFire You really think this country and our big cities are progressing? I wish that were true. Politicians are more crooked than ever! True they are getting caught, but the damage is done and it's going to be a long time before we pull it back together. Do you live in Detroit or Michigan? You may be doing all right, but look around you.
444Wotan 1 year ago 3
When you hear liberals speak of how much better life would be if they ran a society, look no further then Detroit. Everything they spout was tried here, and it's now a dump.
muta157 1 year ago 5
This date marks the decline of the city. I'm surprised it took this long to become the shit hole it is today.
billdc31 1 year ago 5
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The racist attitude of the white people is only overshadowed by the fact that Detroit
could have been such a beautiful place had it been willing to accept Blacks and offer a better lifethan many had who came from the South hoping to be treated better.
It is too bad that Detroit has such a past..but it will always be my home...although I live
many miles away..and have good family memories.....
cblake1023 1 year ago
@cblake1023 - How about the racist attitude of all people? The blame is on both sides here. Coleman Young's attitude of black supremacy turned off EVERY other color. All but the blacks lefts in droves, taking their businesses with them.
Don't you see that your statement singling out whites is just as racist? If you don't, you're one of the problem.
tadsgirl 1 year ago 5
@tadsgirl Very true, Young and other city leaders left the SouthWest side to rot and die and it did for a very long time.
313ESCO 1 year ago 4
Burn it to the ground !!!!!
caganb 1 year ago 3
You cant blame it all on black people. Have you been thru the nieborhoods along Michigan Ave or the trash around Patton Park? WHITE, Black and Brown are keeping Detroit a Fucking dump. Mich Ave from Wyoming to the Blvd is infested w junkies, hookers, tity bars, dope dealers its a shit hole! I live on Virginia Park, and its a fucking rotting shit hole, but its not all black people keeping it like this.
313ESCO 1 year ago
Democrats throwing govenrment money at it didnt work to well did it?
Blacks trashed it
DetroiterInAustralia 1 year ago 5
@DetroiterInAustralia Whoever the fuck you are asshole, if you were not there or have anyone that was there or was a part of the riots. you should shut the fuck up you racist piece of shit bitch and i will tell you the same to your face you ignorant piece of garbage. you'll never know why any of it happened the only thing that you see is what the media wants you to see and hear and thats why your ignorant.
dtfmitg 1 year ago
i still dont know what happened to detroit first of all did it catch fire or what idk! but i dotn feel like listening the people in this video sounds boring! but i wanna know so bad i have 2!!
mizjazzibabi 1 year ago
im sorry but the riots did not destroy the city what killed this city is the suberbs u dont have major stores here no more b/c of the suberbs it stupid that u got to travel to get to a wallmart or a meijer or those stupid ass malls thats what killed detroit
Mrdwo4life 1 year ago
con't... Which the person would have to be legally license to carry or they or sentence with a fine a possible jail time. This is what we do in Texas.
shrineheart87 2 years ago
They need to drop the 101'st airborne in there and let them eradicate all the drug dealers and bangers.
DammitDrag 1 year ago
con't....create great businesses that will be for the future, and kick out thuggish low lives that kills innocent blood out of the cities into prisons. We need harsher punishment for parol violations. A prison needs to be made somewhere 2 hrs away!!! instead of one by the neigborhood, and give every home citizen of Detroit the right to carry a gun and protect their property land.
shrineheart87 2 years ago
Absolutely nothing you just said is as simple as you make it.
1polymath 1 year ago
Detroit needs to have a switch in the political system. It might hurt some for certain people but I think it will do good. They need a good moral Conservative Republican who knows how to make money and take the illness of society out. For Example: drug dealers, bad cops, tare down useless drug infested properties and the damaged repair ones, rennivate historic places that was once beautiful in Detroit (if can),.......
shrineheart87 2 years ago
Bottom line, while there might have been certain things that didn't help Detroit, it was black crime and hypocritical black bigotry that killed Detroit, a city that was a world class city just a generation earlier. Say what you will, call me what you want, political correct or not, blacks DID destroy Detroit. Now they are destroying what is left of the country.
TitaniumByFire 2 years ago 6
Yet in your first comment you eluded to the fact that the there was already tension present long before the 60s; tension, violence, and economic hardship that stemmed from the prohibition era. The Purple Gang and Sicilian mafia weren't exactly black bigots.
laz4059 2 years ago
Soon after this, the blacks elected coleman young who only instilled segregation by telling whitey to keep his ass north of 8 mile. He also downsized the police department by 1/3rd, and pulled undercover operations because.."too many blacks were being shot by cops". Then he pocketed funds for years, including government subsidies that were meant to ironically help a majority black city by then. Yet blacks voted this bigot and crook in for over 20 years.
TitaniumByFire 2 years ago 4
The riot started over a shooting at a blind pig/illegal gambling operation. One of the patrons pulled a gun on a cop and paid for it with his life. The racial tensions the city already had didn't help, and the riot started. What people fail to take into account is that the cop just doing his job and protecting himself, AND that that cop was black.
TitaniumByFire 2 years ago
Liberal Democrat Mayor Cavanuagh's 1962 6% income tax is what killed Detroit. Would you give up 6% of your income to live and work in Detroit ? Of course not. High property taxes and oppressive bureaucracy forced residents to abandon their unsellable homes and businesses. The big three built all of their new plants outside the city limits because taxes were way too high. The exodus of homeowners to the suburbs started long before 1967, the riots were just the proverbial "frosting on the cake".
MisterDeSoto 2 years ago 5
I consider this series some of the best content on youtube. amazing that it has less than 5000 hits.
Thanks waketheherd for taking the time to put this up.
dogterd 3 years ago 3
Detroit. The most liberal and progressive city in the country.....and you see what happens when liberals try to deal with the black criminal under class....the death of Detroit.
DrPhilly2007 3 years ago 3
I'd have to disagree with that statement on the technicality that the Left never really tried to deal with the criminal Negros save by excusing their behavior as the inevitable result of "white racism" and giving them "simmer down" money and programs.
TsugaC 2 years ago
The blacks played and lost - after '67 the whites said 'we won't fix it back up - so enjoy your new hood!' The blacks are paying for the riots now. The hell with them.
weblab1 3 years ago 30
Thank you! That is EXACTLY what happened.
drexelur1 3 years ago 12
@weblab1 Damn right - Detroit blacks were given opportunities denied to blacks in other cities, especially in the South, on a big silver platter. And how did they say thank you? By burning down the city over a stupid bar raid! No wonder the Big 3 shifted most car production elsewhere, basically giving Detroit the middle finger.
quirpco 1 year ago 2
@weblab1 Hell with you white bastards that put them in that position in the first place with your racist diatribe
jfatcar 1 year ago
@weblab1 thats why u gettin hell now. How the hell you gonna say the hell with us, Obviously you forgot the past and all that hatred the whites fed us ever since we got here. Dont get the shit twisted
Syphax1987 11 months ago
All I get is audio...no video.
gralady 3 years ago
@gralady That's because there is no video. This was taken from radio station WILS in Lansing, MI.
1987tvfreak 1 year ago
Thanks for all of your feedback. I finally have loaded the second half of the series. I apologize for the delay.
For those of you wanting copies, I am still looking into options as to how best to distribute the series. Stay tuned.
waketheherd 3 years ago
Excellent documentary. I was there. I lived it. I miss the Detroit of my childhood. So terribly sad.
jsbach15 3 years ago
The troops should have stayed there
weblab1 3 years ago
Do you have an mp3 or wav of the opening broadcast? I would highly appreciate it if you could send it to me!
outcelgeist 3 years ago