The Detroit Riots, 1968

This video is aerial, troop, and burning building shoots of the Detroit Riots of 1967. The year 1968 is on the title because that is when it was released. The Detroit Riots started when police tried to close down a blind pig or underground bar. Violence erupted to be one of the larges riots in United States History. Governor George Romney called in the National Guard and President Lyndon B. Johnson called in the US Army. I do apologies that the last few seconds of the video was not uploaded do to time constraints. This video is in the Public Domain. The Master Copy can be found at the National Archives and Records Administration, Room 4000, 8601 Adelphi Road, Hyattsville, MD 20740-6001. The Archival Retrieval Catalog (ARC) number is: 86147.

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[11xr1east]

i dont understand the racist bastards on here making the hypocritical comments are the same ones go to detroit buying drugs and the filthy prostitutes.

[jmwilinski]

@11xr1east Well, I am not happy at all with that KKK person. I am trying to find a way to get that comment off or report him one.

[ARealWiseGuys]

I guess when you buy a $1,000 HDTV a $400 sound system is worth it; if the video has sound.

[jmwilinski]

@ARealWiseGuys But it was in the National Archives without sound. So we are SOL on that.

[ar4216]

Fascinating footage. Thanks as always jwilinski!

[jmwilinski]

@ar4216 Thanks ar4216!

[ifckdjfkswife]

The thing that is sad is after these riots all the whites started moving out. Please also note that this riot was started in the predominately black neighborhood. There is nothing racist about the truth, the blacks have completely destroyed this once great city.

[hardstyle905]

@1954murphy Why do these kind of things not happen in white areas. It IS about race, whether you want to admit it or not.

[sweetcgardner]

just type in panic in detroit by david bowie its a great sound track while watching this

[SteveSkn]

@1912fld

Southeastern HS on the left, and Foch JR HS on the right. I lived 2 streets over on Beniteau at the time.

[1912fld]

What is the school's name that is in around 9:00 into the film?

[Shane11967]

@highperactive1 True. Right now it is hard to find any decent normal community of any size anywhere in this nation anymore unless you spend tons of money to subdivide.

[Shane11967]

It started over a shooting at a "blind pig" bust and not a legit case of "oppression". Also the cop shot in defense while doing his job at an illegal situation.........

[Shane11967]

......AND was a black officer. Then the blacks who claim not to be racist try to burn down their own city over a criminal they didn't even know because he had the same complexion,......

[Shane11967]

.........though again the cop was black he was probably seen as an "uncle tome(rolls eyes). AND black businesses were burnt..........

[Shane11967]

.......Which proves that they WERE bigots, stupid, and nowhere near as "oppressed" as they made out to be which IS largely an excuse for their criminal outburst. This was a major incident that helped bury Detroit while they still insist on blaming "honkey" even though they are the vast majority in both population and city government.

[msu957]

@ifckdjfkswife That is somewhat true, there is some black people that helped the city. But there is some dumbass black people as well. The white cops were being dumb as well. 

[highperactive1]

It infuriates me to see how this one great city and thriving community was destroyed. Most people blame the blacks, but white people need to take some responsibility as well. Whites abandoned the city, their homes; they ran away. They were lulled into passivity with propaganda touting equality and love; they believed the lies. Kindness is the weakness that cost them their homes, their jobs and their city. White weakness is what destroyed Detroit. Coming to a city near you.