The 1967 Detroit riot, also known as the 12th Street riot or the 1967 Detroit rebellion, was one of 159 race riots that swept cities in the United States during the "Long Hot Summer of 1967". This riot was a violent public disorder that turned into a civil disturbance in Detroit, Michigan. It began in the early morning hours of Sunday July 23, 1967. The precipitating event was a police raid of an unlicensed, after-hours bar then known as a blind pig, just north of the corner of 12th Street (today Rosa Parks Boulevard) and Virginia Park Avenue, on the city's Near West Side. Police confrontations with patrons and observers on the street evolved into one of the deadliest and most destructive riots in the history of the United States, lasting five days and surpassing the violence and property destruction of Detroit's 1943 race riot just 24 years earlier.
To help end the disturbance, Governor George W. Romney ordered the Michigan Army National Guard into Detroit, and President Lyndon B. Johnson sent in both the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions. The result was 43 dead, 1,189 injured, over 7,200 arrests, and more than 2,000 buildings destroyed. The scale of the riot was surpassed in the United States only by the 1863 New York City draft riots during the American Civil War,[2] and the 1992 Los Angeles riots. The riot was prominently featured in the news media, with live television coverage, extensive newspaper reporting, and extensive stories in Time and Life magazines. The staff of the Detroit Free Press won the 1968 Pulitzer Prize for general local reporting for its coverage.
Answer:
President Lyndon Johnson could justify the use of federal troops by saying that this was necessary to maintain the safety of the population and the city.
Explanation:
In 1967, the tulmultos began when a police strike happened in an illegal bar at the corner of 12 streets and Claremont. There was a welcome party at two Vietnamese combatants. The regulars were all arrested, including 82 blacks . Residents of the area began a protest against the action, which quickly evolved into break-breaking, looting and fire. The problem escalated: the police responded with more force, but the residents continued the confrontation. The tumult spread to other neighborhoods.
These riots created a wave of violence and criminal acts, many public works and shops were plundered, many citizens feared to leave their homes and those who left were injured.
President Lyndon Johnson could have used this discriminated violence and the danger to the lives of citizens and the city as a justification for the use of federal troops to contain the riots.
