Monday, July 24, 1967, as the political officials were trying to make decisions, the rebellion escalated into sniper fire, more looting and burning of stores (Fine 201). More arrests and deaths occurred during this day than any other time during the rebellion as 2,934 were detained and 17 persons died (Fine 201). Deployment of the National Guard, was in effect, but their numbers were minimized by their numbers were about 10,000, but only 4,000 were available due to training outside of the state and in-state. (Fine 189). Finally, after the realization that the police and guards could not control the situation, President Lyndon Johnson authorized the use of federal troops be deployed in Detroit, to help bring the rebellion to an end (Stone 130).…show more content… in Stone 180-181). The original reports of the young men’s deaths were they were killed in a barrage of gunfire exchange between snipers (McGuire qtd. in Stone 180). The reports finding it was strange that three deaths in the same location, came from a result of sniper fire, seemed suspicions, and through their investigations led the medical examiner to declare the men were victims of homicide (Fine 282; McGuire qtd. in Stone 180). In a scene reminiscent of the current atmosphere of police killing young black men in current times, the officers trial was moved to Mason, Michigan, a town that had historical roots of racial hatred, as this was the town where the late black nationalist Malcolm X’s father had been harassed by the Black Legion and Ku Klux Klan (Fine 287-288; McGuire qtd. in Stone 181). Following the normal scenario of injustice in America when it comes to the killing of black men, the officers were acquitted in two trials, one by the State, and the other a federal trial instigated through the efforts of Congressman John Conyers (Fine 287-288; McGuire qtd. in Stone 181-182). Just another example of institutional racism that exonerates whites, especially the police in murders against blacks. More than any other incident that took place during the rebellion, he Algiers Motel Incident capitalizes the racial climate in Detroit at the time, a microcosm of the racial conditions in America. This incident was a blatant example of the hostility and fervent hatred woven throughout the Detroit Police Department, and the thousands of other documented incidents regarding the wanton killing of blacks by white police who had the intention of executing their
