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- Three DPD patrolmen--David Senak, Ronald August, and Robert Paille--were among the law enforcement officials who responded to the reports of a sniper attack from inside the Algiers Motel. They also led the raid into the building and are the three officers most directly involved in the murders of Carl Cooper, Aubrey Pollard, and Fred Temple.
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The Algiers Motel incident (also called the Algiers Motel Murders) occurred in Detroit, Michigan, United States, throughout the night of July 25–26, 1967, during the racially charged 12th Street Riot. At the Algiers Motel, approximately one mile east of where the riot began, three civilians were killed and nine others abused by a riot task ...
Aug 7, 2017 · Algiers Motel Incident (1967) The Algiers Motel Incident occurred in Detroit, Michigan on July 25, 1967, two days after the Detroit Race Riot began. The incident started when Army National Guardsman Ted Thomas reported hearing gunshots at the Algiers Motel Annex.
Aug 2, 2017 · In researching the Detroit true story, we learned that the riots began around 3:15 a.m. in the early morning of Sunday July 23, 1967 and lasted five days, ending for the most part on July 27. Fire destroyed hundreds of businesses during the 1967 Detroit riots.
Aug 4, 2017 · Kathryn Bigelow’s new film “Detroit” looks to the tragic events at the Algiers Motel during the 1967 riots in the Motor City. For five days in 1967, Detroit was rocked by violent unrest that ...
Aug. 2, 2017. Francois Duhamel—Annapurna Pictures The Algiers Motel neon sign as depicted in the movie 'Detroit' The true incidents that inspired the movie Detroit were described by TIME magazine...
Aug 4, 2017 · Kathryn Bigelow’s new film Detroit dramatizes an incident at the Algiers Motel that occurred on the third night of the riots in which police and National Guardsmen, claiming to be looking...
May 11, 2022 · The Detroit riots began in the early morning hours of July 23, 1967. As reported by History , an after-hours party honoring some local veterans was taking place at the office of the United Community League for Civic Action, and authorities planned to raid the establishment and arrest the attendees.
