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...most recent attempt to rebuild Detroit, is not the first optimistic gesture of its kind. In 1941 Henry Ford II's father offered an unprecendented five dollar a day wage to his workers and vowed he would make Detroit the great American city. Within two years, the worst race riot in America's history up to that time had destroyed Ford's hopes of industrial serenity. Ten years ago, at the start of the mid-1960s business boom, a feature in Fortune magazine on "The New Detroit" proclaimed, "A new consensus is abroad in the city. All the diverse elements...
After the riot the Detroit Police Department formed STRESS, a corps of specially-trained undercover units, to control crime in the city. The program was discontinued after undercover action resulted in the deaths of at least two minors and a police officer who was playing cards at the time. In Detroit the name policeman is rarely used for law enforcement officials. They are usually called "pigs" or "fucks...
...could scream every time I read about a prison riot...
When people go to prison because they walked into a store with a gun and held it up, they have given up their right to have any rights. I don't give a **'$? about their gripes. Just shoot them when they riot. That will put a stop...
...some movement is apparent. Industrial production has increased slightly, and construction contracts and auto sales are up. Unemployment, though, continues to grow, and last week, by one estimate, reached an explosive 1 million, touching off a rash of strikes by angry workers at post offices, subways and electric utilities. Riot cops were called to sweep Air France employees out of ground facilities at the Paris airports, where they were staging a sit-in strike. Giscard's policy has also spurred consumer-price inflation, which inched up to an annual rate of 9.4% in September, almost a percentage point over...