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...University of Detroit law professor contends that all municipalities should be held liable for riot damage. Writing in the new Journal of Urban Law, Frank S. Sengstock declares that cities are derelict if they don't initiate preventive programs or if their police don't use established professional techniques of riot control and suppression. "There is a substantial need to indemnify victims of mob disorders," he comments. "Sovereign immunity is playing its finale. Fundamental principles of common law warrant the conclusion that the injured has a right to sue a municipal corporation for damages committed...
...effect, Sengstock argues, municipalities should serve as insurers, passing on the expense in the form of added taxes to the public at large. "Justice requires that the entire society of a metropolitan area bear the responsibility for injuries produced by riots even when government is not negligent...
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