
Slow Burn presents... One Year: 1986 | 1. No Crime Day
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The New Drug of Choice in America, Crack
Segregation, joblessness and police brutality all helped instigate the 19 67 riot. Hundreds of thousands of white residents fled the city leaving black detroiters increasingly isolated in low income neighborhoods. Coleman young campaigned against races policing but also sent a strong message about law and order to all do pussy al ripo par amo i cime to leave detroi in maro. The mayor's rhetoric didn't do much to stamp out crime, and by 19 86, a city that was already teetering found itself facing a new american epidemic.
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