(28609) Detroit Police Department, Riot Squad, Belle Isle, Detroit, 1943
Posted June 11th, 2012 by eclemens
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A new unit of police officers, drawn from the motorcycle, traffic and mounted divisions, are trained in "commando tactics" on the Belle Isle Athletic Field. According to a Detroit News reporter, nearly 250 "husky police minutemen" were trained for riot duty in response to the civil unrest of June 1943.
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1943-08-06Physdesc:
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