What happened to: Andrew Chinarian? owner of Bob Bolton's lounge

boneshaker · November-09-11, 02:09 PM

He would be about 77 years old now.. I would love to get his perspective on things today.

**gnome** · November-09-11, 02:25 PM

they moved to Walled Lake or Waterford or Commerce and IIRC he died 10 yrs ago.

The interesting thing about that story, the Auschwitz survior who was dragged from his car and beaten to death while on his way home from his shift at Sanders, ... the mob that killed him was led by one of the founders of Young Boys Inc.

Kind of too bad that Ken Cockril Sr was his defense attorney, Bill Goodman too.

**EastsideAl** · November-09-11, 02:52 PM

Isn't he the guy who shot a kid in the back for sitting on his car, sometime around 1974 if I remember correctly, which set off a kind of mini-riot that very nearly exploded into 1967 part 2?

boneshaker · November-09-11, 04:09 PM

thanks gnome...

**gnome** · November-09-11, 06:17 PM

Originally Posted by EastsideAl

Isn't he the guy who shot a kid in the back for sitting on his car, sometime around 1974 if I remember correctly, which set off a kind of mini-riot that very nearly exploded into 1967 part 2?

Since I wasn't there, I have no way of knowing the truth, but at the time of the shooting Chinarian reported a group of teens were in the process of stealing his car and the kid who was shot came at him with a screw driver.

The incident came after a number of other car thefts and whatnot. Not giving the guy a pass on his actions as I think he was the poster child for a--hole of the month,

**softailrider** · November-09-11, 07:50 PM

Was that the bar that was on Livernois, like near Chalfonte? I remember that guy shot somebody, don't remember any details.

**gnome** · November-09-11, 08:11 PM

a couple of links ...

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/ar...917662,00.html

http://books.google.com/books?id=ZLE...etroit&f=false

and from wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverno...93Fenkell_riot

**gnome** · November-09-11, 08:25 PM

From WSU virtual Library:

"Portrait of Marian Pyszko, a candy factory worker and Holocaust survivor who was pulled from his car while driving home and beaten to death by a group of African American teens, angry over the death of a young man shot outside Bob Bolton's Bar and Grill by white owner, Andrew Chinarian, the day before in Detroit, Michigan. A riot was avoided when Mayor Coleman Young and local clergymen and officials went to the scene, along with 600 police officers."

**DetroitDutchgirl** · November-06-23, 10:53 AM

Originally Posted by EastsideAl

Isn't he the guy who shot a kid in the back for sitting on his car, sometime around 1974 if I remember correctly, which set off a kind of mini-riot that very nearly exploded into 1967 part 2?

Yes, that's who this thread is about. That shooting happened in 1975 and it is referred to the Livernois-Fenkell riot.