Detroit Police 1930-1950's

[Danny]

Detroit Police in the 1930s

1 Some cops accept bribes from mobsters from the ll Costa Nostra to The Purple Gang.

2. Hunting black folks who crossed into white Detroit neighborhoods.

3. Give tickets or arrest anyone who step out line in the streets.

Detroit Police in the 1940s

1. Still accepting bribes from Mafias and gangsters.

2 Still hunting black folks who crossed into white Detroit neighborhoods.

3. Stoping rioters by escorting white folks back to their homes and arrest black people.

Detroit Police 1950s

1. Keeping Italians in the "Little Italy" on Gratiot Ave. in line by accepting bribes.

2. Keeping blacks in line and stopping corner loitering in their ghettoes.

3.Still hunting black folks who crossed into White Detroit neighborhoods.


That's what they did.