[hope]

I was pretty young when the Detroit riots in 68 took place..it was bad. My uncle was in the national guards then and was called up to patrol the streets of Detroit.
I wonder what Obama and Holder would do if this scenario played out in major cities

[easternsky]

I remember them well. They sent us there for Practice before shipping out to Vietnam, Helicopters and all.

[Buckeye McFrog]

I was pretty young when the Detroit riots in 68 took place

My in-laws were living out around 14 Mile. 8 Mile is the dividing line between Detroit City and the suburbs. The city is 85% black, the 'burbs are 90% white. The rioting got out as far as 6 Mile. If it had gone two more miles, an impromptu militia of armed white suburbanites was waiting to meet them. That would have made all the history books. The National Guard was sent to keep that from happening.