Posted on 07/23/2007 9:39:39 AM PDT by yankeedame
What the heck’s a “blind pig”?
And Detroit never recovered...
Apparently a local slang for a speakeasy or illegal bar.
During prohibition, Detroit apparently had a couple thousand.
I was living in the 8 Mile/Kelly area in 1967; I well remember LBJ going on national tv that Monday night to announce that federal troops were going in. Johnson seemed most concerned that Governor Romney be shown at fault for failing to keep order.
Romney was expected to run for President against LBJ the next year. He did, but lost the GOP nomination to Nixon after admitting he’d been “brainwashed” by US officials in Vietnam.
Illegal saloon.
I was only about 4 years old, but I remember the riots a little bit. I lived in the suburbs north of Detroit. I remember my dad getting ready to go to work and my mom telling him that since he worked near the riot area, there was no way he was going in that day.
I also remember driving down the freeway with my mom and getting passed by a tank. It had rubber wheels. Pretty cool to a 4 year old.
For those not versed in urban lingo:
The Detroit Riots of 1967: EventsThe Detroit Riot of 1967 began when police vice squad officers executed a raid on an after hours drinking club or “blind pig” in a predominantly black ...
It was almost as if the Pistons had won the NBA championship.
The worst riot was after the Tigers won the World Series in 1984.
George Romney was finished after the New Hampshire primary. He was the first GOP candidate to drop out.
A pal of mine from High School was in the MI National Guard at the time. His patrol was down around 12th Street. He said he had taken off his helmet because of the oppressive heat and some urban guerrilla beaned him on the back of the head with an empty beer bottle. No Purple Heart.
Well, you destroyed your pig sty, but you still have to live there.
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"Blind pig" is traditionally said to derive from the nickname of a band of soldiers called the Public Guard serving in Richmond, Virginia, in about 1858. Their militia hats had the initials P.G. on them, the moniker arising because P.G. is a pig without an ‘i,’ and a pig without an ‘eye’ is a ‘blind pig.’ Apparently these soldiers spent a lot of time getting drunk in local taverns, were disliked by the general population, and supposedly the saloons they drank in ended up getting named after them.
Not even close. The 1984 "riot" was nothing more than a few hours of drunken rowdies in a three block area around Tiger Stadium. The '67 riots lasted for days and days and much of the city was in flames. I was only 15 years old but I remember it very well. It was the first summer my parents left me and my 16 year old sister alone for a week while they went up north. Great timing on their part.
I was at Tiger Stadium that day, just a few blocks from ‘ground zero.’ We could see smoke rising into the air above the stadium walls, but had no idea what was happening. Those days, apparently, not many people listened to the game on the radio in the seats, and the Tigers management made no public address announcements as to what was happening
It wasn’t until we returned to our car and turned on the radio that we found out what was taking place.
I was referring to sports-related riots. Of course the 67 and 43 riots were worse.
An estimated 10,000 participated, with an estimated 100,000 gathering to watch. Thirty-six hours of rioting later, 43 were dead, 33 of them black, 17 of those by police action. More than 7,200 were arrested, mostly black....
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I was there, in july 21,22,23,24,25.
Ha Ha 43 dead is a farce.
The national guard doubled up 2men to squad car with 2 detroit police officer for night patrol, shooting out street lights.
on third night of riots, my squad car come upon Dead riotor in the street, we called in for toe tag number and by radio was given 297 toe tag.
In the riot in the 1940’s bodies were dumped down the sewers to handle bodies.
How do I know I was in the squad car.
An estimated 10,000 participated, with an estimated 100,000 gathering to watch. Thirty-six hours of rioting later, 43 were dead, 33 of them black, 17 of those by police action. More than 7,200 were arrested, mostly black....
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I was there, in july 21,22,23,24,25.
Ha Ha 43 dead is a farce.
The national guard doubled up 2men to squad car with 2 detroit police officer for night patrol, shooting out street lights.
on third night of riots, my squad car come upon Dead riotor in the street, we called in for toe tag number and by radio was given 297 toe tag.
In the riot in the 1940’s bodies were dumped down the sewers to handle bodies.
How do I know I was in the squad car.
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