Map: Detroit Crime Increases 1963

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This map (unsure of source) shows change in crime rates by police precincts. The “bloody tenth” is circled. This is the same area where the 1967 civil disturbance started and likely demonstrates both the increase in crime and the increasing discontent with treatment at the hands of the police.

 

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