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vlmagee · 07-10-2000, 08:15 AM

I am NOT knowledgable in this area, but I found a couple of other web sites with information. I don't know if these are accurate but they probably are. (The web site I referenced earlier was the Detroit News).

According to another web site, a "blind pig" is an after hours club. Here is the reference:
www.xnet2.com/patti/archives/9706/msg00382.html

There is also a brief description of the 1967 Detroit riots on a web site about police actions leading to riots. This description confirms that it was an after hours club.
www.backgroundbriefing.com/raceriot.html

Detroit 1967. The vice squad raided the United Community and Civic League, a black club, a site of gambling and after-hours drinking. They found more patrons than expected; it took an hour to arrest them while a crowd gathered. Rumors spread of excess force in the raid. Kerner Commission: "Police practices were, in some form, a significant grievance in virtually all cities and were often one of the most serious complaints. ... about physical or verbal abuse of Negro citizens by police officers, the lack of adequate channels for complaints against police, discriminatory police employment and promotion practices, a general lack of respect for Negroes by police officers, and the failure of police departments to provide adequate protection to Negroes."

07-10-2000, 08:15 AM	#9
vlmagee Senior Member Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: Ballston Spa, NY Posts: 724	I am NOT knowledgable in this area, but I found a couple of other web sites with information. I don't know if these are accurate but they probably are. (The web site I referenced earlier was the Detroit News). According to another web site, a "blind pig" is an after hours club. Here is the reference: www.xnet2.com/patti/archives/9706/msg00382.html There is also a brief description of the 1967 Detroit riots on a web site about police actions leading to riots. This description confirms that it was an after hours club. www.backgroundbriefing.com/raceriot.html Detroit 1967. The vice squad raided the United Community and Civic League, a black club, a site of gambling and after-hours drinking. They found more patrons than expected; it took an hour to arrest them while a crowd gathered. Rumors spread of excess force in the raid. Kerner Commission: "Police practices were, in some form, a significant grievance in virtually all cities and were often one of the most serious complaints. ... about physical or verbal abuse of Negro citizens by police officers, the lack of adequate channels for complaints against police, discriminatory police employment and promotion practices, a general lack of respect for Negroes by police officers, and the failure of police departments to provide adequate protection to Negroes."