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in the areas involved.

MALE NEWSCASTER:

Here in Detroit, a city of war...

...where snipers

hide on rooftops,

...the violence continues.

US Army paratroopers,

National Guardsmen,

state and local police...

...are continuing the fight

against a handful of snipers.

On the city's west side, a 150-block

area is off-limits to everybody.

This is no man's land, an area

of destruction and devastation.

ABC newsman Tom Mclntyre says...

...it's hard to believe that this

could happen in America.

But here it is, in Detroit,

the nation's fifth largest city.

LYNDON B. JOHNSON: I am declaring

a public state of emergency.

And I am also indicating

that I will promulgate...

...such rules,

orders and regulations...

...as I deem necessary

to protect life and property.

CAPTAIN:
Second unit,

left lane!

18-40!

Rally point! Rally point A!

Sniper in the window!

(SCREAMING)

Third floor window!

CAPTAIN:
Move to cover!

Move to cover now!

Stand by! Hold your fire!

(PEOPLE SCREAMING)

(SIREN WAILING)

POLICEMAN:
Don't move!

All right, he's clear.

Move back!

Hey!

(ALARM RINGING)

FLYNN:

Oh, I almost hit that one.

(LAUGHING)

LYNDON B. JOHNSON:

There is no American right...

...to loot stores...

...or to burn buildings,

...or to fire rifles

from the rooftops.

That is crime.

And crime must be

dealt with forcefully...

...and swiftly,

and certainly under law.

AFRICAN-AMERICAN LEADER:

...LBJ tell you...

...that, "Violence never

accomplishes anything,"

"...my fellow Americans."

(PEOPLE CHEERING)

Don't you see,

the real problem with violence...

...is that we have

never been violent.

We have been too nonviolent!

(ALL SHOUTING)

Excuse me!

POLICEMAN:
Go back

the way you came!

I need to go down this road

to get to work.

What did I say? Back!

I need to go down this road

to get to work, Ford Assembly.

Hold on! Where you going?

Hey! Let him go!

You cannot go this...

(GUNSHOTS)

(SCREAMING)

POLICEMAN:
Take cover!

We might have a sniper on...

KRAUSS:

Boy, would you look at this.

So sad.

It's preventable, you know.

That's the worst part.

Look at this.

This looks like f***ing 'Nam.

You believe this is the USA?

And we're to blame.

(HONKS HORN)

By standing by,

the trouble started. Now this.

(MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS)

FLYNN:

What can you do with this?

They're crazy.

They're not crazy. They know

exactly what they're doing.

This is gonna

be worse than '43.

KRAUSS:
No, we need to stop

failing these people.

They're looking to us, and

we keep letting them down...

...left, right, and center.

Take this motherf***er

right here. Halt!

(TIRES SCREECH)

Halt!

Halt!

(GUNS COCKING)

Get back!

(SHOUTING)

- DEMENS:
Stay off the street!

- KRAUSS:
Halt!

DEMENS:
Back up!

Hey!

(GRUNTS)

KRAUSS:
Come here!

Get back off the street!

(WHIMPERING)

Hey, Phil! Come on!

Hey, Phil!

Forget him! Come on!

F***!

(GASPS)

FLYNN:
You're not supposed to

shoot the looters anyway.

(PANTING) Yeah.

How the hell

are we supposed to stop them?

What a f***ing specimen, huh?

(GROANING)

(GASPING)

(LEON WHIMPERING)

OLD LADY:
Confound it!

What... What are you doing

under there?

(STUTTERING)

I just live down the street.

If you can go

get my wife Roberta?

You want me to

call the ambulance?

No, no police!

Just, please, Roberta.

OLD LADY:
Goodness!

LEON:
Get me Roberta.

MALE REPORTER:

1,100 National Guardsmen...

...have been rushed

into as many areas...

...as they can cover,

protecting police.

Looters carry off thousands

of dollars' worth of goods...

...with a gay sort of leisure.

Many negro shop owners

put up signs...

...reading "Soul Brother"

to avoid damage.

But the fire bombers

and looters...

...are indiscriminate.

POLICEMAN:

Just cuff him to the chair.

I'll get to him

when I get a second.

Write your address

and your date of birth.

Talk to him!

Where am I supposed

to put him?

I don't care. Take him

to your house!

POLICEMAN:
Let's move

these negroes out of here!

There's no room!

Sergeant!

Homicide detectives

wanna have a word with you.

POLICEMAN:

Quit pushing! You got room...

...for two more

in holding or not?

(OVERLAPPING CONVERSATIONS)

Step back from

the goddamn counter!

Come on, move!

Behind the door!

Hey! Whose prisoner is this?

(ALL SHOUTING)

Don't talk to me!

For God's sake.

DETECTIVE:
Sit the f*** down

and shut up!

Krauss, in here. I need you.

Go, come on.

Guys, come on. Out.

(DETECTIVE SIGHS)

DETECTIVE:

I got a young black,

...shotgunned in the vicinity

of Virginia Park.

Did I hear earlier

you shot a black guy?

I missed, called it in.

You missed?

I might've clipped him.

He was real fast.

Sit down, patrolman. Sit down.

MAN:
What's the hold up?

(INDISTINCT SHOUTING

CONTINUES)

NEWSCASTER:
(ON RADIO)

Schools, city offices...

...and many stores remain

closed today in Detroit,

...and a 9:
00 p.m. curfew has

been ordered for this evening.

Hey, Ma.

- Hey.

- (PHONE RINGING)

I got it.

Hello.

No, I'm off.

I worked a double.

Okay. All right.

What? Back to work?

Yeah, Mr. LeFrank called.

I thought Vinny

was your boss.

I got two jobs,

two bosses, Ma.

Security company needs me

for the looting.

- Looting?

- Yeah, watch the news.

(SIREN WAILING)

(SINGING)

Nowhere to run to, baby

Nowhere to hide

Got nowhere

to run to, baby

Nowhere to hide

It's not love

I'm running from

It's the heartbreak

I know will come

- What do you say there, Fred?

- Hey.

Yo, you're late.

Listen, I almost lost my job

getting here. I'm sorry.

I don't give a damn

about Ford Motor Company.

Bumper cars and sheet metal

motherf***er?

You about to be

with the stars!

But I need to

buy bread, negro.

Listen, it's gonna be good.

You sure?

Yeah.

All right?

- Thanks, man.

- Yeah.

- I need you here, man.

- I'm here!

What you need?

Water or something?

I know

you're no good for me

(AUDIENCE CLAPPING)

But you've

become a part of me

Is that A&R man out there?

Yeah, he out there, waiting

to get his mind blown, baby.

When it's so deep

So deep...

Deep inside of me...

All right, folks, come on.

Let's get this together.

You ready?

Get these steps together.

Hold on. Let me get

that note one more time.

(SINGING) If you haven't got

Love

Love

A traveling man

once told me

That he didn't ever care...

FRED:
Watch your spacing.

That any time

he wants to go...

That he go anywhere...

If you haven't got love

Love believe me...

The traveling man

once told me...

If you haven't got love

Love will leave me...

Then you're lonely

So lonely...

You're lonely

So lonely

You're lonely

So lonely

Oh, yeah

If you haven't got

(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)

You're up next, boys.

Let's get it! Come on!

- It's Motown, baby.

- All right. Are we ready?

Give it up!

(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

CONTINUES)

- Motown Records, baby.

- Motown, we're Motown tonight.

ANNOUNCER:

All right, settle down, cats.

Now, I know you guys

think that we reached...

...the top of this evening

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