Carbines and More... Detroit July 1967

[DaveHH]

I had already been drafted and gone to VN, got out and went back to work when MLK was shot. I have a close friend that was in sheet metal and he made a fortune repairing riot damage in both LA and Detroit. He'd be back there for 6 months at a whack, making $5+ an hour.
I'll say this: people were getting knocked off on a regular basis, Both Kennedys. King, and then the Black Panthers, Zodiac killer and Son of Sam. I kept a loaded .380 in my van at all times, and I wasn't easily frightened. Nobody was happy with what was going on.