Riot in Detroit in 1967 and murder at Algiers Motel during a police raid.

Rating: 8/10 (25 December 2017)

Story is taking place in Detroit during 1967. Due to a police raid in an unlicensed club a protest started by black Americans and eventually it turn in to a full scale riot which was unable to control by the local police alone. state emergency is declared and national guards and paratroops were deployed for countering the riot by the governor.

During this time local police and national guards were searching for a sniper in Algiers Motel as they heard a sniper shot from that Motel which was actually a prank done by one black american with starting pistol , during the raid three unarmed African american boys were killed and several others were beaten by the local police while they were brutally and unlawfully interrogating the guest of the motel for the sniper. Movie also show the subsequent trial of the officers and how that incident changed lots of life around Detroit.