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- THE WEEK, Page 17NATIONNo Fire This Time
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- Detroit keeps calm after a black motorist is killed by police
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- Even without a videotape, the blood and the brain matter that
- stained a Detroit street provided a brutal picture, evoking
- memories of the infamous Rodney King beating. But unlike L.A.,
- Detroit has remained calm as local police, the U.S. Justice
- Department and the FBI investigate the killing of Malice Green
- by police on Nov. 5. Green was stopped by two white cops, who
- then allegedly beat him with flashlights while other cops, one
- black and four white, watched or participated. Police said
- Green had parked near a suspected crack cocaine house.
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- With the fires of L.A. and of Detroit's 1967 riots still
- burning in their memories, Detroit officials reacted swiftly,
- suspending seven officers, some of whom a county prosecutor says
- will face criminal charges. So far, the beating has inspired not
- rage but reflection and muted anger. On Tuesday some 300 people
- attended a prayer vigil, and on Thursday more than 1,500 came
- to Green's funeral.
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