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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Text before the film begins announces that the truth of the actual incident is clouded by conflicting testimony and holes in the information, so the film's depiction takes liberties.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Text before at the beginning of the film begins announces that the truth of the actual incident is clouded by conflicting testimony and holes in the information, so the film's depiction takes liberties.
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* BittersweetEnding: While the Dramatics become a sensation, one of them [[ScrewThisImOutOfHere ends up leaving the group]], unable to cope with the trauma. Karen gets out of the incident mostly intact, having children and finally living out her career as a barber and the police, while they lost their jobs, didn't truly answer for their crimes while Dismukes takes a good chunk of the blame. Also, Carl, Aubrey, Frank, Leon (the looter from the beginning) and god knows how many other innocents are still dead while Larry is most likely still traumatized despite managing to move on.
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* BittersweetEnding: While Of the survivors, Larry Reed is too traumatized to remain in the Dramatics become a sensation, one of them [[ScrewThisImOutOfHere ends up leaving the group]], unable and leaves before they make it big to cope with the trauma. work in a church choir, which is low-paying, but he seems to enjoy it. Karen gets out of the incident mostly intact, having children and finally living out her career as a barber and the police, while they lost their jobs, didn't truly answer hairdresser. The police receive no criminal convictions for their crimes while actions, though they never return to the force, and one is hit with a small civil suit. Dismukes takes a good chunk of the blame. Also, Carl, Aubrey, Frank, Leon (the looter from the beginning) blame and god knows how many other innocents are still dead while Larry is most likely still traumatized despite managing forced to move on.out of the city to avoid death threats.
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* CassandraTruth: Dismukes ''tries'' to say that the police are the ones that did the Algiers attack, but no one believes him for a few obvious reasons.
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* CassandraTruth: Dismukes ''tries'' to say that the police are the ones that did the Algiers attack, but no No one believes him for a few obvious reasons.Dismukes when he lays the blame on the cops rather than himself and the real victims.
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* DirtyCop: Krauss, arguably crossing the line into RabidCop[=/=]BloodKnight territory.
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* DirtyCop: Krauss, arguably crossing Krauss learns his lesson after shooting a looter in the line into RabidCop[=/=]BloodKnight territory.back and begins laying weapons at the feet of his victims so that he can claim he was shooting in self-defense. His fellow officers follow suit.
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* PoliceBrutality: To an eye-watering and brutal degree, both physical and psychological. [[spoiler:Up to and including cold-blooded murder.]]
* PoorCommunicationKills: Most tenants of the Algiers saw Carl Cooper fire a starter pistol, yet when they are repeatedly ordered to give information on a tenant with a gun, no one plainly states this fact. Only two vague references to "a toy" are made. Even when directly questioned about whether Carl was the shooter, the people who saw him shoot the starter pistol at the cops say nothing.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Most tenants of the Algiers saw Carl Cooper fire a starter pistol, yet when they are repeatedly ordered to give information on a tenant with a gun, no one plainly states this fact. Only two vague references to "a toy" are made. Even when directly questioned about whether Carl was the shooter, the people who saw him shoot the starter pistol at the cops say nothing.
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* PoliceBrutality: To The Detroit police of the 1960s were notoriously racist toward the city's substantial black population. The film tells the story of when anti-police antipathy among the black population sparked into a riot, which set the stage for an eye-watering and brutal degree, both physical and psychological. [[spoiler:Up unprecedented display of police brutality at the Algiers hotel.
* PoorCommunicationKills:
** Krause doesn't make it clear toand including cold-blooded murder.]]
* PoorCommunicationKills:one of his fellow officers that they're only ''pretending'' to execute the suspects.
** Most tenants of the Algiers saw Carl Cooper fire a starter pistol, yet when they are repeatedly ordered to give information on a tenant with a gun, no one plainly states this fact. Only two vague references to "a toy" are made. Even when directly questioned about whether Carl was the shooter, the people who saw him shoot the starter pistol at the cops saynothing.nothing.
* RabidCop: Krause and his two cronies. During the riot, they encounter real incidents of lawlessness and respond with vastly disproportionate force to the point that they can only be viewed as murderers themselves.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The film shows that there are good guys in law enforcement.
** Krause's superior officer is disgusted by his antics and recommends that he be charged for murder in his first shooting. He then sweats confessions out of two of Krause's cronies and has the perpetrators of the Algiers incident tried for murder.
** Larry escapes the Algiers hotel and is rescued by two white cops who show only honest concern for his well-being.
** Subverted by the state police, who are concerned by the city cops' harsh tactics and report them back to their superior officer. He, too, expresses his disapproval, but [[BystanderSyndrome decides to leave rather than stop them]].
* PoorCommunicationKills:
** Krause doesn't make it clear to
* PoorCommunicationKills:
** Most tenants of the Algiers saw Carl Cooper fire a starter pistol, yet when they are repeatedly ordered to give information on a tenant with a gun, no one plainly states this fact. Only two vague references to "a toy" are made. Even when directly questioned about whether Carl was the shooter, the people who saw him shoot the starter pistol at the cops say
* RabidCop: Krause and his two cronies. During the riot, they encounter real incidents of lawlessness and respond with vastly disproportionate force to the point that they can only be viewed as murderers themselves.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The film shows that there are good guys in law enforcement.
** Krause's superior officer is disgusted by his antics and recommends that he be charged for murder in his first shooting. He then sweats confessions out of two of Krause's cronies and has the perpetrators of the Algiers incident tried for murder.
** Larry escapes the Algiers hotel and is rescued by two white cops who show only honest concern for his well-being.
** Subverted by the state police, who are concerned by the city cops' harsh tactics and report them back to their superior officer. He, too, expresses his disapproval, but [[BystanderSyndrome decides to leave rather than stop them]].
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Text before the film begins announces that the truth of the actual incident is clouded by conflicting testimony and holes in the information, so the film's depiction takes liberties.
** Carl Cooper, who is shown firing the starter pistol at the police, was only 17 years old at the time of his death, while the actor playing him was 30.
** The police were actually ''more'' brutal to the two white girls according to their testimony. They were more explicitly hostile to the women for courting black men and tore off their clothes deliberately rather than accidentally.
** The film removes one of the lingering mysteries: Aubrey's body was found beside a rifle bullet casing in spite of the fact that neither the police nor any of the tenants of the hotel had a rifle during the event.
** Carl Cooper, who is shown firing the starter pistol at the police, was only 17 years old at the time of his death, while the actor playing him was 30.
** The police were actually ''more'' brutal to the two white girls according to their testimony. They were more explicitly hostile to the women for courting black men and tore off their clothes deliberately rather than accidentally.
** The film removes one of the lingering mysteries: Aubrey's body was found beside a rifle bullet casing in spite of the fact that neither the police nor any of the tenants of the hotel had a rifle during the event.
* BystanderSyndrome: The state police don't like the local cops tromping on citizens' civil rights, but they decide to not get involved and leave without doing anything about it.
* DisproportionateRetribution:
** The name of the game with the Detroit PD, who shoot unarmed looters and terrorize black citizens.
** The city cops in the Algiers are shown beating suspects for various real and perceived offenses.
** The name of the game with the Detroit PD, who shoot unarmed looters and terrorize black citizens.
** The city cops in the Algiers are shown beating suspects for various real and perceived offenses.
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* KickTheDog: Krauss and his henchmen's treatment of those in the motel, culminating in [[spoiler: the "accidental" murder of the traumatised Fred]].
* MiscarriageOfJustice: The cops are acquitted in the aftermath, while Dismukes is [[spoiler: questioned as a suspect]].
* MiscarriageOfJustice: The cops are acquitted in the aftermath, while Dismukes is [[spoiler: questioned as a suspect]].
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* KickTheDog: Krauss Krause is established as a dangerous, trigger-happy and his henchmen's treatment of those racist cop when he shoots a looter in the motel, culminating in [[spoiler: the "accidental" murder of the traumatised Fred]].
back with a shotgun.
* MiscarriageOfJustice: The cops are acquitted in theaftermath, while aftermath. Ironically, Dismukes suffers more for his involvement in the events by receiving death threats from his own community, even though he is [[spoiler: questioned as a suspect]].shown to have done everything he could to protect the victims.
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* ReturningWarVet: Greene is fresh back from Vietnam. We first meet him at his own coming home party.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Most tenants of the Algiers saw Carl Cooper fire a starter pistol, yet when they are repeatedly ordered to give information on a tenant with a gun, no one plainly states this fact. Only two vague references to "a toy" are made. Even when directly questioned about whether Carl was the shooter, the people who saw him shoot the starter pistol at the cops say nothing.
* ReturningWarVet: The riots start as the result of a police raid on a party thrown for two returning Vietnam vets. Greene is also freshback from Vietnam. We first meet Vietnam.
* RiddleForTheAges: What happened to the starter pistol? Cops and tenants both search the house for it, but don't find it, and the epilogue states that it was never found. This is truth in television, as several tenants claimed that Carl Cooper had a starter pistol and it, nor any real gun, was found in the house.
* TortureAlwaysWorks: {{Deconstructed}}. It really doesn't work when [[spoiler: you're looking for a gun that never existed - so certain cops simply use it as an excuse to start killing people in the motel. Also, there is the fact that all of the suspects became terrified due to the torture, actually making their job even harder, though the cops never seem to realize this]].
* VillainRespect: Krauss seems to genuinely like and respect Melvin, but only because he considers him [[YouAreACreditToYourRace A Credit To His Race]], a sentiment that sickens Melvin.
* VomitDiscretionShot: Dismukes vomits into a planter out of sight, although some falling liquid is briefly visible athis own coming home party.one angle.
* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: Invoked by the cops when Greene is found with Karen and Julie.
* ReturningWarVet: The riots start as the result of a police raid on a party thrown for two returning Vietnam vets. Greene is also fresh
* RiddleForTheAges: What happened to the starter pistol? Cops and tenants both search the house for it, but don't find it, and the epilogue states that it was never found. This is truth in television, as several tenants claimed that Carl Cooper had a starter pistol and it, nor any real gun, was found in the house.
* TortureAlwaysWorks: {{Deconstructed}}. It really doesn't work when [[spoiler: you're looking for a gun that never existed - so certain cops simply use it as an excuse to start killing people in the motel. Also, there is the fact that all of the suspects became terrified due to the torture, actually making their job even harder, though the cops never seem to realize this]].
* VillainRespect: Krauss seems to genuinely like and respect Melvin, but only because he considers him [[YouAreACreditToYourRace A Credit To His Race]], a sentiment that sickens Melvin.
* VomitDiscretionShot: Dismukes vomits into a planter out of sight, although some falling liquid is briefly visible at
* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: Invoked by the cops when Greene is found with Karen and Julie.
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* VillainProtagonist: Krauss is the driving force of the plot and his actions define the film, but he is an utterly repellent, sadistic RabidCop.
* VillainRespect: Krauss seems to genuinely like and respect Melvin, but only because he considers him [[YouAreACreditToYourRace A Credit To His Race]], a sentiment that sickens Melvin.
* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: Invoked by the cops when Greene is found with Karen and Julie.
* VillainProtagonist: Krauss is the driving force of the plot and his actions define the film, but he is an utterly repellent, sadistic RabidCop.
* VillainRespect: Krauss seems to genuinely like and respect Melvin, but only because he considers him [[YouAreACreditToYourRace A Credit To His Race]], a sentiment that sickens Melvin.
* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: Invoked by the cops when Greene is found with Karen and Julie.
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* YouAreACreditToYourRace: Krauss grows to like Melvin for his respectful, honest demeanor, despite being a virulent racist. Melvin does NOT appreciate the sentiment.
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* YouAreACreditToYourRace: Krauss grows to like Melvin for his respectful, honest demeanor, despite being a virulent racist. Melvin does NOT ''not'' appreciate the sentiment.
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* HeroicBsod: Larry becomes a nervous wreck after the Algiers Incident, to the point that he paralyzes in fear whenever he sees a white person.
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* HeroicBsod: HeroicBSOD: Larry becomes a nervous wreck after the Algiers Incident, to the point that he paralyzes in fear whenever he sees a white person.
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* HeroicBsod: Larry becomes a nervous wreck after the Algiers Incident, to the point that he paralyzes in fear whenever he sees a white person.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Krauss is polite, soft-spoken, and forgiving... as long as he's not in control of the situation. The moment he gets even the slightest bit of power, it immediately goes to his head and he reveals his true self as a cruel, sadistic bully
* VillainProtagonist: Krauss is the driving force of the plot and his actions define the film, but he is an utterly repellent, sadistic RabidCop.
* VillainRespect: Krauss seems to genuinely like and respect Melvin, but only because he considers him [[YouAreACreditToYourRace A Credit To His Race]], a sentiment that sickens Melvin.
* VillainRespect: Krauss seems to genuinely like and respect Melvin, but only because he considers him [[YouAreACreditToYourRace A Credit To His Race]], a sentiment that sickens Melvin.
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* VillainProtagonist: YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: Melvin becomes physically ill when Krauss is tells him that he likes him.
* YouAreACreditToYourRace: Krauss grows to like Melvin for his respectful, honest demeanor, despite being a virulent racist. Melvin does NOT appreciate thedriving force of the plot and his actions define the film, but he is an utterly repellent, sadistic RabidCopsentiment.
* YouAreACreditToYourRace: Krauss grows to like Melvin for his respectful, honest demeanor, despite being a virulent racist. Melvin does NOT appreciate the
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* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: Invoked by the cops when Greene is found with Karen and Julie.
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* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: Invoked by the cops when Greene is found with Karen and Julie.Julie.
* VillainProtagonist: Krauss is the driving force of the plot and his actions define the film, but he is an utterly repellent, sadistic RabidCop
* VillainProtagonist: Krauss is the driving force of the plot and his actions define the film, but he is an utterly repellent, sadistic RabidCop
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* KarmaHoudini: DoubleSubverted. [[spoiler: the racist cops lose their jobs, but they'll never truly answer for the crimes they committed.]]
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* KarmaHoudini: DoubleSubverted. [[spoiler: the The racist cops lose their jobs, but they'll never truly answer for the crimes they committed.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: While the Dramatics become a sensation, one of them [[ScrewThisImOutOfHere ends up leaving the group]], unable to cope with the trauma. Karen gets out of the incident mostly intact, having children and finally living out her career as a barber and the police, while they lost their jobs, didn't truly answer for their crimes while Dismukes takes a good chunk of the blame.
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* BittersweetEnding: While the Dramatics become a sensation, one of them [[ScrewThisImOutOfHere ends up leaving the group]], unable to cope with the trauma. Karen gets out of the incident mostly intact, having children and finally living out her career as a barber and the police, while they lost their jobs, didn't truly answer for their crimes while Dismukes takes a good chunk of the blame. Also, Carl, Aubrey, Frank, Leon (the looter from the beginning) and god knows how many other innocents are still dead while Larry is most likely still traumatized despite managing to move on.
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Trying to remember what exactly he said.
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* CassandraTruth: Not one suspect knows [[spoiler: where the gun is. The gun was never found in the end.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: While the Dramatics become a sensation, one of them [[ScrewThisImOutOfHere ends up leaving the group]], unable to cope with the trauma. Karen gets out of the incident mostly intact, having children and finally living out her career as a barber and the police, while they lost their jobs, didn't truly answer for their crimes while Dismukes takes a good chunk of the blame.
* CassandraTruth:Not Dismukes ''tries'' to say that the police are the ones that did the Algiers attack, but no one suspect knows [[spoiler: where the gun is. The gun was never found in the end.]]believes him for a few obvious reasons.
* CassandraTruth:
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* DirtyCop: Krauss, arguably crossing the line into RabidCop / BloodKnight territory.
* DownerEnding: And then some.
* DownerEnding: And then some.
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* DirtyCop: Krauss, arguably crossing the line into RabidCop / BloodKnight territory.
* DownerEnding: And then some.RabidCop[=/=]BloodKnight territory.
* DownerEnding: And then some.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Krauss shoots an unarmed looter and fails to understand that he did anything wrong.
* KarmaHoudini: Sure, [[spoiler: the racist cops lose their jobs, but they'll never truly answer for the crimes they committed.]]
* KarmaHoudini: Sure, [[spoiler: the racist cops lose their jobs, but they'll never truly answer for the crimes they committed.]]
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Krauss shoots an unarmed looter and fails to understand that he did anything wrong.
wrong, and then proceeding to get off with a slap on the wrist when he explained his side of the story.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Krauss claimed that they're trying to protect innocent lives... right before he threatens to kill the innocently accused one by one until they fess up about the gun.
* KarmaHoudini:Sure, DoubleSubverted. [[spoiler: the racist cops lose their jobs, but they'll never truly answer for the crimes they committed.]]
* {{Hypocrite}}: Krauss claimed that they're trying to protect innocent lives... right before he threatens to kill the innocently accused one by one until they fess up about the gun.
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* TortureAlwaysWorks: Averted with a vengeance. It really doesn't work when [[spoiler: you're looking for a gun that never existed - so certain cops simply use it as an excuse to start killing people in the motel. Also, there is the fact that all of the suspects became terrified due to the torture, actually making their job even harder, though the cops never seem to realise this.]]
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* TortureAlwaysWorks: Averted with a vengeance.{{Deconstructed}}. It really doesn't work when [[spoiler: you're looking for a gun that never existed - so certain cops simply use it as an excuse to start killing people in the motel. Also, there is the fact that all of the suspects became terrified due to the torture, actually making their job even harder, though the cops never seem to realise this.]]realize this. This soon led to a trial where the cops stood accused for murder and assault, and while]]
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* CassandraTruth: Not one suspect knows [[spoiler: where the gun is. The gun is never found.]]
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* ATeamFiring: The gunfire that peppers the Algiers Motel, coming from Michigan Army National Guardsmen and Detroit Police Officers. It doesn't hit anyone, and causes outright panic by the occupants.
* CassandraTruth: Not one suspect knows [[spoiler: where the gun is. The gunis was never found.found in the end.]]
* CassandraTruth: Not one suspect knows [[spoiler: where the gun is. The gun
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* PoliceBrutality: To an eye-watering degree, physical and psychological. [[spoiler:Up to and including cold-blooded murder.]]
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* TortureAlwaysWorks: Averted with a vengeance. It really doesn't work when [[spoiler: you're looking for a gun that never existed - so certain cops simply use it as an excuse to start killing people in the motel.]]
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* TortureAlwaysWorks: Averted with a vengeance. It really doesn't work when [[spoiler: you're looking for a gun that never existed - so certain cops simply use it as an excuse to start killing people in the motel. Also, there is the fact that all of the suspects became terrified due to the torture, actually making their job even harder, though the cops never seem to realise this.]]
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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Roberts and especially Dismukes. [[spoiler: Both are tainted by association with the cops at the Algiers, with Dismukes questioned as a suspect in the murders and forced to move town by death threats in the prologue.]]
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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Roberts and especially Dismukes. [[spoiler: Both are tainted by association with the cops at the Algiers, with Dismukes questioned as a suspect in the murders and forced to move town by death threats in the prologue.epilogue.]]
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* CassandraTruth: Not one suspect knows [[spoiler: where the gun is.]]
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* CassandraTruth: Not one suspect knows [[spoiler: where the gun is. The gun is never found.]]
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* DirtyCop: Kraus, arguably crossing the line into RabidCop territory.
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* DirtyCop: Kraus, Krauss, arguably crossing the line into RabidCop / BloodKnight territory.
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* TortureAlwaysWorks: Averted with a vengeance. It really doesn't work when [[spoiler: you're looking for a gun that never existed - so the cops simply use it as an excuse to start killing people in the motel.]]
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* TortureAlwaysWorks: Averted with a vengeance. It really doesn't work when [[spoiler: you're looking for a gun that never existed - so the certain cops simply use it as an excuse to start killing people in the motel.]]
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* KickTheDog: Krauss and his henchmen's treatment of those in the motel, culminating in [[spoiler: the murder of the traumatised Fred]].
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* KickTheDog: Krauss and his henchmen's treatment of those in the motel, culminating in [[spoiler: the "accidental" murder of the traumatised Fred]].
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* Dramatization: While it is based on true events, some characters are changed and the film acknowledges that no definitive explanation has ever emerged for just what happened at the Algiers Motel.
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* Dramatization: {{Dramatization}}: While it is based on true events, some characters are changed and the film acknowledges that no definitive explanation has ever emerged for just what happened at the Algiers Motel.
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Things go FromBadToWorse in a very big hurry.
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Things go FromBadToWorse in a very big hurry.
hurry, as the entire annex ends up hostages to rogue cops. Who will survive the night?
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[[caption-width-right:350:"I need you to survive the night."]]In the summer of 1967, rioting and civil unrest starts to tear apart the city of Detroit. Two days later, a report of gunshots prompts the Detroit Police Department, the Michigan State Police and the Michigan Army National Guard to search and seize an annex of the nearby Algiers Motel.
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[[caption-width-right:350:"I need you to survive the night."]]In the summer of 1967, rioting and civil unrest starts to tear apart the city of Detroit. Two days later, a report of gunshots at police prompts the Detroit Police Department, the Michigan State Police and the Michigan Army National Guard to search and seize an annex of the nearby Algiers Motel.
Motel, searching for the shooter and the gun.
Things go FromBadToWorse in a very big hurry.
Things go FromBadToWorse in a very big hurry.
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* TortureAlwaysWorks: Averted with a vengeance. It really doesn't work when [[spoiler: you're looking for a gun that never existed.]]
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* TortureAlwaysWorks: Averted with a vengeance. It really doesn't work when [[spoiler: you're looking for a gun that never existed.existed - so the cops simply use it as an excuse to start killing people in the motel.]]
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* PoliceBrutality: To an eye-watering degree, physical and psychological.
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* PoliceBrutality: To an eye-watering degree, physical and psychological. [[spoiler:Up to and including cold-blooded murder.]]
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* TheWhitestBlackGuy: Dismukes is frequently on the receiving end of this trope, accused of being an Uncle Tom when he stops a confrontation between a white coo and a black teenager.
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* CompositeCharacter: Krauss serves as one for a number of police officers.
* Dramatization: While it is based on true events, some characters are changed and the film acknowledges that no definitive explanation has ever emerged for just what happened at the Algiers Motel.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Krauss shoots an unarmed looter and fails to understand that he did anything wrong.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Krauss shoots an unarmed looter and fails to understand that he did anything wrong.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Roberts and especially Dismukes. [[spoiler: Both are tainted by association with the cops at the Algiers, with Dismukes questioned as a suspect in the murders and forced to move town by death threats in the prologue.]]
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* ReturningWarVet: Greene is fresh back from Vietnam. We first meet him at his own coming home party.
* TheWhitestBlackGuy: Dismukes is frequently on the receiving end of this trope, accused of being an Uncle Tom when he stops a confrontation between a white coo and a black teenager.
* TheWhitestBlackGuy: Dismukes is frequently on the receiving end of this trope, accused of being an Uncle Tom when he stops a confrontation between a white coo and a black teenager.
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* MiscarriageOfJustice: In the aftermath [[the cops are acquitted]], while Dismukes is [[spoiler: questioned as a suspect]].
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* MiscarriageOfJustice: In the aftermath [[the The cops are acquitted]], acquitted in the aftermath, while Dismukes is [[spoiler: questioned as a suspect]].
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[[caption-width-right:350:"I need you to survive the night."]]In the summer of 1967, rioting and civil unrest starts to tear apart the city of Detroit. Two days later, a report of gunshots prompts the Detroit Police Department, the Michigan State Police and the Michigan Army National Guard to search and seize an annex of the nearby Algiers Motel.
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[[caption-width-right:350:"I need you to survive the night."]]In the summer of 1967, rioting and civil unrest starts to tear apart the city of Detroit. Two days later, a report of gunshots prompts the Detroit Police Department, the Michigan State Police and the Michigan Army National Guard to search and seize an annex of the nearby Algiers Motel.Motel.
!!Tropes found in ''Detroit''
* BadCop: Kraus, arguably crossing the line into [[RabidCop]] territory.
* DownerEnding: And then some.
* KarmaHoudini: Sure, [[spoiler: the racist cops lose their jobs, but they'll never truly answer for the crimes they committed.]]
* KickTheDog: Krauss and his henchmen's treatment of those in the motel, culminating in [[spoiler: the murder of the traumatised Fred]].
* MiscarriageOfJustice: In the aftermath [[the cops are acquitted]], while Dismukes is [[spoiler: questioned as a suspect]].
* PoliceBrutality: To an eye-watering degree, physical and psychological.
* TheWhitestBlackGuy: Dismukes is frequently on the receiving end of this trope, accused of being an Uncle Tom
* TortureAlwaysWorks: Averted with a vengeance. It really doesn't work when [[spoiler: you're looking for a gun that never existed.]]
* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: Invoked by the cops when Greene is found with Karen and Julie.
!!Tropes found in ''Detroit''
* BadCop: Kraus, arguably crossing the line into [[RabidCop]] territory.
* DownerEnding: And then some.
* KarmaHoudini: Sure, [[spoiler: the racist cops lose their jobs, but they'll never truly answer for the crimes they committed.]]
* KickTheDog: Krauss and his henchmen's treatment of those in the motel, culminating in [[spoiler: the murder of the traumatised Fred]].
* MiscarriageOfJustice: In the aftermath [[the cops are acquitted]], while Dismukes is [[spoiler: questioned as a suspect]].
* PoliceBrutality: To an eye-watering degree, physical and psychological.
* TheWhitestBlackGuy: Dismukes is frequently on the receiving end of this trope, accused of being an Uncle Tom
* TortureAlwaysWorks: Averted with a vengeance. It really doesn't work when [[spoiler: you're looking for a gun that never existed.]]
* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: Invoked by the cops when Greene is found with Karen and Julie.
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[[caption-width-right:350:some caption text]]In the summer of 1967, rioting and civil unrest starts to tear apart the city of Detroit. Two days later, a report of gunshots prompts the Detroit Police Department, the Michigan State Police and the Michigan Army National Guard to search and seize an annex of the nearby Algiers Motel.
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In the summer of 1967, rioting and civil unrest starts to tear apart the city of Detroit. Two days later, a report of gunshots prompts the Detroit Police Department, the Michigan State Police and the Michigan Army National Guard to search and seize an annex of the nearby Algiers Motel.
