“The Rochester Street Massacre”

Twenty-three miles east of us, by the corner of Dexter and West Chicago, in Detroit’s near north side, several black Wayne County sheriff deputies were facing something much more ominous than freezing weather. They were experiencing a cop’s worst nightmare.

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AuthorRobert Ankony
CategoriesPolice behavior, Police corruption, Criminal behavior, blue on blue, friendly fire
TagsRobert Ankony, Aaron Vincent, Henry "Hank" Henderson, David E. Davis, Henry Duvall, James Jenkins, Lorenzo Hart, Jimmy Fowlkes, Al Wallace, Ronald Martin, James Harris, Virgil Starkey, David Marshall, Dennis Shiemke, Ruth Ankony, Sheriff William Lucas, Commissioner John Nichols, Prosecutor William Cahalan, Mayor Coleman Young, Wayne County Sheriff's Department, Detroit Police Department, Detroit Police STRESS, "mad dog killers", Robert Bradford, Michael Geldmacher, "Rochester Street Massacre", Metropolitan Narcotics Bureau
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A Narcotics Cop's Christmas Season

Christmastime 1972 was one for the ages. I was a 24-year-old undercover cop assigned to the Wayne County Sheriff’s Department Metropolitan Narcotics Squad. It was December, and I was also serving with Company F, 425th Infantry (Ranger), in the Michigan National Guard.

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AuthorRobert Ankony
CategoriesDetroit crime, Police behavior, Criminal behavior
TagsRobert Ankony, Robert Dooley, Robert Bradford, Mark Bethune, John Percy Boyd, Hayward Brown, Wayne County Sheriff's Department, Company F 425th Infantry Ranger, Chuck Art
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