Stop the Robberies, Enjoy Safe Streets

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Stop The Robberies, Enjoy Safe Streets (STRESS) was a Detroit Police Department unit that operated from 1971 until 1974.[1]

STRESS was created to reduce crime in Detroit. It used decoy units, targeting African-American men.[2] It led to the deaths of twenty-four men, twenty-two of them African-American, over the course of three and a half years.[2]

## Notes

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1. ^ Deadlinedetroit (retrieved 30 November 2018)
2. ^ a b Merriman, Doug (November 17, 2015). "A History of Violence: The Detroit Police Department, The African American Community and S.T.R.E.S.S. An Army of Occupation or An Army Under Siege". Doug Merriman. Retrieved 16 August 2018.

## External links

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* World Socialist Web Site
* Detroit Historical Society

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Detroit Police Department

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* Death of Malice Green
* Hudson v. Michigan
* Killing of Aiyana Jones
* Michigan v. Bryant
* Michigan v. Summers

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* Detroit Public Safety Headquarters
* Eighth Precinct Police Station

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* Detroit Board of Police Commissioners
* Stop the Robberies, Enjoy Safe Streets

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