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Police Department: Stress (S.T.R.E.S.S.), Anti- strees demonstration in front of police headquarters.

Group of people protest in front of police headquarters in Detroit, Michigan against the department called S.T.R.E.S.S. (Stop the Robberies enjoy safe streets). ""In the anti-STRESS suit of 1972, plaintiffs detailed the circumstances leading to five civilian deaths at the hands of STRESS officers..."" from Whose Detroit: Politics, Labor and Race in a Modern American City, by Heather Ann Thompson.

Coordinating Council on Human Relations - John Reynolds Testimony

Transcript of the testimony of Bailey Community Council representative John Reynolds in opposition to S.T.R.E.S.S.

The Independent Voice of the Poor newsletter page 3

A newsletter or handbill labelled "On the Issue of S.T.R.E.S.S." Under the headline "STOP ILLEGAL POLICE TACTICS" Page 3 includes a photograph of a police officer with a young Black man in a headlock.

The Independent Voice of the Poor newsletter page 2

A newsletter or handbill labelled "On the Issue of S.T.R.E.S.S." Under the headline "STOP ILLEGAL POLICE TACTICS" Page two offers statistics on specific officers' violent encounters with citizens.

The Independent Voice of the Poor newsletter page 1

A newsletter or handbill labelled "On the Issue of S.T.R.E.S.S." Under the headline "STOP ILLEGAL POLICE TACTICS"

League of Women Voters Letter

Letter from the League of Women Voters of Detroit to the Detroit Common Council urging police reform

Citizen letter to Councilman Mel Ravitz

A letter from a Detroit resident discussing upcoming meetings with the ACLU and NAACP

Citizen letter to Nicholas Hood, page 2

Page 1 of a letter to Detroit Councilman Nicholas Hood from a Detroit resident about S.T.R.E.S.S. officers killing Black Detroiters

Citizen Letter to Nicholas Hood, page 1

Page 1 of a letter to Detroit Councilman Nicholas Hood from a Detroit resident about S.T.R.E.S.S. officers killing Black Detroiters

Telegram from Detroit Girlfriends Incorporation

Telegram to Mel Ravitz expressing concern over policing in Detroit

Letter in Favor of S.T.R.E.S.S. to Councilman Mel Ravtiz

A handwritten letter from a resident of Detroit expressing a perceived need for the S.T.R.E.S.S. program

Copy of a pro-S.T.R.E.S.S. Letter

Unsigned letter from a self-described resident in the Jeffries Homes in favor of the S.T.R.E.S.S. program

Letter from Inter-Faith Centers for Racial Justice director to Councilman Mel Ravitz

Letter demanding that the Detroit Common Council take action to end the Detroit Police Department's S.T.R.E.S.S. program

"Contrary Contract" opinion clipping

A brief "letter to the editor" opinion clipped from the Detroit News

Park Drive Ravendale Improvement Association

Letter from the President of the Park Drive Ravendale Improvement Association to City Clerk George Edwards

Police Report, page 3

Detroit Police Department citizen complaint, 1972

Police Report, page 2

Detroit Police Department citizen complaint, 1972

Police Report, Page 1

Detroit Police Department citizen complaint, 1972