The law-enforcement response to the events in both Detroit and Newark was staggering. In Newark, 7,917 members of the police and National Guard were deployed, leading to 1,465 arrests and twenty-six deaths. The National Guard was also deployed in Detroit in addition to local police and the United States Army’s 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions. The result was 43 dead, 1,189 injured, and more than 7,200 arrests.
