Detroit (2017) review

Riots break out in the city of Detroit, Michigan during the summer of '67 after the cops storm into an "after-hours gathering" where they arrest multiple African-Americans and then, a little later on, there's an incident in which the police, led by Officer Krauss (Will Poulter), rush to the Algiers Motel where they believe they're being fired on by a "sniper" (it's actually a starter pistol) and terrorize the men (including Algee Smith and Anthony Mackie) and the two ladies (Kaitlyn Dever and Hannah Murray) staying there.  Sadly, it's all based on a true story (or what they could reconstruct of it) and while the cast does what they can with their underwritten characters (Poulter is excellent, as is John Boyega as a security guard), it belongs in the Liberal Guilt catalog where a massive chunk of the running time is devoted to the boys in blue torturing several innocent individuals (and killing three of them) and then follows it up with a trial in which the psychopaths receive a "not guilty" verdict.  This double whammy is intended to aggravate the viewers and praise them for recognizing that justice was not served and young males were murdered for no good reason, although - as I've stated before with similar features - real racists aren't going to watch this and immediately correct their behavior.  In fact, they might even enjoy Krauss and the lads savoring their "power": for example, look at how the poorly trained members of Immigration and Customs Enforcement have acted in places like Minneapolis (in 2026).