<p>Detroit’s experiment with community policing began with the election of Coleman Young as the city’s first African American mayor in 1973. In the twenty years that followed, young Black Detroiters conducted a “wildcat of the streets” against their political and economic conditions, while residents partnered with the police to create a grassroots war on crime. Wildcat of the Streets: Detroit in the Age of Community Policing, explores the tensions between these two distinct visions for the future of Detroit and the nation.</p>
