<P> The Dramatics, a professional black R&B group, arrive in Detroit hoping to score a recording contract . Seconds before their scheduled performance at a music hall, the police shut down the venue and order them to leave the city . En route, their bus is attacked by rioters and the group subsequently splits up, with lead singer Larry Reed and his friend Fred Temple renting a room at the local Algiers Motel for the night . They meet two white girls, Julie Ann and Karen, who introduce them to their friends Carl Cooper and Aubrey Pollard . Carl and another friend stage a prank using a starter pistol, upsetting Julie and Karen, who move to the room of Greene, a Vietnam War veteran, while Larry and Fred return to their own room . </P> <P> Melvin Dismukes, a private security guard, is assigned to protect a grocery store from looters and ingratiates himself with the Guardsmen . Carl decides to fire several blanks from his pistol in the direction of the troops to frighten them, but they mistake it for a sniper attack and open fire on the Algiers . A detachment of police arrive, led by Krauss, who guns down Carl when he tries to escape and plants a knife next to his body as he bleeds out and dies . </P> <P> Accompanied by Dismukes and some Guardsmen, the police round up everyone in the hotel and line them against the wall, demanding to know who the shooter was . Despite Dismukes failing to find any weapon during a search of the room, Krauss orders several suspects to be moved to different rooms and subjected to mock executions as part of a "game" to terrify the others into confessing . Unwilling to get involved, most of the Guardsmen and soldiers leave without informing anyone of Krauss's abuse . </P> <P> Julie and Karen are taken to an upstairs room when they begin screaming, and Julie's clothes are torn off . Disgusted, Dismukes and a Guardsman manage to get them released from custody . Aubrey is killed during his interrogation by one of the remaining Guardsman, and Krauss, fearing arrest, permits the remaining suspects to leave, but only if they swear to keep silent . Greene and Larry agree, but Fred is killed when he refuses . </P>

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