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Aubrey Pollard

Case from Detroit, MI dated Jul 26, 1967

Victim Details

Aubrey Pollard

Male

Black / African American

Detroit

MI

1967-07-26

19

Aubrey

Pollard

06/26/2026

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In the midst of the tumultuous 1967 Detroit riot, a 19-year-old Black man named Aubrey Pollard lost his life in an event that would come to be known as the Algiers Motel incident. On the night of July 26, 1967, Pollard, along with a group of other young Black men and two white women, were at the Algiers Motel when law enforcement, responding to a report of sniper fire, stormed the building. What ensued was a harrowing ordeal of interrogation and violence at the hands of Detroit police officers, ...
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  • List of unarmed African Americans killed by law enforcement officers in the United States - Wikipedia
  • Algiers Motel incident - Wikipedia
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    I’ve been diving deeper into the Algiers Motel incident and something that's been on my mind is th... ...Read More
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    I was reading more about the Algiers Motel incident, and it’s just so tragic what happened to Aubr... ...Read More
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    I've been reading about the tragic events at the Algiers Motel, and it's deeply unsettling to think ... ...Read More
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