As reported by WDET, U.S. Rep. John Conyers’ field representative, Arthur Featherstone, said Conyers received a call from the owner of the Algiers Motel, who wanted to report his property was stormed and shot up by Detroit police officers, leaving three teenagers dead. Featherstone said he traveled to the motel, where he met several other state senators who wanted to see the scene for themselves. When describing the scene, Featherstone said, “It looked like something that goes on in Baghdad. Blood, everything shot up, tumbled up, bodies … I’m still sick.”
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Detroit Under Fire reports autopsies performed on Carl Cooper, Aubrey Pollard, and Fred Temple, revealed all three of the teens were in “non-aggressive postures” when they were killed. It was also determined that they were all shot at close range.
In their reports, the Detroit police officers claimed the teens were already wounded when they arrived at the annex. They also said they called an ambulance for the teens before they left the scene. However, Patrolmen Ronald August eventually confessed he shot and killed Pollard, and Officer Robert Paille admitted to killing Temple. Although Officer Paille was charged with the murder of Temple and August was charged with the murder of Pollard, Detroit Under Fire reports Paille’s confession was ultimately ruled to be inadmissible and the charge was dismissed. August was acquitted, as the jury believed his claims of self defense. Nobody has ever been charged in Cooper’s death.
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