how many people were arrested in the detroit riots?
<answer> 80 people were arrested in the Detroit riots. <context> The 1967 Detroit riot — also known as the 12th Street Riot — was a civil disturbance that began in response to claims of police brutality during the raid and arrest of over 80 patrons at an unlicensed speakeasy. The bar was located in Virginia Park, an African American neighborhood and one of the city’s oldest and most impoverished areas.