Brown-John: Canada not immune to riots that threaten public buildings by Lloyd Brown-John Of the many books I’ve read during this COVID ordeal one by local author Herb Colling struck home as so many of us witnessed a wave of insanity almost overwhelming Washington D.C.’s Congressional building. In “Turning Points: The Detroit Riot of 1967, A Canadian Perspective” (2003), Colling looks closely at riots in Detroit from this, usually safer, side of the border. It’s a good book and well worth a revisit as a reminder of how fast situations can get out of hand and become vicious in very short order.