Before the 1967 Milwaukee riot, housing, economic, and quality-of-life were substandard, leaving many residents of Milwaukee to question and propose many bills and laws, although rich, white judges shot down pretty much every single bill and/or law proposed. These judges and public officials, as well as the police, didn’t do their jobs, allowing more and more African-American and other races of people to fall further and further into poverty and ruin. Because of the civil unrest and proposals in Milwaukee County, laws and bills were passed after the riot (which in of itself is part of “the long hot summer of 1967,” which itself led to many laws and bills) which proposed housing, economy, rights, and quality-of-life improvements.