Sounds like the city council of Detroit is denying folks their civil rights
Nowhere is Michigan’s brain drain on greater display than in the Detroit City Council chambers.
My hopes for Detroit’s future faded as I watched the tape of last Tuesday’s council meeting, the one that considered the Cobo Center expansion deal.
It was a tragic circus, a festival of ignorance that confirmed the No. 1 obstacle to Detroit’s progress is the bargain basement leaders that city voters elect. The black nationalism that is now the dominant ideology of the council was on proud display, both at the table and in the audience.
Speakers advocating for the deal were taunted by the crowd and cut short by Council President Monica Conyers, who presided over the hearing like an angry bulldog; whites were advised by the citizens to, “Go home.”
Opponents were allowed to rant and ramble on uninterrupted about “those people” who want to steal Detroit’s assets and profit from the city’s labors.
A pitiful Teamster official who practically crawled to the table on his knees expressing profuse respect for this disrespectful body was battered by both the crowd and the council.
I’d have left, called a lawyer and a cop. And then gone back.
And probably gotten assaulted.
And with the median home price in Detroit being $7500, I’d buy blocks of real estate with my settlement cash.
I was a cop in Detoilet for 25 years (68-93) I also lived there for 48 yrs until I retired. Three days after my retirement date I moved North. Any questions?
Does the incredibly low cost of housing suggest anything to anyone else?
How many homes can we find that are so cheap that we could change the voting demographics of the city (and by extension, Michigan) just by buying them and living there for 6 months + 1 day per year?
I graduated from college, joined the Army, and never considered moving back to Detroit. A year or so later, my father retired from the Detroit PD, and moved to the suburbs; a year later, the company he was working for merged and he was transferred to Columbus, Ohio, which would normally be awful for a Michigander, but after 25 years in Detroit…
I presume that these City Council meetings are videotaped.
1. Obtain a copy of the video tape. Mark the hour/minute/second times of the racial intimidating remarks or failure to control same.
2. Trot that tape over to the US Attorney and demand arrests for racial intimidation.
3. When the US Attorney fails to prosecute, put that tape on every TV talk show that will air it.
4. Invite President Obama to view it.
5. Invite President Obama’s response.
6. Don’t hold your breath.
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