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What's wrong with Detroit? Maybe this....
Posted on 8/3/17 at 7:03 pm
Posted on 8/3/17 at 7:03 pm
4 of the 8 Mayoral candidates are convicted felons.
Detroit News
Half of the eight mayoral hopefuls on Detroit’s primary ballot next week have been convicted of felony crimes involving drugs, assault or weapons, a Detroit News analysis shows.
Three were charged with gun crimes and two for assault with intent to commit murder. Some of the offenses date back decades, the earliest to 1977. The most recent was in 2008.
Under state election law, convicted felons can vote and run for office as long as they are not incarcerated or guilty of certain fraud-related offenses, or crimes involving a breach of the public trust.
Detroit News
Half of the eight mayoral hopefuls on Detroit’s primary ballot next week have been convicted of felony crimes involving drugs, assault or weapons, a Detroit News analysis shows.
Three were charged with gun crimes and two for assault with intent to commit murder. Some of the offenses date back decades, the earliest to 1977. The most recent was in 2008.
Under state election law, convicted felons can vote and run for office as long as they are not incarcerated or guilty of certain fraud-related offenses, or crimes involving a breach of the public trust.
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Posted on 8/3/17 at 7:05 pm to kywildcatfanone
According to them most people have felonies
Posted on 8/3/17 at 7:05 pm to kywildcatfanone
Gee I wonder it's so nice there
Posted on 8/3/17 at 7:07 pm to kywildcatfanone
Same thing that's wrong with Nola 
Posted on 8/3/17 at 7:12 pm to FightinTiga
I thought Detroit was trending upwards recently as compared with 2008 Great Recession
Posted on 8/3/17 at 7:16 pm to Paul Allen
I think they had a state financial conservator forced on them, who cleaned up the books, but how long can that last? They'll have to turn it back to the thieves, eventually.
Posted on 8/3/17 at 7:18 pm to Paul Allen
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I thought Detroit was trending upwards recently as compared with 2008 Great Recession
Some hipsters have gentrified parts of downtown but drive one mile in any direction and it looks like the Middle East
Posted on 8/3/17 at 7:22 pm to kywildcatfanone
So they actually represent the demographics of Detroit?
Posted on 8/3/17 at 7:22 pm to jdeval1
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Some hipsters have gentrified parts of downtown but drive one mile in any direction and it looks like the Middle East
Honestly, it's probably not a bad investment opportunity if you have enough capital (and guns).
Posted on 8/3/17 at 7:23 pm to kywildcatfanone
All Democrats huh?
Posted on 8/3/17 at 7:23 pm to kywildcatfanone
That community sees nothing wrong with felonies because laws are racist
Posted on 8/3/17 at 7:28 pm to HempHead
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Honestly, it's probably not a bad investment opportunity if you have enough capital (and guns).
Maybe not.
82.6% black and 10.6% white are very hard demographics to reverse. Most of those people aren't leaving their decent suburbs to return to that level of crime and decay. It's happened in a lot of US cities.
Posted on 8/3/17 at 7:41 pm to HempHead
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Honestly, it's probably not a bad investment opportunity if you have enough capital (and guns).
Dan Gilbert already beat you
Posted on 8/3/17 at 7:49 pm to kywildcatfanone
The candidates are a reflection of the voters they are trying to represent.
Posted on 8/3/17 at 7:55 pm to kywildcatfanone
At least they went ahead and got that felony conviction before they take office,as opposed to during their tenure.
Posted on 8/3/17 at 7:57 pm to kywildcatfanone
I'm surprised all 4 are black.
Posted on 8/3/17 at 8:00 pm to kywildcatfanone
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Three were charged with gun crimes and two for assault with intent to commit murder.
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Under state election law, convicted felons can vote and run for office as long as they are not incarcerated or guilty of certain fraud-related offenses, or crimes involving a breach of the public trust.
Assault with intent to commit murder is a breach of individual trust...So it doesn't count.
Posted on 8/3/17 at 8:03 pm to kywildcatfanone
So? About 500 members of Congress should be convicted felons.
Posted on 8/3/17 at 8:27 pm to kywildcatfanone
I think Boomer is in drag.
Posted on 8/3/17 at 8:34 pm to kywildcatfanone
Who doesn't have a felony?
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