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Mayor: Detroit doesn't know 'how to stop' killings
hosted ^ | May 20 | COREY WILLIAMS

Posted on 05/20/2010 11:00:07 AM PDT by JoeProBono

BIRMINGHAM, Mich. (AP) -- Detroit Mayor Dave Bing said Thursday the city has no answer to the recent spike in violence that has left at least 12 people dead, including a patrolman, two teenage boys, a grandmother, the adult son of another police officer, and a 7-year-old girl.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: davebing; detroit; jpb; violence; welcometodetroit
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1 posted on 05/20/2010 11:00:08 AM PDT by JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono

Another example of the people’s paradise you get with generations of leftist government.

When was the last time they had a conservative mayor and a conservative council?


2 posted on 05/20/2010 11:02:43 AM PDT by Westbrook (Having more children does not divide your love, it multiplies it.)
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To: JoeProBono

Easy solution - kill the killers; on sight.


3 posted on 05/20/2010 11:03:07 AM PDT by fwdude (It is not the liberals who will destroy this country, but the "moderates.")
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To: JoeProBono

End the welfare state. That’s how.


4 posted on 05/20/2010 11:03:18 AM PDT by Signalman
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To: JoeProBono

SUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEE he does.

More gun controls (sarcasm).


5 posted on 05/20/2010 11:03:24 AM PDT by ZULU
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To: JoeProBono

Can’t make any arrests, though, as you’ll be accused of “racial profiling”.....


6 posted on 05/20/2010 11:03:41 AM PDT by traditional1 ("Don't gotsta worry 'bout no mo'gage, don't gotsta worry 'bout no gas; Obama gonna take care o' me!)
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To: JoeProBono

If the feds would only arrest more militia members, I’m sure all Detroit’s problems would disappear. What, the “right wing fanatics” aren’t Detroit’s problem? Imagine that.


7 posted on 05/20/2010 11:04:09 AM PDT by FourPeas (God Bless America)
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To: Signalman

Accountability is the answer. Citizens don’t hold their officials accountable. Worse yet, citizens don’t hold other citizens accountable.

This is what you get when children grow up to be adult-aged children. It’s a state of people who can’t problem solve or handle the hard questions.


8 posted on 05/20/2010 11:04:25 AM PDT by HushTX (get over it.)
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To: JoeProBono

Having abandoned all reason in the name of political correctness, the chickens, as Rev. Wright would say, are coming home to roost. Detroit may be the first place that the liberals come close to admitting that what’s wrong with this country is them!


9 posted on 05/20/2010 11:05:22 AM PDT by Spok (Free Range Republican)
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To: JoeProBono

Detroit, Africa in microcosm.


10 posted on 05/20/2010 11:05:49 AM PDT by Grunthor (Faster than the speed of smell.)
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To: JoeProBono

"Re-elect me because... uh... sh*t, I don't know...! Oh, yeah -- re-elect me because there ain't nobody else wanna be mayor!"

11 posted on 05/20/2010 11:07:04 AM PDT by ScottinVA (RIP to the country I love...)
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To: JoeProBono

Detroit can start reducing shootings of innocents by locking their SWAT team up in jail.


12 posted on 05/20/2010 11:08:06 AM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias...)
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To: HushTX
Accountability is the answer. Citizens don’t hold their officials accountable. Worse yet, citizens don’t hold other citizens accountable.

Amen, Brother...Amen!

13 posted on 05/20/2010 11:08:07 AM PDT by mort56
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To: JoeProBono

Nuke the site from orbit. Its the only way to be sure.


14 posted on 05/20/2010 11:08:54 AM PDT by 43north (BHO: 50% white, 50% black, 100% red)
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To: JoeProBono

Mayor Bing is an honorable man, conservative in many ways. The mess in Detroit was caused long before he came into office.


15 posted on 05/20/2010 11:09:57 AM PDT by Azzurri
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To: JoeProBono
Here's my favorite "peoples' paradise" mayor:

"Outside of da killin's, crime ain't so bad here in D.C." -- Marion Barry

16 posted on 05/20/2010 11:10:59 AM PDT by ScottinVA (RIP to the country I love...)
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Mayor: Detroit doesn't know 'how to stop' killings

Dave, it's simple -- do what the rest of 'em do: Blame Bush!

17 posted on 05/20/2010 11:12:32 AM PDT by ScottinVA (RIP to the country I love...)
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To: Azzurri
Mayor Bing is an honorable man, conservative in many ways. The mess in Detroit was caused long before he came into office.

There are methods that could be tried. Has Bing bothered to talk yet with Rudy Giuliani, whose administration drastically turned around an erstwhile "ungovernable" New York?

18 posted on 05/20/2010 11:15:37 AM PDT by ScottinVA (RIP to the country I love...)
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To: JoeProBono

Try giving criminals a stern look and wag your finger and blame their actions on rich white people


19 posted on 05/20/2010 11:16:45 AM PDT by GeronL (Political Correctness Kills)
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To: Azzurri
Mayor Bing is an honorable man, conservative in many ways. The mess in Detroit was caused long before he came into office.

From what I can glean, that is true.

The mental sickness of Democrats is primarily in the Congress and Legislatures, where they are careerist yes-men to be extorted and manipulated, i.e. the LEFT.

An executive position is a different story. Dave Bing was a successful business leader and innovator. Best of hope for Dave Bing.

Johnny Suntrade

20 posted on 05/20/2010 11:17:50 AM PDT by jnsun (The Left: the need to manipulate others because of nothing productive to offer.)
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