[cripplecreek]

"People are sick and tired of being victims," Angelo said. "And it's time to fight back. They're not going to run scared anymore."

This is why I'm a lot more optimistic about Detroit than a lot of FReepers. Granted they've got a long way to go but taking responsibility for their own defense is a great first step.

[cripplecreek]

Tigh Croff was sent to prison for two years for killing an intruder that he chased down and shot.

Like White, Croff had been victimized before. After his east side home was burglarized three times in a single week, Croff came home from his security guard job and found a group of men attempting another break-in.

But unlike White, Croff gave chase when the intruders fled. He eventually caught up to 53-year-old Herbert Silas and shot the unarmed man in the chest.

"I told him he was going to die, and I shot him," Croff told a detective. "I ain't no angel, but I ain't done nothing stupid."

[Tenacious 1]

This is why I'm a lot more optimistic about Detroit than a lot of FReepers. Granted they've got a long way to go but taking responsibility for their own defense is a great first step.

I wouldn't call myself "optimistic" about Detroit. But I have often iterated, if Detroit gets bad enough, there could very well occur a contagious outbreak of "Conservismitosis Majorous" that would not only save Detroit and help Michigan but rock the very foundation of the Democratic Party.

I fantasize about Detroit swinging hard right with a large majority of minorities expressing disdain for the years of liberal punishment they have endured. A Republican Detroit? It is a fantasy. I hope for the best but Detroit has been looted and plundered by the liberal machine and the Union thugs for so long.... short of starting over....I don't know. We'll see.