No BS Newshour Episode #354
The ugly facts – and broken lives – behind Duggan’s Detroit comeback myth.
EXCLUSIVE
* Duggan quietly buries 300 homicide victims. Police death data does not equal the body count at the county morgue.
When asked about the discrepancy in the most violent of crime numbers, the Mayor takes the 5th.
*Two children living in a van freeze to death. What really happened.
Fraudulent homeless responses from the city. The mayor blames the mother while the federal money to help them has gone missing.
Downtown Detroit looks great. The people of the neighborhoods are in pieces.
What about the people? Our people? Who stole the money?
*Retired NYPD homicide Detective Mike Rakebrandt solves the mystery.
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Transcript:
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Greetings fellow citizens.
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This is fake Mayor Mike Duggan with an important public
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service announcement.
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There is absolutely no doubt about it.
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The No BS News Hour is 100%
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on point and accurate.
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Which is why I,
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fake Mike,
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implore you to completely ignore it.
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I mean seriously people,
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why waste an hour of your precious week listening
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to hard-hitting facts that expose the real truth when
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you could be attending any one of my 67 weekly press
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conferences and ribbon cuttings?
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So remember,
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if you want the straight bullshit,
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come see me.
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And if you want no bullshit,
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you can listen and watch that other guy on the No
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BS News Hour.
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Which is why I’m here to remind you,
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avoid, ignore,
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simply do whatever it takes to stay just the way I
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like you,
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bamboozled.
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You’re caught,
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Today, exclusively,
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Detroit is burying its corpses statistically.
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The murder rate is much higher than you know.
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Also, the truth behind the woman
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and the death of her two babies in the casino parking
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lot because nobody would help the receipts.
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Warning, this program contains actual journalism.
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Live from downtown Detroit,
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it’s the No Bullshit News Hour with my main man,
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Charlie Ladell.
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And Karen Dumas.
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We’re still breaking up.
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Dumb or bullshit.
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Dumb or bullshit.
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Yeah, as soon as we get somebody,
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we’ll fix it.
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Fix it in post.
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Yeah, we’ll fix that in post.
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Mike Duggan’s Detroit,
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I’ve been telling you,
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now you’ve seen it.
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Now everybody’s up in arms.
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How could a woman and her children freeze to death
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when hundreds of millions of dollars are flowing in
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here from Washington?
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It’s worse.
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Let me tell you about homicide in the city.
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In Detroit,
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the corpses don’t add up.
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Nearly 300 more people were murdered during Mike Duggan’s
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first 10 years in office than the city admits.
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It’s the equivalent of an entire year of homicide in
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Detroit or Los Angeles or seven years in Flint.
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It’s the saddest thing in the world to be treated like
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a number.
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the saddest,
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except when you’re not even a number at all.
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While the statistical bearing of bodies is a betrayal
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to the beleaguered people of Detroit,
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it has a positive effect for politicians and police
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brass around here.
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When the murder rate goes up,
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the praise goes up.
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Let me read you a headline from 2018.
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Detroit on track to record the fewest homicides since
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Here’s a headline from 2023.
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Detroit with the fewest homicides since 1966.
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Here’s another one from 2024.
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Detroit on pace for fewest killings since 1965.
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It all came from a police press release and the monkeys
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of the media dutifully typed it up.
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But the truth is more macabre and outrageous.
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Every murder victim funnels through the county morgue,
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and it’s the medical examiner,
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the medical examiner alone,
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who determines cause of death.
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So I asked the Wayne County medical examiner to prepare
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a spreadsheet for me,
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the findings.
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From 2014 through 2023,
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The medical examiner declared homicide as the cause
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of death in 3,189 cases.
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Meanwhile,
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the Detroit police reported 2,898 to the public.
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That’s what they told us.
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So where did 291 bodies go?
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Let’s take 2022 as an example.
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The medical examiner declared 362 homicides that year.
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Mayor Mike Duggan told the public there was 309.
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But a close look at the data shows that the police
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quietly removed 24 victims from the death count,
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classifying them as justifiable homicides,
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defined as the intentional taking of another person’s
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life in self-defense or in the defense of another.
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FBI guidelines require that the police report these
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killings as well.
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And Detroit police did report them to the FBI,
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but never told us.
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Remember, the medical examiner determines the matter
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and means of death.
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The prosecutor decides whether the homicide was legally
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justified.
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The police are simply investigators.
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Since the Wayne County prosecutor keeps no records
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of justifiable homicides,
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it’s the Detroit police sitting in the back room,
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making their own determination with nobody watching.
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And with nobody watching,
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Detroit does justifiable like no other.
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Consider Baltimore,
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a city comparable to Detroit in population and murder.
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Over the past two years,
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Baltimore reported 4 justifiable homicides to the
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FBI and the public,
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by the way.
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Baltimore reported 4 justifiable homicides in the last
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two years.
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Detroit, 55.
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What’s more,
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a Detroiter is 25 times more likely to be forced to
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kill somebody in self-defense than the average American,
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according to the FBI data.
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Now, most everyone thinks they’re justified when they
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kill someone.
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Then there’s the matter of the 123 other people determined
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by the medical examiner to be the victims of homicide
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going back to 2014.
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They simply vanished.
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They’re not in any count.
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Remember, in 2022,
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the police reported 309 cases of murder and manslaughter
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to the public and another 40 justifiables to the FBI,
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but that leaves 29 people unaccounted for.
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They simply vanished.
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No explanation.
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I caught the city pulling the same statistical bullshit
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back in 2009.
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You might have even been there,
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Karen, with Bing.
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The chief of police then was fired.
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He got fired.
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And for a few years,
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under Bing,
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a very honest man,
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you could actually get things cleaned up back then,
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even though the city was in a financial ruin.
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There were honorable people in City Hall.
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The chief was fired and for a few years,
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the city’s law enforcement saw to it that the death
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tally was balanced.
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And then the practice under Duggan re-metastasized.
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Duggan, who’s now making a weak run for governor,
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declined to sit for the interview.
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He took the 5th.
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When reached by telephone,
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newly appointed chief of police,
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Todd Bedison,
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said he will review the data,
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and if the data shakes out,
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he will call for an audit.
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So that’s something.
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Now, back in 2016,
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City Hall released numbers saying violent crime had
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dropped to levels not seen in two decades,
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And then the next year,
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that blew up in Duggan’s face because with no place
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for crime data to go but up,
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the police department simply went back,
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readjusted its violent crime statistics from 2015
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and explained it as a computer glitch.
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Then the police brass claimed another fantastic drop
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in crime for 2016.
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It got so cockamamie that in 2017,
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the FBI, for the first time in its history,
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refused to accept a police department’s crime data.
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This is what you’re getting:
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the city manipulated numbers to…
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and push a message.
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That message is one of lower crime and violence.
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But saying it and twisting numbers to back that story
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up does not make it real.
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Remember, behind every number is a human being and
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his family members.
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They deserve better.
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No one knows this better than Chris Frazier.
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I’m going to show you a little video of a man in the
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neighborhood.
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The investigation into the murder of his son,
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Dion, now molders in the cold case files.
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His killer’s still out there.
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He said to me,
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I really don’t think they’re able to solve a lot of
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homicides in Detroit.
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I don’t even think they’re counting my son.
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Now I want to welcome in Mike Rakebrandt,
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a retired,
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the retired
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New York Police Department homicide detective and co-host
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of Seven Five Radio.
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How you doing,
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Doing great,
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Thanks for having me on.
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Yeah, thank you.
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And I all disclosure,
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because I respect this guy’s mind,
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I asked him would help with the data.
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It’s all available,
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It’s hard to find,
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but it’s there.
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Mike, you were shocked to hear about that justifiable
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homicide level.
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They’re burying the numbers.
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They’re any homicide is a homicide,
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so it should be counted all as one.
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And then you have subcategories that you can look at
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to see where it all lies.
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But they pulled those out of the numbers completely
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and reported only the ones they consider to be,
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you know,
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a criminal homicide rather than all of them together.
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That changes everything.
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It changes the outcome of everything.
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It allows politicians honestly to say it’s much safer
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than it actually is.
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The fact that it’s 25 times higher
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that people have to kill someone to defend themselves
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in Detroit is a truly sick number.
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And it’s absolutely indicative of just how really violent
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And it’s not,
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the crime is not under control,
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not even remotely.
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Well, Clarence,
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would you agree?
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Yeah, I would agree,
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We’ve talked about this a lot for a long time,
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but the whole MO of this administration has been controlling
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the narrative and manipulating the numbers.
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And so I’m not surprised.
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I’m disappointed,
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but I’m glad to now that we’re peeling back the layers
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to see so people can understand it’s not as it has
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been presented.
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You know, they use this disguise a lot of stuff,
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Like the city’s safer.
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Why is it safer?
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Because we gave the police a raise,
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but the police,
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when adjusting for inflation,
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didn’t get a raise at all.
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So Mike, I know New York got in trouble for faking
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crime stats a number of years ago,
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Yeah, multiple times.
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It’s, it’s common,
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unfortunately,
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municipalities where they want to try and make it
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look one way to the,
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to the public.
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But you’re doing such a huge disservice because you’re
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making, you know,
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you’re making it harder for us to do our jobs.
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You’re making it harder for everything to be done properly.
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You’re making it harder for people who live in those
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communities.
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You’re not helping,
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you’re hurting.
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And also they can continue to,
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you know,
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keep that,
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that political capital that they have to keep trying
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to stay in power and stay making these decisions.
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They manipulate the data all kinds of different ways.
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They’ll take a robberies,
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you know,
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say you have a robberies,
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50 robberies,
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but they’re all part of 1 pattern.
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Don’t make it 1 rather than the 50.
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You know, they’re doing the same thing with these homicides.
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They’re lumping them together.
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They’re lumping multiple homicides into one incident
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and counting 1 incident rather than the actual individual
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homicides.
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They did a lot of different things.
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They changed some of the categories of the homicides
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to like an investigate aided case.
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Like, you know,
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it could be an obvious homicide and normally get like
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and investigate case so that it doesn’t show up as
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a homicide on a sheet.
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And Emil changed it obviously to a homicide,
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but for the police department sheets,
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it won’t show up as a homicide.
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So what was the consequence of faking this shit in
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New York?
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Was it cleaned up?
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It got cleaned up.
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The feds came in,
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they set monitors basically to watch and to look at
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things and they pinged them.
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There was threats of indictments never really came
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But they cleaned up the process.
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They got everything back on track.
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And then it didn’t take long,
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maybe three or four years before they were back to
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the same games of cooking the books.
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But you ever see people hide bodies?
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Like, you know,
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I’ve been doing,
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I’ve been,
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oh, really?
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I’ve been doing crime a long time.
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And the old saying was,
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yeah, you can fake the numbers,
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but you can’t hide A body.
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But we’re finding out you can.
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Oh yeah, no,
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We had a female found on the beach in the surf,
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you know,
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by passersby called 911.
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She was deceased when they found her.
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She had her pants around her ankles and multiple stab
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wounds to her stomach and torso.
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You know, and they deemed it a suicide initially,
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so they didn’t have to carry the homicide number,
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even though it was a very obvious homicide.
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So is New York held to a different standard?
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I mean, we think about the nursing home deaths and
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that governor got in trouble.
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This governor didn’t.
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So now we’re looking at crime stats.
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They’re at least an attempt to penalize them or bring
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attention to it.
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And yet Detroit gets off the hook.
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And so, you know,
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as we will dovetail into the young woman and her children
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dying in the van,
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In New York,
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they’re held to a higher standard.
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Even if the mainstream media is shit anymore,
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They still want to be on stories.
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They want to earn their bread,
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so to speak.
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So I’ll bet you,
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I’ll bet you like the only guy that will even touch
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this will be George Hunter at the Detroit News.
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You know, you now see the consequence of underfunding
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and lying and misdirecting.
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You look at the people.
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You look at the people,
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the people of the city have not been saying,
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great, this is a marvelous comeback.
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They don’t say it at all.
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In fact, I went out to the neighborhood.
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Yeah, we got that video,
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Okay, if you’re listening,
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that’s good too,
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because it’s just a beautifully shot piece by Ken
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It’s just a man and his heart.
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So Chris Frazer.
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My son was murdered last year,
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May 17th,
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and we still haven’t heard anything to this day.
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Chris Frazier had a son named Dion.
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Dion was gunned down during a family BBQ,
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an innocent bystander.
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Across the street is an elementary school.
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I was contacted by detectives one time since the homicide.
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We haven’t heard anything else since.
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When I called them,
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I never get a return.
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I’m leaving messages.
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to no avail.
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Still trying to find out who murdered my son.
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My son was shot right out here on the street.
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And just like I said,
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it’s cameras everywhere and they can’t seem to solve.
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I really don’t think they’re able to solve a lot of
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homicides in Detroit.
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Did you ever call them?
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Did you ever call your bank?
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I called, I talked to an officer one time since the
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homicide,
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and he wasn’t able to give me any details.
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He said they were still investigating.
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I feel like you should be able to be in touch with
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me to let me know what’s going on as far as the case
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is going.
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But I haven’t,
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like I said,
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I haven’t heard from anyone.
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Now it’s come to light.
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At least 300 homicide victims never made the official
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murder count during Mike Duggan’s term.
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Too many families do not receive the thorough investigation
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they deserve.
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And it all comes down to him just being another number.
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That’s all I think.
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That’s how I really feel.
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I feel like other places where you go,
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they investigate and they solve homicides.
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I had an officer tell me one day that if you want to
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commit homicide,
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move to Detroit.
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He told me that out of his own mouth,
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and that had me discouraged.
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And I just felt like y’all will never find my son’s
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murderer.
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Ask a man like Chris Frazier,
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who lost his boy.
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It’s the saddest thing to be treated like a number,
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except of course,
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when you’re not even a number at all.
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My son just had two children.
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I’m A granddad now,
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and we don’t have any answers to his homicide.
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He never got to meet his children.
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That was it.
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My son got shot.
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That was it.
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They can’t tell me nothing.
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We’ll do our best,
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then, right?
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I ain’t forgot.
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You’re probably the only one that ain’t forgot.
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But people don’t matter here,
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And we keep seeing reminders of that.
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They don’t matter.
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That’s disgraceful.
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That’s absolutely disgraceful.
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That’s disgusting.
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That’s really disgusting.
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And that’s that’s you’re you’re spot on both of you.
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It’s about people.
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These are all,
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you know,
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in MIPD, it’s the one police plaza.
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Like they’ll play games with numbers and it’s always
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numbers, numbers,
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And I actually had a screaming match with one of the
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bosses one time when I talked to the squad about,
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you know,
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the fact that the numbers actually represent real
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people, real crimes against real people.
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You know, they don’t get that though.
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They just look at it as numbers,
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numbers, numbers,
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and they just play those stupid games for themselves.
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But that’s absolutely disgusting.
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That’s absolutely disgusting.
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There’s no reason that that should even be occurring
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You’re leaving so many people behind and you’re leaving
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murders on the street to commit more murders.
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How many murders did you solve in your career in New
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York City?
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I worked on…
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We solved over 450 together.
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I worked on over 1000.
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Worked on so many murders.
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I can’t even,
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a lot of cold cases,
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a lot of active ones,
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the full gamut of murders,
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everything from domestic violence to serial killers
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to anything in between.
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You know, we saw it all.
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What I know about NYPD is they take homicide seriously.
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You know, break-ins and shit,
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whatever.
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It’s a big,
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crowded city,
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but we have about the same amount of murders.
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Yeah, that’s a big deal,
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When you do murder in New York,
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you’re a top cop.
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That is a job that you do not fuck with.
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Why can’t we have that?
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Look at this man out there.
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The man’s name was Dion Frazier of City Hall’s listening.
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He’d like a fucking phone call.
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But Charlie,
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he’s one of many.
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That’s not the only one.
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But you know what’s ridiculous,
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That’s so right.
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It’s like,
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Yeah, we don’t.
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But I mean,
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you look at Crime Stoppers and I mean,
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they have they cart people out and they’re crying
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and they have the pictures and it’s been 5,
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6, seven years and they say nothing has happened,
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but has nothing happened just in terms of public participation
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or of administrative and departmental response?
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I mean, so nothing is happening anywhere.
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All right.
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So we’re going to take a quick break.
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You know, give a call to our sponsors,
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visit them,
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patronize them.
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They keep this going.
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We’ll be right back when we talk about the children.
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I’m Grace Karos,
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and I’m third generation of American Coney Island.
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People say Detroit’s A comeback city.
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I say, where have you been?
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We’ve been here for over 100 years.
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My family’s been here on the same corner,
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serving our famous proprietary American Coney Island
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So like always,
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we’re keeping things fresh,
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get it delivered fresh right to your door.
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00:19:15,480 –> 00:19:15,920
Well, you know,
524
00:19:15,920 –> 00:19:16,600
when it rains,
525
00:19:16,600 –> 00:19:17,400
the power goes out,
526
00:19:17,400 –> 00:19:18,720
and when the power goes out,
527
00:19:18,720 –> 00:19:19,680
the internet goes out.
528
00:19:19,680 –> 00:19:20,680
When the internet goes out,
529
00:19:20,680 –> 00:19:23,960
I call my friend Matt and Bernie at XG Service Group.
530
00:19:24,120 –> 00:19:25,880
Look at Bernie here on his hands and knees,
531
00:19:26,120 –> 00:19:27,480
giving it everything he’s got.
532
00:19:28,040 –> 00:19:29,240
Look at that man crack.
533
00:19:31,080 –> 00:19:32,120
He forgot to wear a belt.
534
00:19:32,120 –> 00:19:34,200
There’s Matt right there getting the board together.
535
00:19:34,200 –> 00:19:36,920
That’s 734-245-4100.
536
00:19:36,920 –> 00:19:39,880
If you need Matt and Bernie to come take care of your
537
00:19:39,880 –> 00:19:40,680
voice over internet,
538
00:19:40,920 –> 00:19:42,120
your security cameras,
539
00:19:42,280 –> 00:19:43,880
off-campus access control,
540
00:19:44,200 –> 00:19:46,520
Wi-Fi and cameras for homes and business,
541
00:19:46,520 –> 00:19:47,640
they’ll design it for you.
542
00:19:47,920 –> 00:19:48,760
You got restaurants,
543
00:19:48,760 –> 00:19:49,920
they do drive-through systems,
544
00:19:49,920 –> 00:19:51,720
railroad cameras for public safety.
545
00:19:51,880 –> 00:19:55,160
Total wireless camera systems for your home and business.
546
00:19:55,400 –> 00:19:55,880
Yeah, that’s right.
547
00:19:55,880 –> 00:19:59,600
Call XG services at 734-245-4100.
548
00:19:59,880 –> 00:20:00,600
Archangel,
549
00:20:00,640 –> 00:20:00,920
are you an
550
00:20:01,040 –> 00:20:03,000
entrepreneur looking for a safe and socially responsible
551
00:20:03,000 –> 00:20:04,120
real estate investment.
552
00:20:04,520 –> 00:20:05,680
I don’t mean to make it sound like this,
553
00:20:05,680 –> 00:20:06,680
but it’s franchising.
554
00:20:07,160 –> 00:20:08,600
You are a caregiver.
555
00:20:09,800 –> 00:20:13,720
You buy the product from Archangel.
556
00:20:14,760 –> 00:20:17,520
The flow, they staff it for you,
557
00:20:18,120 –> 00:20:19,320
they get the property,
558
00:20:19,320 –> 00:20:21,320
that’s what the investors come in for,
559
00:20:21,640 –> 00:20:24,680
and you like a restaurant,
560
00:20:24,840 –> 00:20:25,520
work it off,
561
00:20:25,520 –> 00:20:28,280
and eventually you become the owner.
562
00:20:28,520 –> 00:20:29,960
The investor gets paid,
563
00:20:32,280 –> 00:20:35,480
The caregivers can actually end up being their own
564
00:20:37,400 –> 00:20:39,640
People get to live in communities.
565
00:20:39,880 –> 00:20:40,920
They’re clean,
566
00:20:41,080 –> 00:20:42,200
they’re small,
567
00:20:42,520 –> 00:20:43,400
they’re tight.
568
00:20:43,640 –> 00:20:48,120
If you are interested in investing in this.
569
00:20:48,720 –> 00:20:51,560
You’ll get a better explanation from Archangel.
570
00:20:52,520 –> 00:20:55,400
989-614-0416.
571
00:20:55,400 –> 00:20:55,800
Believe me,
572
00:20:55,960 –> 00:20:56,840
this is the future.
573
00:20:56,840 –> 00:20:57,880
This is what’s happening.
574
00:20:58,040 –> 00:21:01,080
989-614-0416.
575
00:21:01,440 –> 00:21:04,240
This message of uplift is brought to you by business
576
00:21:04,240 –> 00:21:06,600
and personal wealth advisor Luke Nowacki,
577
00:21:06,920 –> 00:21:09,880
who reminds you that what does it profit a man to
578
00:21:09,880 –> 00:21:11,000
gain the whole world,
579
00:21:11,160 –> 00:21:13,080
but never enter the kingdom of God?
580
00:21:13,920 –> 00:21:14,840
But while you’re waiting,
581
00:21:14,840 –> 00:21:17,480
Nowacki wants you to remember that overreaction is
582
00:21:17,480 –> 00:21:19,240
not a sound financial strategy.
583
00:21:19,560 –> 00:21:25,480
So call Luke Nowacki at 248-663-4748 for sound financial
584
00:21:26,440 –> 00:21:26,760
All right.
585
00:21:29,160 –> 00:21:29,800
So, Karen.
586
00:21:30,680 –> 00:21:33,880
Young woman finds herself adrift,
587
00:21:34,360 –> 00:21:35,000
homeless,
588
00:21:35,400 –> 00:21:36,200
five children,
589
00:21:37,160 –> 00:21:38,040
living in a van.
590
00:21:38,200 –> 00:21:40,200
It was 17 degrees the other night.
591
00:21:41,640 –> 00:21:43,080
They go to the casino.
592
00:21:44,520 –> 00:21:47,040
Hollywood Greektown Casino and they go to the 9th floor
593
00:21:47,040 –> 00:21:49,560
because parking’s free and you can go in and use the
594
00:21:49,560 –> 00:21:52,120
bathroom and you run the car all night to keep warm.
595
00:21:52,120 –> 00:21:53,000
The car ran out,
596
00:21:53,000 –> 00:21:54,080
the van ran out of gas.
597
00:21:54,080 –> 00:21:55,880
And then the next day,
598
00:21:57,360 –> 00:21:58,840
a two-year-old and a nine-year-old are dead.
599
00:22:03,760 –> 00:22:05,400
city’s broken about this,
600
00:22:05,640 –> 00:22:06,800
The whole country’s broken.
601
00:22:06,800 –> 00:22:09,560
Like we’re sending now secret funds of money going
602
00:22:09,560 –> 00:22:11,960
everywhere and people bilking it.
603
00:22:12,360 –> 00:22:13,080
It’s reactive.
604
00:22:13,480 –> 00:22:15,360
And we got the community,
605
00:22:15,360 –> 00:22:16,040
the neighborhood,
606
00:22:16,360 –> 00:22:17,000
young women,
607
00:22:17,000 –> 00:22:20,280
her children dying like that.
608
00:22:20,440 –> 00:22:24,360
Now, this strikes me because when my mom was about
609
00:22:24,360 –> 00:22:27,160
33, 34, she had five of us,
610
00:22:27,240 –> 00:22:28,920
us five, and we were on the drift.
611
00:22:29,320 –> 00:22:30,600
So this is my people,
612
00:22:34,600 –> 00:22:38,680
She called the city homeless hotline for help.
613
00:22:39,480 –> 00:22:41,240
Not once, not twice,
614
00:22:41,400 –> 00:22:42,280
not three.
615
00:22:42,360 –> 00:22:43,400
I’m hearing from sources,
616
00:22:43,400 –> 00:22:44,520
more than three.
617
00:22:44,680 –> 00:22:47,200
The last time she called was November 25th,
618
00:22:47,200 –> 00:22:47,880
Thanksgiving.
619
00:22:48,280 –> 00:22:49,160
They’re in the van.
620
00:22:50,680 –> 00:22:51,440
They were told,
621
00:22:51,480 –> 00:22:52,440
no room at the inn.
622
00:22:53,240 –> 00:22:54,120
No room at the inn,
623
00:22:55,000 –> 00:22:57,000
No one was sent to check on them.
624
00:22:57,880 –> 00:22:59,000
That’s the protocol.
625
00:22:59,000 –> 00:22:59,720
You go look,
626
00:22:59,720 –> 00:23:00,560
you send a team out.
627
00:23:00,680 –> 00:23:01,880
There were no teams available.
628
00:23:03,320 –> 00:23:04,760
No one called her back the next day.
629
00:23:04,840 –> 00:23:07,960
So what they did was they taught this woman not to
630
00:23:07,960 –> 00:23:09,000
depend on the city,
631
00:23:10,360 –> 00:23:11,480
that it’s bullshit.
632
00:23:11,800 –> 00:23:14,120
And yet, and yet,
633
00:23:15,560 –> 00:23:17,480
housing and revitalization,
634
00:23:17,480 –> 00:23:18,960
the budget is $80 million.
635
00:23:18,960 –> 00:23:26,760
$167 million of the COVID money sent to Detroit was
636
00:23:26,760 –> 00:23:29,480
supposed to go to homeless and low income housing.
637
00:23:32,880 –> 00:23:33,640
Had a settlement.
638
00:23:34,880 –> 00:23:36,040
What things we got here,
639
00:23:36,760 –> 00:23:37,480
Not that one.
640
00:23:38,360 –> 00:23:39,160
Not that one.
641
00:23:39,880 –> 00:23:40,440
Okay, here.
642
00:23:40,520 –> 00:23:44,440
Here’s a picture of homeless money.
643
00:23:46,680 –> 00:23:48,280
It’s just a stupid diagram.
644
00:23:48,280 –> 00:23:50,120
It’s just a wheel of bullshit,
645
00:23:51,560 –> 00:23:53,560
LLCs, groups,
646
00:23:53,640 –> 00:23:57,320
where in there is somebody send a fucking car to go
647
00:23:57,320 –> 00:23:58,200
talk to the lady.
648
00:23:58,440 –> 00:24:01,320
Where in there is the hotline?
649
00:24:02,000 –> 00:24:03,640
Because what’s happened here,
650
00:24:03,960 –> 00:24:07,240
the city of Detroit last year,
651
00:24:07,320 –> 00:24:07,880
mind you,
652
00:24:08,120 –> 00:24:11,640
entered into a five-year homeless eradication plan,
653
00:24:11,720 –> 00:24:14,760
hired some national firm a year ago,
654
00:24:15,440 –> 00:24:17,880
and a woman’s babies freeze to death.
655
00:24:19,240 –> 00:24:21,160
Now, Mike,
656
00:24:22,040 –> 00:24:23,800
you do security at a casino,
657
00:24:25,240 –> 00:24:26,280
Yeah, on the overnights.
658
00:24:26,680 –> 00:24:27,800
Is the parking free?
659
00:24:30,280 –> 00:24:35,080
Do you have homeless families sleeping up there?
660
00:24:36,120 –> 00:24:38,280
No, no, we wouldn’t notice that immediately.
661
00:24:38,600 –> 00:24:40,400
We have vehicles that patrol the parking lot.
662
00:24:40,760 –> 00:24:41,720
And what would you do,
663
00:24:41,720 –> 00:24:44,640
Mike, if you saw that?
664
00:24:44,640 –> 00:24:46,040
I know you got a heart.
665
00:24:46,040 –> 00:24:47,240
What would you do?
666
00:24:48,360 –> 00:24:49,640
We’d find them someplace to go.
667
00:24:49,640 –> 00:24:50,320
We wouldn’t,
668
00:24:50,320 –> 00:24:50,680
they would not,
669
00:24:50,680 –> 00:24:52,200
they’re not staying in a vehicle like that.
670
00:24:52,200 –> 00:24:52,760
That’d be,
671
00:24:53,440 –> 00:24:54,280
it would be blown with you.
672
00:24:54,280 –> 00:24:54,920
It’s criminal.
673
00:24:55,240 –> 00:24:56,200
That’s absolutely criminal.
674
00:24:56,840 –> 00:24:58,520
Speak the fucking truth.
675
00:25:01,080 –> 00:25:01,800
Okay, hold on.
676
00:25:01,960 –> 00:25:03,880
This is, hold on a second.
677
00:25:05,320 –> 00:25:06,440
Hey, I’m on the air.
678
00:25:06,440 –> 00:25:07,800
I’m not going to mention your name,
679
00:25:08,200 –> 00:25:09,800
But answer me this.
680
00:25:11,000 –> 00:25:14,440
When someone calls the hotline,
681
00:25:14,440 –> 00:25:15,320
like this woman,
682
00:25:17,080 –> 00:25:17,520
You with me?
683
00:25:20,120 –> 00:25:22,120
There’s supposed to be a referral of someone like you
684
00:25:22,120 –> 00:25:22,960
to go check on them.
685
00:25:22,960 –> 00:25:23,720
Is this correct?
686
00:25:26,120 –> 00:25:28,040
If they are requesting.
687
00:25:28,200 –> 00:25:31,040
Yeah, if they’re requesting assistance,
688
00:25:31,040 –> 00:25:32,280
yes, which she was,
689
00:25:33,160 –> 00:25:36,600
And could this woman simply drive up to one of the
690
00:25:36,600 –> 00:25:38,920
shelters or does she need a reference and need you
691
00:25:38,920 –> 00:25:39,480
to bring them?
692
00:25:42,360 –> 00:25:43,840
Anybody can show up at a shelter,
693
00:25:43,840 –> 00:25:45,600
can request assistance.
694
00:25:45,960 –> 00:25:49,080
Okay, so anybody can show up at a shelter and request
695
00:25:49,080 –> 00:25:49,720
assistance.
696
00:25:49,960 –> 00:25:52,520
And if there’s no room and it’s code blue,
697
00:25:52,520 –> 00:25:53,400
it’s really cold,
698
00:25:54,800 –> 00:25:58,280
the city is required to find them someplace warm to
699
00:25:59,080 –> 00:26:01,320
If there is a cold blue issue,
700
00:26:02,200 –> 00:26:03,400
which there is right now,
701
00:26:04,360 –> 00:26:09,400
all of the shelters in the city are required to take
702
00:26:09,400 –> 00:26:13,640
in anybody who presents themselves as being homeless
703
00:26:13,640 –> 00:26:14,840
and in need of shelter.
704
00:26:15,560 –> 00:26:18,120
If they do not have a bed available,
705
00:26:18,120 –> 00:26:19,800
they’re supposed to offer them a chair.
706
00:26:20,440 –> 00:26:22,320
If they don’t have any more chairs available,
707
00:26:22,320 –> 00:26:24,360
which means that they’re at fire capacity,
708
00:26:24,680 –> 00:26:28,160
they’re supposed to make arrangements for them to
709
00:26:29,880 –> 00:26:32,200
find another shelter location.
710
00:26:32,880 –> 00:26:34,760
And arrange transportation for them as well.
711
00:26:34,920 –> 00:26:36,000
Okay, thanks for calling.
712
00:26:36,080 –> 00:26:37,280
I’ll get back to you after the show,
713
00:26:38,600 –> 00:26:38,920
Thank you,
714
00:26:40,600 –> 00:26:42,440
They were supposed to find them someplace,
715
00:26:45,800 –> 00:26:48,400
167 million of COVID money,
716
00:26:48,400 –> 00:26:50,600
$80 million in housing and revitalization.
717
00:26:52,600 –> 00:26:53,880
HUD sends money.
718
00:26:53,880 –> 00:26:55,000
Guess what I found?
719
00:26:55,080 –> 00:26:56,000
No, no, take that off,
720
00:26:56,280 –> 00:26:57,400
I will tell you when.
721
00:26:58,440 –> 00:26:59,560
That comes later.
722
00:26:59,920 –> 00:27:00,440
Take that out of there,
723
00:27:00,840 –> 00:27:01,240
All right.
724
00:27:03,080 –> 00:27:04,280
Remember Motor City match?
725
00:27:04,280 –> 00:27:05,800
We had the whistleblower and all that.
726
00:27:07,480 –> 00:27:10,600
I was looking around for the budgets that you cannot
727
00:27:12,000 –> 00:27:13,720
this five-year eradication,
728
00:27:13,800 –> 00:27:15,560
multi-million dollar contract,
729
00:27:15,600 –> 00:27:16,840
and we got people freezing.
730
00:27:17,720 –> 00:27:20,520
The city was required to take out of its own budget
731
00:27:20,920 –> 00:27:25,320
$6 million and put it into low-income housing,
732
00:27:25,720 –> 00:27:26,560
so people aren’t homeless,
733
00:27:26,680 –> 00:27:27,800
stuff for this woman,
734
00:27:28,360 –> 00:27:32,520
because HUD ruled that the city ripped off $6 million
735
00:27:33,080 –> 00:27:36,800
for the Motor City match startup business stuff.
736
00:27:36,800 –> 00:27:39,640
$6 million for businesses that didn’t have an address,
737
00:27:40,280 –> 00:27:41,320
didn’t have an address.
738
00:27:41,920 –> 00:27:44,120
And the mayor was denying the hell out of it,
739
00:27:44,600 –> 00:27:46,600
Lawsuits trying to ruin the whistleblower,
740
00:27:46,600 –> 00:27:47,000
remember?
741
00:27:47,400 –> 00:27:48,200
We know who she is.
742
00:27:49,680 –> 00:27:51,400
That’s what the fuck is going on.
743
00:27:51,560 –> 00:27:53,560
Now, what else we got,
744
00:27:53,880 –> 00:27:56,000
We got a, what are the,
745
00:27:57,160 –> 00:27:57,960
not that one.
746
00:27:59,880 –> 00:28:01,720
Give me the blue thing there.
747
00:28:02,440 –> 00:28:02,720
All right.
748
00:28:02,720 –> 00:28:03,600
Yeah, ladies and gentlemen,
749
00:28:03,960 –> 00:28:04,680
there’s two way,
750
00:28:04,720 –> 00:28:06,760
emergency disaster comes from two places,
751
00:28:06,920 –> 00:28:09,000
FEMA and HUD.
752
00:28:11,680 –> 00:28:12,840
In the last 10 years,
753
00:28:14,120 –> 00:28:18,160
who has received the most money from FEMA for individuals
754
00:28:18,160 –> 00:28:18,840
and households?
755
00:28:19,080 –> 00:28:20,600
Let me give you the rankings in order.
756
00:28:22,040 –> 00:28:24,280
Florida, many,
757
00:28:24,760 –> 00:28:26,040
many hurricanes.
758
00:28:26,520 –> 00:28:29,240
Texas, a lot of hurricanes.
759
00:28:29,480 –> 00:28:31,520
Number 3 is Louisiana,
760
00:28:31,520 –> 00:28:32,920
a lot of hurricanes.
761
00:28:33,160 –> 00:28:34,920
Number 4 would be California,
762
00:28:35,160 –> 00:28:36,520
no, it’s Michigan.
763
00:28:37,560 –> 00:28:38,280
It’s Michigan.
764
00:28:38,360 –> 00:28:41,000
We’re #4 and disaster relief.
765
00:28:41,600 –> 00:28:43,640
Number 4, we don’t have cyclones.
766
00:28:43,720 –> 00:28:45,320
We don’t have wildfires.
767
00:28:45,480 –> 00:28:47,400
What the fuck is this?
768
00:28:47,560 –> 00:28:50,080
What we have are reckless elected officials.
769
00:28:50,440 –> 00:28:51,240
That’s what we have.
770
00:28:51,240 –> 00:28:52,120
It’s grubbing,
771
00:28:52,360 –> 00:28:53,520
It’s the, it’s the,
772
00:28:53,520 –> 00:28:55,800
it’s the scummy politics of money,
773
00:28:56,200 –> 00:28:59,880
So let me tell you what natural disasters we have.
774
00:29:01,160 –> 00:29:06,120
In 2014, Detroit had a once in a millennium flood.
775
00:29:07,200 –> 00:29:11,320
In 2016, we had a once in a millennium flood.
776
00:29:11,560 –> 00:29:13,080
And then, oh,
777
00:29:13,160 –> 00:29:13,880
that was July,
778
00:29:14,360 –> 00:29:16,840
We had a once in a millennium flood.
779
00:29:17,240 –> 00:29:20,600
2019, once in a millennium flood.
780
00:29:21,240 –> 00:29:24,200
2020, historic rainfall.
781
00:29:24,360 –> 00:29:27,320
The dam in Midland bursts.
782
00:29:27,640 –> 00:29:29,400
In 2020, would you believe it?
783
00:29:29,960 –> 00:29:31,720
The storm of a century,
784
00:29:31,800 –> 00:29:32,760
Detroit floods.
785
00:29:35,360 –> 00:29:37,400
Rose Point Park in the east side of Detroit.
786
00:29:37,400 –> 00:29:39,000
It was the storm of the century,
787
00:29:39,000 –> 00:29:42,760
except the pumping plant didn’t have any electricity
788
00:29:42,760 –> 00:29:43,560
for three days.
789
00:29:44,440 –> 00:29:46,040
Oh, and then geez,
790
00:29:46,200 –> 00:29:48,760
2023, a storm of a century.
791
00:29:48,920 –> 00:29:51,720
I must be getting so used to storm of the century that
792
00:29:51,720 –> 00:29:53,720
I don’t even remember 2023.
793
00:29:54,040 –> 00:29:59,080
But Washington did and Mike did because look what we
794
00:29:59,080 –> 00:29:59,880
got here.
795
00:30:01,160 –> 00:30:03,920
All the money going around and Granholm sent him $14
796
00:30:04,280 –> 00:30:06,680
billion to the Michigan power companies.
797
00:30:07,160 –> 00:30:13,240
The Duggan administration was awarded $346.7 million,
798
00:30:14,360 –> 00:30:17,960
a third of a billion dollars to prevent basement flooding.
799
00:30:18,040 –> 00:30:18,920
And you got it,
800
00:30:19,800 –> 00:30:21,000
affordable housing.
801
00:30:22,520 –> 00:30:24,680
And there’s no strings attached to this.
802
00:30:24,840 –> 00:30:25,960
So hey, Doge,
803
00:30:26,800 –> 00:30:27,440
If you’re listening,
804
00:30:27,440 –> 00:30:28,760
you might want to look into that one.
805
00:30:28,800 –> 00:30:31,800
And I got about a dozen others if you got time.
806
00:30:32,040 –> 00:30:35,000
So in 2021,
807
00:30:35,080 –> 00:30:36,120
all the freeways flooded,
808
00:30:36,400 –> 00:30:37,240
storm of the century,
809
00:30:37,400 –> 00:30:41,080
except 28 pumping stations along the highway just
810
00:30:41,320 –> 00:30:42,040
broke down.
811
00:30:42,440 –> 00:30:43,560
That’s not storm of the century.
812
00:30:43,640 –> 00:30:44,920
This is infrastructure.
813
00:30:45,080 –> 00:30:46,120
It’s corruption.
814
00:30:46,320 –> 00:30:47,720
And I’ll remind everybody,
815
00:30:48,320 –> 00:30:51,080
former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick went to prison for what?
816
00:30:51,240 –> 00:30:53,240
Corruption in the water department,
817
00:30:53,800 –> 00:30:55,080
sewage, plumbing.
818
00:30:55,600 –> 00:30:59,240
We’re getting raked here and people are fucking freezing
819
00:30:59,240 –> 00:30:59,680
to death.
820
00:30:59,960 –> 00:31:02,440
In 2021, Grosse Pointe and Red,
821
00:31:02,680 –> 00:31:04,320
Detroit Red and your sister.
822
00:31:04,320 –> 00:31:04,680
My sister.
823
00:31:05,640 –> 00:31:06,840
They didn’t get much FEMA money,
824
00:31:06,840 –> 00:31:07,080
did they?
825
00:31:07,080 –> 00:31:07,680
They didn’t get any.
826
00:31:07,760 –> 00:31:09,080
They didn’t get any FEMA money,
827
00:31:09,080 –> 00:31:11,480
but it was declared a natural disaster.
828
00:31:11,480 –> 00:31:12,120
By the way,
829
00:31:12,520 –> 00:31:13,120
bookmark,
830
00:31:13,320 –> 00:31:15,000
made me get back to natural disaster.
831
00:31:15,480 –> 00:31:17,800
I looked up because I’m a fucking freak.
832
00:31:17,960 –> 00:31:19,320
Receipts, motherfucker.
833
00:31:21,000 –> 00:31:24,200
National Weather Service rain totals.
834
00:31:24,880 –> 00:31:26,040
Grosse Pointe Farms,
835
00:31:26,080 –> 00:31:27,000
which is unreliable.
836
00:31:27,320 –> 00:31:28,320
City Airport,
837
00:31:28,320 –> 00:31:29,320
which is reliable.
838
00:31:29,400 –> 00:31:30,600
Metro Airport,
839
00:31:30,760 –> 00:31:31,160
you know,
840
00:31:32,200 –> 00:31:33,720
none of these rain totals are true.
841
00:31:33,800 –> 00:31:35,960
There wasn’t 8 inches storm of the century.
842
00:31:36,040 –> 00:31:39,000
There wasn’t 5 inches in 2023.
843
00:31:39,080 –> 00:31:40,200
It’s bullshit.
844
00:31:40,200 –> 00:31:43,480
It was it was 2 1/2 inches in 2023.
845
00:31:44,520 –> 00:31:46,440
But they all just get together and fucking lie.
846
00:31:46,520 –> 00:31:47,600
And I like federal
847
00:31:47,720 –> 00:31:50,200
money coming in here if it was spent on us.
848
00:31:50,840 –> 00:31:52,600
So this woman’s babies didn’t die.
849
00:31:52,840 –> 00:31:53,800
So I said bookmark.
850
00:31:54,760 –> 00:31:55,960
Your sister got nothing,
851
00:31:55,960 –> 00:31:57,200
her basement flooded out.
852
00:31:57,720 –> 00:31:59,320
Red got 1300 bucks.
853
00:32:00,120 –> 00:32:02,520
We got $50 million left over.
854
00:32:03,880 –> 00:32:05,240
And they had to get rid of it.
855
00:32:05,240 –> 00:32:08,520
So they voted on it in city council in November when
856
00:32:08,520 –> 00:32:10,200
this woman was calling for some help.
857
00:32:11,320 –> 00:32:12,280
What’s the money for?
858
00:32:12,280 –> 00:32:14,360
What did they decide they’re going to do with the $50
859
00:32:16,040 –> 00:32:19,240
Low income housing and homeless shelters.
860
00:32:20,120 –> 00:32:21,000
Where is it?
861
00:32:21,000 –> 00:32:23,160
We got speed bumps,
862
00:32:23,520 –> 00:32:24,360
Dislike, hey,
863
00:32:25,160 –> 00:32:25,640
Ray Brand,
864
00:32:25,640 –> 00:32:26,280
Mike Ray Brand,
865
00:32:26,520 –> 00:32:30,240
retired NYPD homicide detective and co-host of Seven
866
00:32:30,240 –> 00:32:30,920
Five Radio.
867
00:32:32,200 –> 00:32:33,160
You ever heard of shit like this,
868
00:32:35,240 –> 00:32:36,040
This is what they do.
869
00:32:37,160 –> 00:32:39,400
They use consulting companies as a means to launder
870
00:32:39,400 –> 00:32:39,880
their money.
871
00:32:40,200 –> 00:32:42,240
So whatever project it is they’re looking at doing,
872
00:32:42,240 –> 00:32:44,960
flooding or infrastructure or whatever general term
873
00:32:44,960 –> 00:32:45,640
you want to use,
874
00:32:46,200 –> 00:32:46,920
they’ll create,
875
00:32:46,920 –> 00:32:49,200
the politician will create a consulting company,
876
00:32:49,200 –> 00:32:52,120
either his wife is the one running it or his friend
877
00:32:52,120 –> 00:32:53,720
or somebody close to him is the one running it.
878
00:32:54,360 –> 00:32:55,800
And A consulting company will get,
879
00:32:55,800 –> 00:32:56,040
you know,
880
00:32:56,040 –> 00:32:59,400
20 of that 50 million to draft a report about how
881
00:32:59,400 –> 00:33:01,080
they need to do these things to fix these things to
882
00:33:01,080 –> 00:33:01,720
make this better,
883
00:33:01,720 –> 00:33:02,440
whatever it is.
884
00:33:03,080 –> 00:33:04,360
And then, you know,
885
00:33:04,360 –> 00:33:05,080
that’ll come back,
886
00:33:05,120 –> 00:33:06,040
that report will come back,
887
00:33:06,040 –> 00:33:08,120
and it’ll commission another report to reward some
888
00:33:08,120 –> 00:33:08,840
other donor.
889
00:33:09,240 –> 00:33:10,120
And by the time you get done,
890
00:33:10,120 –> 00:33:11,080
maybe out of that 50 million,
891
00:33:11,080 –> 00:33:12,800
you got 5 million actually going to infrastructure,
892
00:33:12,800 –> 00:33:15,480
which is nowhere near enough to do any real work or
893
00:33:15,480 –> 00:33:16,040
any real good.
894
00:33:16,640 –> 00:33:17,920
And the time has passed,
895
00:33:17,920 –> 00:33:19,960
so everybody’s either forgotten about it or moved
896
00:33:19,960 –> 00:33:22,200
on to the next disaster or the next challenge.
897
00:33:22,680 –> 00:33:23,560
That’s the timing of it.
898
00:33:23,880 –> 00:33:24,720
Oh man, I just,
899
00:33:24,720 –> 00:33:25,800
my head’s spinning.
900
00:33:25,960 –> 00:33:29,160
Going back to the fake homicide totals,
901
00:33:29,880 –> 00:33:34,080
In 2019, the mayor again convenes the yapping poodles
902
00:33:34,080 –> 00:33:34,680
of the media.
903
00:33:35,080 –> 00:33:36,760
And, you know,
904
00:33:36,760 –> 00:33:40,040
I’m so fantastic that with less police and falling
905
00:33:40,040 –> 00:33:43,720
revenue, I’ve actually increased response times to
906
00:33:43,720 –> 00:33:44,840
911 calls.
907
00:33:45,240 –> 00:33:47,000
I don’t know how you make less arrests.
908
00:33:47,160 –> 00:33:48,280
You have less cops.
909
00:33:50,200 –> 00:33:52,280
And your response time’s going up.
910
00:33:52,280 –> 00:33:55,480
So I went through two years of a million data points,
911
00:33:55,480 –> 00:33:56,680
a million 911 calls.
912
00:33:57,760 –> 00:34:00,040
Yeah, we lowered it to near the national average,
913
00:34:00,040 –> 00:34:00,200
you know,
914
00:34:00,200 –> 00:34:01,240
like, you know,
915
00:34:01,440 –> 00:34:01,760
blah, blah,
916
00:34:03,160 –> 00:34:07,160
So I noticed there were 10,000 traffic stops included
917
00:34:07,160 –> 00:34:08,200
in the 911 calls.
918
00:34:08,520 –> 00:34:08,920
First of all,
919
00:34:08,960 –> 00:34:09,400
a traffic,
920
00:34:09,640 –> 00:34:11,640
nobody calls 911 and says,
921
00:34:11,800 –> 00:34:12,520
pull me over.
922
00:34:13,240 –> 00:34:13,600
All right,
923
00:34:14,120 –> 00:34:15,160
it doesn’t belong in there.
924
00:34:16,520 –> 00:34:19,280
The average response time to a traffic stop,
925
00:34:19,280 –> 00:34:20,320
this is just an average,
926
00:34:20,320 –> 00:34:21,400
I’m just going to round off.
927
00:34:21,720 –> 00:34:25,640
It’s approximately 0.00 seconds.
928
00:34:26,600 –> 00:34:29,000
You throw 10,000 of them motherfuckers in there.
929
00:34:29,240 –> 00:34:30,840
Here’s what it was for priority two,
930
00:34:30,840 –> 00:34:31,160
which is,
931
00:34:31,320 –> 00:34:32,520
tell them what a priority two is,
932
00:34:34,600 –> 00:34:36,080
It’s like violence in action,
933
00:34:36,080 –> 00:34:36,760
crime in action.
934
00:34:36,880 –> 00:34:38,280
Crime is actually happening at that moment.
935
00:34:38,640 –> 00:34:41,440
God, I love having fucking regular talking guys that
936
00:34:41,440 –> 00:34:41,960
know shit.
937
00:34:42,520 –> 00:34:44,720
Fucking violent shit in action.
938
00:34:45,680 –> 00:34:48,000
When you take out the 0.00,
939
00:34:49,080 –> 00:34:53,640
it wasn’t 20 minutes response time to serious crime
940
00:34:53,640 –> 00:34:54,040
in action.
941
00:34:54,040 –> 00:34:55,000
It wasn’t 20 minutes.
942
00:34:55,160 –> 00:34:57,160
It was 55 minutes.
943
00:34:58,600 –> 00:34:59,720
And yet, you know,
944
00:34:59,800 –> 00:35:03,400
I just got an e-mail from a magazine in London.
945
00:35:03,800 –> 00:35:04,200
They’re like,
946
00:35:04,440 –> 00:35:04,840
could you,
947
00:35:05,080 –> 00:35:07,480
could you write what you think is really going on
948
00:35:07,640 –> 00:35:08,760
I don’t know why they’re looking,
949
00:35:11,000 –> 00:35:11,800
And I don’t know.
950
00:35:12,600 –> 00:35:13,280
I don’t know.
951
00:35:13,280 –> 00:35:15,080
I don’t got a lot of good to say about this.
952
00:35:15,080 –> 00:35:17,080
This is what we’re seeing in Washington.
953
00:35:17,240 –> 00:35:19,560
I’ve been railing on this since I’ve been,
954
00:35:19,800 –> 00:35:21,240
I used to be a feature writer.
955
00:35:22,040 –> 00:35:25,440
And then you do feature stories of Chris in the neighborhood
956
00:35:25,440 –> 00:35:27,720
and it breaks your fucking heart.
957
00:35:28,600 –> 00:35:33,040
But those stories also served as insight into the realities
958
00:35:33,040 –> 00:35:34,200
of what people go through.
959
00:35:34,200 –> 00:35:36,760
People that don’t experience certain things are totally
960
00:35:36,760 –> 00:35:38,440
detached and unaware.
961
00:35:38,600 –> 00:35:40,520
So there was value in that story.
962
00:35:40,520 –> 00:35:41,480
And it also,
963
00:35:41,480 –> 00:35:44,800
it would shine a light on the realities of what the
964
00:35:44,800 –> 00:35:46,440
departments were or were not doing.
965
00:35:47,280 –> 00:35:48,360
And those don’t exist anymore.
966
00:35:48,440 –> 00:35:49,400
I said to my wife,
967
00:35:49,400 –> 00:35:52,200
like when I started noticing this here in Detroit,
968
00:35:52,200 –> 00:35:53,400
I go, I’m not a,
969
00:35:53,800 –> 00:35:56,400
I’m not a investigative reporter.
970
00:35:56,400 –> 00:35:56,760
And she goes,
971
00:35:56,760 –> 00:35:58,480
well, you are now because the community needs
972
00:35:58,560 –> 00:36:00,360
needs it and it’s just bitten me.
973
00:36:00,840 –> 00:36:02,680
And now you just remember this.
974
00:36:02,840 –> 00:36:05,240
Now you want to bullshit your way into the governor’s
975
00:36:05,720 –> 00:36:09,600
The difference between Whitmer’s just vacant,
976
00:36:09,600 –> 00:36:10,720
doesn’t know what you just,
977
00:36:10,840 –> 00:36:11,560
I’ll sign it.
978
00:36:11,720 –> 00:36:13,560
I’ll make a TikTok video vote for me.
979
00:36:13,960 –> 00:36:16,440
This guy, this guy knows how to manipulate him.
980
00:36:16,440 –> 00:36:20,480
This guy, when he was the deputy CEO of the county,
981
00:36:20,480 –> 00:36:21,880
it got raided by the feds.
982
00:36:21,960 –> 00:36:23,720
They took everything out of the building.
983
00:36:24,000 –> 00:36:25,880
When he was in charge of the hospital,
984
00:36:26,800 –> 00:36:30,200
The largest Medicaid fraud settlement at that time
985
00:36:30,280 –> 00:36:31,960
in American history.
986
00:36:32,000 –> 00:36:33,960
When he was at the prosecutor’s office,
987
00:36:34,040 –> 00:36:35,400
there was a grand jury,
988
00:36:36,040 –> 00:36:38,040
When he came to Detroit,
989
00:36:39,080 –> 00:36:41,400
grand jury for that demolition money with the poison
990
00:36:41,720 –> 00:36:45,080
This is serious shit that nobody was listening to.
991
00:36:45,240 –> 00:36:46,120
Now we got,
992
00:36:47,480 –> 00:36:48,600
now you guys remember,
993
00:36:48,600 –> 00:36:50,360
FBI wouldn’t take these crime numbers.
994
00:36:50,520 –> 00:36:51,720
Mike Rakebrand.
995
00:36:52,200 –> 00:36:53,160
If you want to fuck with me,
996
00:36:53,160 –> 00:36:54,280
you got to fuck with Mike.
997
00:36:54,520 –> 00:36:55,400
Mike’s the guy,
998
00:36:56,680 –> 00:36:58,280
I don’t, you can’t impugn this guy.
999
00:36:59,000 –> 00:36:59,800
You tell me.
1000
00:37:00,040 –> 00:37:01,080
Okay, Governor?
1001
00:37:03,000 –> 00:37:03,560
But you look,
1002
00:37:03,560 –> 00:37:05,640
Charlie, Breen County Prosecutor’s Office,
1003
00:37:05,640 –> 00:37:07,720
remember there were the destruction of records that
1004
00:37:07,720 –> 00:37:09,120
were not supposed to be destroyed.
1005
00:37:09,120 –> 00:37:09,560
And they’re like,
1006
00:37:09,600 –> 00:37:10,600
what did they do with that?
1007
00:37:10,760 –> 00:37:12,840
The money when he was on the DPS board.
1008
00:37:13,560 –> 00:37:14,360
Then he went to DMC.
1009
00:37:14,360 –> 00:37:15,720
So the trail.
1010
00:37:15,720 –> 00:37:16,280
Smart bus.
1011
00:37:16,520 –> 00:37:17,400
The smart,
1012
00:37:17,560 –> 00:37:18,440
I mean, and then,
1013
00:37:18,440 –> 00:37:18,760
you know,
1014
00:37:18,760 –> 00:37:20,680
here, DMC and then at the city of Detroit.
1015
00:37:20,680 –> 00:37:23,320
So when he leaves is when everybody starts paying attention
1016
00:37:23,320 –> 00:37:26,520
to what he actually did when he was there and it’s
1017
00:37:26,520 –> 00:37:27,240
not positive.
1018
00:37:27,320 –> 00:37:29,080
Yeah, looking through the budgets last night,
1019
00:37:29,960 –> 00:37:31,800
we would be out of money.
1020
00:37:32,600 –> 00:37:33,400
Without that,
1021
00:37:33,560 –> 00:37:35,720
okay, Biden sent his buddies,
1022
00:37:36,200 –> 00:37:37,480
All the states got money,
1023
00:37:37,480 –> 00:37:40,560
but five specific cities got an extra billion for
1024
00:37:40,560 –> 00:37:41,720
COVID, a billion.
1025
00:37:41,960 –> 00:37:43,240
New York, you would expect that,
1026
00:37:43,240 –> 00:37:43,800
right, Mike?
1027
00:37:45,760 –> 00:37:47,000
LA, you would expect LA,
1028
00:37:47,000 –> 00:37:48,200
big ass fucking city,
1029
00:37:49,160 –> 00:37:50,040
Population.
1030
00:37:51,320 –> 00:37:51,760
What is it?
1031
00:37:51,760 –> 00:37:52,680
What is LA now?
1032
00:37:53,480 –> 00:37:55,240
Fucking poor?
1033
00:37:55,760 –> 00:37:56,440
New York’s 8,
1034
00:37:56,520 –> 00:37:58,600
LA’s 4, Chicago got some,
1035
00:37:58,600 –> 00:38:00,200
they’re about 2 1/2.
1036
00:38:00,600 –> 00:38:01,360
Philly got some,
1037
00:38:01,360 –> 00:38:02,240
they’re about 1 1/2.
1038
00:38:02,240 –> 00:38:05,120
And we got a billion and we’re 600,000.
1039
00:38:05,560 –> 00:38:07,040
We had an extra 1300 people.
1040
00:38:07,720 –> 00:38:10,840
Oh yeah, we got 1300 illegals coming in here.
1041
00:38:11,440 –> 00:38:13,040
And now the population’s shrinking again,
1042
00:38:13,040 –> 00:38:14,160
another bullshit story.
1043
00:38:14,520 –> 00:38:16,200
So without this money,
1044
00:38:17,560 –> 00:38:20,080
we would be back in the red and in deep trouble and
1045
00:38:20,080 –> 00:38:20,760
it’s coming.
1046
00:38:21,000 –> 00:38:22,440
And again,
1047
00:38:24,160 –> 00:38:26,360
A man in the neighborhood can’t get a call from the
1048
00:38:26,360 –> 00:38:26,840
detective.
1049
00:38:26,920 –> 00:38:27,920
I called the detective,
1050
00:38:27,920 –> 00:38:29,080
couldn’t get a call from the detective.
1051
00:38:29,320 –> 00:38:32,520
The woman in the neighborhood had no place to stay
1052
00:38:32,600 –> 00:38:33,800
and couldn’t get a call.
1053
00:38:34,200 –> 00:38:36,200
It’s not, it’s phony.
1054
00:38:36,840 –> 00:38:37,320
But Charlie,
1055
00:38:37,360 –> 00:38:38,400
I say this all the time.
1056
00:38:38,920 –> 00:38:41,400
How many nonprofit organizations do we have in this
1057
00:38:41,800 –> 00:38:44,760
We have more than 70,000 organizations,
1058
00:38:45,080 –> 00:38:47,800
and yet we still have the same number of problems.
1059
00:38:48,360 –> 00:38:49,320
homeless people,
1060
00:38:49,400 –> 00:38:50,280
they’re hungry,
1061
00:38:50,360 –> 00:38:51,600
they’re undereducated,
1062
00:38:51,640 –> 00:38:52,320
they’re, I mean,
1063
00:38:52,320 –> 00:38:53,080
all these issues.
1064
00:38:53,080 –> 00:38:54,880
So what are these organizations doing?
1065
00:38:54,880 –> 00:38:58,600
Where’s the oversight outside of paying their C-suite
1066
00:38:58,640 –> 00:38:59,320
executives?
1067
00:38:59,560 –> 00:39:00,480
Like what is happening?
1068
00:39:00,480 –> 00:39:01,560
I think Mike told you,
1069
00:39:01,800 –> 00:39:02,440
Mike told you,
1070
00:39:02,520 –> 00:39:03,320
like, you know,
1071
00:39:03,320 –> 00:39:04,280
they’re siphoning it.
1072
00:39:04,280 –> 00:39:05,320
Mike, what’s the answer,
1073
00:39:05,480 –> 00:39:06,280
You got an answer,
1074
00:39:07,720 –> 00:39:09,000
I can solve any issue.
1075
00:39:09,240 –> 00:39:09,920
What’s the answer,
1076
00:39:11,560 –> 00:39:12,840
It’s got, it comes from,
1077
00:39:12,840 –> 00:39:13,240
it’s you,
1078
00:39:13,880 –> 00:39:14,920
It’s you, it’s Karen.
1079
00:39:14,920 –> 00:39:17,640
It’s everyday citizens getting up and demanding something
1080
00:39:17,640 –> 00:39:19,240
different and holding them accountable,
1081
00:39:19,240 –> 00:39:21,160
not letting them just give you some bullshit narrative
1082
00:39:21,160 –> 00:39:22,200
and walking away from it.
1083
00:39:22,600 –> 00:39:26,080
It’s citizen investigators looking at these NGOs that
1084
00:39:26,080 –> 00:39:28,400
are taking all this money because what they’re doing
1085
00:39:28,400 –> 00:39:29,320
is just laundering money.
1086
00:39:29,320 –> 00:39:30,040
That’s all they’re doing.
1087
00:39:30,440 –> 00:39:31,520
It’s just the same in New York.
1088
00:39:31,520 –> 00:39:32,640
New York was almost bankrupt.
1089
00:39:32,640 –> 00:39:34,840
They were going to get ready to go bankrupt when COVID
1090
00:39:35,000 –> 00:39:35,960
That money saved New York,
1091
00:39:36,080 –> 00:39:37,520
otherwise it would have been completely bankrupt,
1092
00:39:37,520 –> 00:39:38,200
the city and the state.
1093
00:39:38,960 –> 00:39:39,400
You know, it’s,
1094
00:39:39,400 –> 00:39:40,360
it’s, it’s,
1095
00:39:40,360 –> 00:39:41,320
you gotta hold them accountable.
1096
00:39:41,400 –> 00:39:41,880
They gotta get,
1097
00:39:41,880 –> 00:39:43,800
they gotta dig in and hold them accountable.
1098
00:39:44,040 –> 00:39:45,320
And what an awful shame.
1099
00:39:46,120 –> 00:39:47,240
The two people you showed today,
1100
00:39:47,240 –> 00:39:49,040
the man with his son and those little babies that
1101
00:39:49,960 –> 00:39:52,320
That is the actual human cost of what happens when
1102
00:39:52,320 –> 00:39:53,280
you’re not paying attention,
1103
00:39:53,280 –> 00:39:55,680
when you’re not electing decent people to do the right
1104
00:39:55,680 –> 00:39:58,720
things, when you have a corrupt and inept government.
1105
00:39:58,720 –> 00:39:59,800
That’s exactly what happens.
1106
00:39:59,800 –> 00:40:02,200
It is a very real human cost and that’s it right there.
1107
00:40:02,360 –> 00:40:04,840
I’m going to add something about Tatiana Williams,
1108
00:40:05,320 –> 00:40:06,440
whose kids died.
1109
00:40:06,760 –> 00:40:08,200
Did you see the presser with Duggan?
1110
00:40:08,200 –> 00:40:11,320
He made a comment about how she called in November
1111
00:40:11,680 –> 00:40:13,000
But she never called back,
1112
00:40:13,000 –> 00:40:14,280
almost blaming her.
1113
00:40:14,280 –> 00:40:14,760
I don’t know,
1114
00:40:14,760 –> 00:40:16,080
that just kind of rubbed me the wrong way.
1115
00:40:16,080 –> 00:40:16,360
It’s like,
1116
00:40:16,360 –> 00:40:17,760
well, how many times do we have to call?
1117
00:40:17,760 –> 00:40:18,520
What’s the number?
1118
00:40:18,640 –> 00:40:20,200
Because then I’ll just hang up and call back and hang
1119
00:40:20,200 –> 00:40:22,280
up and call back until it’s acceptable for you.
1120
00:40:23,080 –> 00:40:24,000
I thought it was bullshit.
1121
00:40:24,040 –> 00:40:27,000
Well, now she gave an interview to Channel 7,
1122
00:40:27,120 –> 00:40:29,320
Do we have a little clip where she can speak for her?
1123
00:40:29,320 –> 00:40:30,000
So thank you,
1124
00:40:30,000 –> 00:40:30,520
Channel 7,
1125
00:40:30,520 –> 00:40:31,960
for letting us use this.
1126
00:40:32,760 –> 00:40:34,000
I asked everybody for help.
1127
00:40:34,080 –> 00:40:34,960
I called out of state.
1128
00:40:35,920 –> 00:40:37,480
I called cities I didn’t know.
1129
00:40:38,080 –> 00:40:38,960
I called cities.
1130
00:40:38,960 –> 00:40:39,960
People asked me to call.
1131
00:40:40,680 –> 00:40:41,800
I even asked Detroit.
1132
00:40:41,800 –> 00:40:43,640
I’ve been on campus for the longest.
1133
00:40:44,920 –> 00:40:48,440
Everybody now wants to help.
1134
00:40:48,760 –> 00:40:50,040
After I lost two kids,
1135
00:40:50,800 –> 00:40:51,760
I’ve been asked for help.
1136
00:40:51,760 –> 00:40:56,760
I feel like it was a day time.
1137
00:40:56,760 –> 00:40:59,400
I did everything I was supposed to do.
1138
00:41:02,400 –> 00:41:03,560
That shouldn’t be,
1139
00:41:04,920 –> 00:41:06,120
It should not exist.
1140
00:41:06,120 –> 00:41:07,400
But I told you,
1141
00:41:07,400 –> 00:41:09,800
Charlie, about the time I was on my way home,
1142
00:41:09,800 –> 00:41:12,840
I saw a lady and two kids sitting in a parking lot
1143
00:41:12,840 –> 00:41:16,080
on a suitcase and something made me just go around
1144
00:41:16,080 –> 00:41:16,440
the block.
1145
00:41:16,440 –> 00:41:17,480
And I pulled up and I said,
1146
00:41:17,480 –> 00:41:18,920
I don’t mean to be disrespectful,
1147
00:41:18,920 –> 00:41:19,960
but are you okay?
1148
00:41:20,520 –> 00:41:21,240
And the lady said,
1149
00:41:21,720 –> 00:41:23,040
She said, our home burn,
1150
00:41:23,040 –> 00:41:24,280
we’ve lost everything.
1151
00:41:24,760 –> 00:41:27,240
Red Cross gave us enough for a motel for two days.
1152
00:41:27,240 –> 00:41:28,760
She says, and I don’t know what to do.
1153
00:41:29,720 –> 00:41:31,360
I gave her all the cash that I had,
1154
00:41:31,920 –> 00:41:34,280
But where is what they call closing the loop?
1155
00:41:34,520 –> 00:41:36,360
If you give somebody enough money for two days knowing
1156
00:41:36,360 –> 00:41:37,480
that they don’t have a home,
1157
00:41:37,680 –> 00:41:39,800
what’s going to happen after those two days?
1158
00:41:40,120 –> 00:41:41,160
But nobody cares.
1159
00:41:41,160 –> 00:41:42,520
I’ve got you off my books.
1160
00:41:42,760 –> 00:41:45,480
I’ve given you something and I’ve moved on to the next
1161
00:41:46,920 –> 00:41:48,520
But where’s the connectivity,
1162
00:41:48,520 –> 00:41:51,080
the sustainability of support and resources for that?
1163
00:41:51,160 –> 00:41:51,720
Well, you know,
1164
00:41:51,880 –> 00:41:54,120
we can’t take care of people their whole lives.
1165
00:41:54,360 –> 00:41:56,920
You know, so you got to get her focused.
1166
00:41:57,080 –> 00:41:59,160
You know, you got to get her some place for her kids
1167
00:41:59,160 –> 00:42:00,600
and then get them to something to eat.
1168
00:42:00,760 –> 00:42:05,480
And then I thought with these 10s and 10s and 10s and
1169
00:42:05,480 –> 00:42:08,360
hundreds of millions of dollars that there’s a process,
1170
00:42:08,360 –> 00:42:10,680
because she’s clean,
1171
00:42:10,680 –> 00:42:11,400
living in a van,
1172
00:42:11,480 –> 00:42:12,120
she’s clean.
1173
00:42:13,160 –> 00:42:14,520
Obviously she’s not a dope addict,
1174
00:42:14,840 –> 00:42:16,120
It’s like down on your luck,
1175
00:42:16,120 –> 00:42:19,720
like my mom was down on her luck and nowhere to turn.
1176
00:42:20,600 –> 00:42:21,720
She’d never call back.
1177
00:42:21,880 –> 00:42:22,720
What’d she just say?
1178
00:42:22,720 –> 00:42:23,320
I told you,
1179
00:42:23,320 –> 00:42:23,960
like they said,
1180
00:42:23,960 –> 00:42:24,920
they had three contacts.
1181
00:42:24,920 –> 00:42:25,960
It’s more than that,
1182
00:42:27,080 –> 00:42:28,440
You just heard my friend call up.
1183
00:42:28,520 –> 00:42:30,040
There’s supposed to be a place for you.
1184
00:42:30,360 –> 00:42:33,400
And you taught her that it’s not even worth reaching
1185
00:42:34,480 –> 00:42:35,320
That’s what they did.
1186
00:42:36,240 –> 00:42:36,680
But Charlie,
1187
00:42:36,680 –> 00:42:39,720
people are quick to distance themselves from circumstances
1188
00:42:39,720 –> 00:42:41,160
that they think will never impact them.
1189
00:42:41,480 –> 00:42:43,240
There but for the grace of God go I.
1190
00:42:43,560 –> 00:42:46,000
Circumstances change in people’s lives.
1191
00:42:46,360 –> 00:42:49,160
I mean, and so there has to be some degree of commitment
1192
00:42:49,160 –> 00:42:51,800
and compassion in the work that these people are supposed
1193
00:42:51,800 –> 00:42:52,360
to be doing.
1194
00:42:52,680 –> 00:42:53,960
It’s still,
1195
00:42:54,440 –> 00:42:54,920
It’s still.
1196
00:42:57,720 –> 00:42:58,280
All right.
1197
00:42:58,520 –> 00:43:03,240
Well, I fix it.
1198
00:43:04,040 –> 00:43:04,520
I’m just…
1199
00:43:05,320 –> 00:43:06,080
gutted by this.
1200
00:43:06,080 –> 00:43:09,720
So I, I had more here,
1201
00:43:09,720 –> 00:43:11,880
but let’s let’s not a Mike.
1202
00:43:13,320 –> 00:43:13,800
Hey brother,
1203
00:43:14,280 –> 00:43:17,520
we’re not done because I got a whistleblower and and
1204
00:43:17,520 –> 00:43:20,760
those homicide numbers may be even double what I’ve
1205
00:43:20,760 –> 00:43:21,560
just reported.
1206
00:43:22,040 –> 00:43:24,200
If it turns out to be true,
1207
00:43:24,760 –> 00:43:25,480
you’ll be back,
1208
00:43:26,920 –> 00:43:27,240
You got it.
1209
00:43:27,240 –> 00:43:27,800
Whatever you need,
1210
00:43:27,840 –> 00:43:28,480
I’m always available.
1211
00:43:28,680 –> 00:43:29,720
Okay, brother.
1212
00:43:30,120 –> 00:43:30,640
I’m happy to help.
1213
00:43:30,640 –> 00:43:30,880
Thank you.
1214
00:43:30,880 –> 00:43:31,160
And you know,
1215
00:43:31,160 –> 00:43:34,200
maybe call City Hall and give him a few fucking pointers.
1216
00:43:34,720 –> 00:43:36,600
how to turn this city around because everybody now
1217
00:43:37,160 –> 00:43:38,600
It’s been a fairy tale.
1218
00:43:38,920 –> 00:43:42,280
Yeah, there’s drywall up and some hipsters living in
1219
00:43:42,280 –> 00:43:45,720
lofts, but it’s horrible for people in the neighborhood
1220
00:43:45,880 –> 00:43:47,640
and you ain’t listening.
1221
00:43:47,880 –> 00:43:50,000
And the leaders of the neighborhoods,
1222
00:43:50,120 –> 00:43:51,000
you’re paying them.
1223
00:43:52,360 –> 00:43:53,160
You’re paying them.
1224
00:43:53,960 –> 00:43:55,560
Trust me, those two people are real.
1225
00:43:56,840 –> 00:43:57,240
All right.
1226
00:43:57,720 –> 00:43:58,520
Love you all.
1227
00:43:58,520 –> 00:43:59,480
Better days.
1228
00:43:59,800 –> 00:44:00,760
Kiss your babies.
1229
00:44:01,720 –> 00:44:02,360
Thanks, Mike.
1230
00:44:03,600 –> 00:44:03,880
Thank you,
