Minister Farrakhan Reminds Black Detroit to Stick Together

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17. If people had a pocket full of money, they would not be criminals?

So rich people should never be criminals. But I hope we both know that is not true.

Many years ago, Detroit's "white flight" turned into "black flight". People in the city are scared of crime, because many people are victims of crime. In certain areas, you have a 1 in 7 chance of being a victim of violence. People don't want to remain there.

Also, Detroit is an old city. Old buildings which take a lot of resources to keep maintained. If the people who live there keep stealing or destroying building materials, how will anything ever get fixed?

You mentioned streetlights. You need wires to keep streetlights lit. But people steal the copper right out of the streetlights (and anywhere else they can find it).

I'm just having some trouble with understanding your definition of equitable. It seems you are advocating that if criminals are sufficiently paid to sit home and watch TV, or given jobs they don't have to show up to, they will lose their desire to "get tore up" (drunk and/or high), or to rob someone, or to teach the fools slinging on their turf a lesson. If I am wrong in that assessment, I apologize. I would like some more clarification and fresh ideas, because I really do love this totally f*cked city and want to see its people doing better than they are doing now.

Ultimately, though... there is blame by the boatload to go around about what is wrong with Detroit. Yes, it needs revenue. And it needs that revenue to be wisely spent, not just thrown around blindly.

It also needs the people who are living in Detroit to step up. To buy the stores and houses and put some drywall and paint and sweat and elbow grease into them. And it needs a cultural change, that people are willing to call the police on the predators. In other words, stop the "Stop Snitchin" attitude.