Crime in Detroit
Crime in Detroit For many years Detroit, Michigan has been known as the murder capital of the world. Stats show that in 2012 Detroit had the highest rate of violent crimes over any other city in the United States. Crime around the city is not only committed by the residents but also by local police officials and government officials. These are the people that took a vow to serve and protect us. But we have to protect ourselves from them. There has been crimes of racism, take for instance in 1992, two white police officers named Walter Budzyn and Larry Nevers beat to death an African American man, named Malice Green, with a flashlight. It was said that it was a routine traffic stop in which Green was driving, but everyone in Detroit knew that Malice Green was homeless and did not have a car. Green refused to open his hand and give the police the vile of crack that he was holding. For that he paid the ultimate price with his life. He was struck 14 times in the head with the police flashlight. Both officers were charged with involuntary manslaughter. Nevers received 4 years and Budzyn received 41/2 years. On the other hand in that same year my brother an African American male accidentally killed a white woman while playing with a gun. He got the same involuntary manslaughter charge and did 17 years. Maxing out his sentence. Each time he was up for parole he was denied. Eventually they just has to let him go. Another incident of crime in Detroit was committed by a Government official. Kwame Kilpatrick was the mayor of Detroit from 2002 until he was forced to resign due to a plea deal in 2008. He was involved in the city’s largest corruption scandal ever. He, his best friend, and his father stole over 83 million dollars from the city. Hence the reason that the city is bankrupt today. He did everything from mail fraud which is a scheme to get money from people through the mail, wire fraud, something like mail fraud, racketeering, he was using the mayors palace as a