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Jan 11, 2013, 12:00 pm Politics

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Murder capital, fatherless capital

While Barack Obama declared victory in the fiscal cliff theater, the mean streets of Detroit bring a sobering reminder of the country’s biggest loss – and the president’s failure to address it. Detroit is Murder Capital once more with a bloody 53 murders per 100,000 residents, returning to murder numbers not seen since the horrific 1970s … Continue Reading →

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Apr 15, 2012, 3:12 pm Politics

By Henry Payne

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Payne: No. 99

Detroit claimed its 99th murder victim of 2012 on Friday, April 13. Calvin Ross was a 26-year old black man who worked for a Detroit auto repair shop. He was slaughtered in broad daylight by a hail of gunfire – 44 shell casings were found at the crime scene. But unless you were watching Fox … Continue Reading →

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