Monday, June 22, 2015

It's Getting Sporty In Detroit

The thugs have left their hibernation and seem to be out and about plying their trade, and it seems to be spreading into areas previously considered to be low risk.

The Detroit Free Press: Commuter carjacked, shots fired at motorist on I-96

Four armed suspects brake checking and then hitting cars and running them off the highway in broad daylight to car jack them is rather atypical, as is doing it to steal a Chevy Cobalt.

Also, multiple shootings occurred this weekend, one of which had a documented happy ending when an armed robber ran into an armed cook at a restaurant in Detroit with predictable results:

The Detroit News: 1 dead, 1 wounded in Greektown shooting. This brings the total over the weekend to 24 shot, with some of the usual suspects trying to exculpate the criminals on the grounds that they don't have jobs so they shoot people. Well, that's not OK then.

I'd also expect trouble at the fireworks show, now that they're backing away from a curfew on unaccompanied minors .

Nothing like a summer crime wave to put the brakes on Detroit's proclaimed resurgence.

2 comments:

ProudHillbilly said...

My dad and his brothers were often unemployed during the Depression. To my knowledge they never shot anybody as a result.

Curious about the age group. Our crime always goes up when school lets out.

ProudHillbilly said...

My dad and his brothers were often unemployed during the Depression. To my knowledge they never shot anybody as a result.

Curious about the age group. Our crime always goes up when school lets out.