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Podcast: Violent Month Leaves Confusing Questions, Ugly Answers

May 2010 has seen the deaths of a veteran police officer during a drug raid; a 69-year-old grandmother hit by a stray bullet; the killing of a 15-year-old on Mother's Day; a broad daylight shooting of a 17-year-old honor student; and most recently the death of a 7-year-old from a misfired police weapon.

Detroit, which has been dealing with violent crime as part of the urban landscape for decades is more frustrated than ever and despite the residents' resilience, no solutions seem to be coming.

Radio Host Angelo Henderson from WCHB-AM 1200 and TIME's own Steven Gray give some perspective on what has happened. Click "play" below.


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    What a bunch of hot air from Gray & Henderson....This week Eric Holder was in the city and I have yet to read the "general's" insights and recommendations..

    Our nation is #1 arms dealer on the planet the carnage in the city and in other urban venues reflects this violent marketplace.....

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    The city of Detroit is out of control and the citizens have no one to blame but themselves, what a sad situation. I have often wondered why do these folks complain about the police if you do no wrong. Too many civic leaders and preachers still have the colemanistic way of thinking "US AGAINST THEM". Those days are long gone as there are only "US" left in the city and we are killing each other like never before. As the mayor put it this is a cultural thing. This black on black violence is due in part to a lack of family structure,education and older folks that can't seem to let the past go and look to a brighter future. An uneducated person of the street knows only violence as a means to settle whatever, a lack of some kind of family leaves hunrdeds of youth on the street to fend for themselves. No more needs to be said for the past leaders as most have failed or gone to jail or are about to be put in jail. God save Detroit............

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    A once proud city has now been left with only thousands of crack houses and bordellos. It has become a tourist attraction for drug addicts and johns that have traveled miles in search of a cheap fix or hooker. The only moral foundation left is the store front churches that try to uplift fallen souls. Detroit must be leveled and replaced by a game reserve for animals on the verge of extinction. It could be named Zoo Town.

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