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'Lost respect for life': 2012 deadly in Detroit

Detroit Homicide Rate

The homicide rate in Detroit continued a grim upward trend in 2012, hitting its highest level in nearly two decades, city officials said Thursday.

 

Detroit suburb sees murder spike since police layoffs

A Detroit suburb that was forced to lay off half its police department has seen a spike in violent crime, MyFoxDetroit.com reports. Since July, when the police force was cut in half, there have been 10 murders in Inkster, a Detroit suburb with a population of about 25,000. There have been 12 murders so far this year.

 

Kilpatrick Indicted in Criminal Ring

Kwame M. Kilpatrick, the former mayor of Detroit imprisoned on a probation violation, was charged under a federal racketeering law.

 

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