http://www.liveleak.com/browse?channel_token=eb9_1308416741 Items in channel 'lastmanindetroit' Sun, 19 May 2013 18:25:57 -0400 Liveleak http://edge.liveleak.com/80281E/u/u/ll2/logo.gif http://www.liveleak.com/browse?channel_token=eb9_1308416741 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 10:05:29 -0500 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a8b_1352300427 lastmanindetroit DETROIT (WJBK) - Voters in Detroit backed a local ballot issues to decriminalize marijuana in some cases. More than 65 percent of ballots counted supported Proposal M, which would allow adults over age 21 to possess less than an ounce of marijuana on personal property without criminal prosecution. We'll have more on this story throughout the day. Source Article: http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/20027208/detroit-voters-back-proposal-ms-marijuana-issue Sorry about the short article and no video.. ill try to update later when more info comes out http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a8b_1352300427 lastmanindetroit Marijuana Decrminalized in Detroit Detroit,Michigan,Wayne,County,Marijuana,Legal,Legalized,weed,Proposal M Thu, 01 Nov 2012 19:49:04 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=613_1351813119 lastmanindetroit Detroit officials say Angels' Night was a success. Mayor Dave Bing during a press conference in the echo-filled concrete fire truck bay of Engine no. 27 at 4700 W. Fort in southwest Detroit, said fire officials battled 93 blazes on the nights between Oct. 29 and Oct. 31. "Last year we had 94 fires," Bing said. "And we we're pretty happy about that because it was the lowest number we've had in a number of years." Detroit Fire Commissioner Donald Austin reported 39 fires in occupied dwellings, 20 fires in vacant buildings, 12 automobile fires, 18 rubbish fires and four in garages. He said about 66 percent appear to be suspicious in nature. No arrests for arson were made. The Detroit Fire Department responds on average to 40 fires per day, said Austin. The pace was averaging about 30 throughout the Angels' Night period, a decline which he attributes to increased patrols and harsh, cold weather. Detroit Police Lt. Renee Hall said the Detroit Police Department detained 50 juveniles for violating the three-day 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. curfew and cited 20 guardians as a result. Last year there were 123 detentions juveniles detained, Hall said, which indicates "we're headed in the right direction." There were over 5,000 volunteers patrolling the streets of Detroit throughout the three-day period and at a single time more than 1,000 across the city, a record for the event, said Daryl Lundy, director of Homeland Security for the city of Detroit. "We don't want this to be something that goes on for ever and ever," Bing said. "We know why we're here and how we got here" but we want to get to a point where we "won't need this kind of commitment in terms of time." He said leaders will discuss whether such an extensive effort is necessary in coming years. The community patrol-led Angels' Night effort began in 1985, a year after the city was set ablaze with more than 800 fires. Detroit saw 83 suspicious fires over the three-day Halloween period a year ago, down from 169 in 2010, 119 in 2009 and 136 in 2008. MLive Detroit reporters accompanied the Detroit 300 and Motor City Blight Busters on Angels' Night, Oct. 31, and witnessed no arson activity, though reporter Eric Lacy did see a small electrical fire caused by a malfunctioning transformer. Bing said he recognizes Angels' Night has transformed from a night of fear to a night of unity for residents, but he wishes that unity would revolve around positive aspects of the city, not scars of its past. "We do this to ourselves and it's ludicrous," Bing said. "Why we burn our homes down, why we burn our city down makes absolutely no sense to me, and what you do is risk the safety of the people who are here to protect us. "We need to stop this; we need to stop this foolishness." source: http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2012/11/detroit_fire_officials_report.html note: no mention of the heavy rain throughout this time period http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=613_1351813119 lastmanindetroit 93 fires across Detroit as another Devil's Night passes by. Detroit, fire, arson, devil's night, devil, night, DFD, burn,