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The Bankruptcy of Detroit: What Role Did Race Play?
The Bankruptcy of Detroit: What Role did Race Play? Reynolds Farley* University of Michigan at Michigan Perhaps no city in the United States has a longer and more vibrant history of racial conflict than Detroit. It is the only city where federal troops have been dispatched to the streets four times to put down racial bloodshed. By the 1990s, Detroit was the quintessential “Chocolate City-Vanilla Suburbs” metropolis. In 2013, Detroit be- came the largest city to enter bankruptcy. It is an oversimplification and inaccurate to argue that racial conflict and segregation caused the bankruptcy of Detroit. But racial issues were deeply intertwined with fundamental population shifts and em- ployment changes that together diminished the tax base of the city. Consideration is also given to the role continuing racial disparity will play in the future of Detroit after bankruptcy. INTRODUCTION The city of Detroit ran out of funds to pay its bills in early 2013. Emergency Man- ager Kevyn Orr, with the approval of Michigan Governor Snyder, sought and received bankruptcy protection from the federal court and Detroit became the largest city to enter bankruptcy. This paper explores the role that racial conflict played in the fiscal collapse of what was the nation’s fourth largest city. In June 1967 racial violence in Newark led to 26 deaths and, the next month, rioting in Detroit killed 43. President Johnson appointed Illinois Governor Kerner to chair a com- mission to explain the causes of urban racial violence. That Commission emphasized the grievances of blacks in big cities—segregated housing, discrimination in employment, poor schools, and frequent police violence including the questionable shooting of nu- merous African American men. -
United States District Court Eastern District of Michigan Southern Division
2:10-cr-20403-NGE-MKM Doc # 471 Filed 10/03/13 Pg 1 of 57 Pg ID 15789 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, Hon. Nancy G. Edmunds -vs- No. 10-CR-20403 D-1 KWAME M. KILPATRICK, Sentencing Date: October 10, 2013 Defendant. / SENTENCING MEMORANDUM OF THE UNITED STATES AS TO DEFENDANT KWAME M. KILPATRICK The United States submits the following memorandum regarding the sentencing of defendant Kwame M. Kilpatrick on October 10, 2013. Respectfully submitted, BARBARA L. McQUADE United States Attorney s/MARK CHUTKOW s/R. MICHAEL BULLOTTA Assistant United States Attorney Assistant United States Attorney s/JENNIFER L. BLACKWELL s/ERIC DOEH Assistant United States Attorney Assistant United States Attorney 2:10-cr-20403-NGE-MKM Doc # 471 Filed 10/03/13 Pg 2 of 57 Pg ID 15790 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF AUTHORITIES ......................................................................................... iii INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................... 1 ARGUMENT ............................................................................................................ 3 A. The Nature and Circumstances of Kilpatrick’s Crimes (18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)(1)) ................................................................................................. 3 1. Overview of the Racketeering Enterprise ............................................... 3 2. Fraud ..................................................................................................... -
Thaddeus Hoffmeister 334 Ridgeway Road Wyoming, OH 45215 [email protected] 937.229.3810
Thaddeus Hoffmeister 334 Ridgeway Road Wyoming, OH 45215 [email protected] 937.229.3810 TEACHING University of Dayton School of Law Professor of Law 2007-Present Associate Dean of Academic Affairs 2015-2016 Courses: Criminal Law and Procedure, Criminal Law Clinic, Internet of Things and the Law, the Jury, Nuremberg Trials, and Social Media Law (online) University Committees/Boards: Center for Cybersecurity & Data Intelligence, Diversity Council, President Search, Speaker Series, University Budget Alignment Steering Committee, and VP for Diversity and Inclusion Search University Teaching and Research Programs: E-Fellows and Research Fellows LEGISLATIVE/POLITICAL Wyoming, Ohio Mayor (received the highest number of votes) 2019-2021 --$12 million operating budget with 51 city employees --City maintains AAA bond rating City Council Member (received the second highest number of votes) 2017-2019 Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (SORTA) 2018-2021 Member of the Board of Trustees --$99.9 million operating budget with 850 employees --Successfully passed .08% county-wide sales tax levy --Removed prohibition against hiring those with felony convictions United States House of Representatives 2003-2007 Subcommittee Staff Director for the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee --Responsible for all matters within the subcommittee --Supervise subcommittee staff Legislative Director to Congressman Bob Filner (CA) --Supervise legislative staff --Responsible for all appropriations and transportation issues Legislative Assistant to Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC) --Responsible for all appropriations JUDICIAL Dayton Municipal Court 2014-Present Acting (Substitute) Magistrate Judge --Resolve civil disputes up to $6,000 and criminal misdemeanors MILITARY Active Duty Army 1988-1991 and 1998-2002 Army Reserves/National Guard 2003-Present Lieutenant Colonel in the Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps --Manage Washington, D.C. -
Victor Mercad Presentence Memo.Pdf
2:10-cr-20403-NGE-MKM Doc # 552 Filed 05/15/14 Pg 1 of 18 Pg ID 16745 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, Case No. 10-20403 v. Hon. Nancy G. Edmunds VICTOR M. MERCADO, D-4, Defendant. / DEFENDANT VICTOR MERCADO’S SENTENCING MEMORANDUM Defendant Victor Mercado asks the Court to consider the facts discussed in the following Sentencing Memorandum when determining an appropriate sentence. Mercado respectfully requests a sentence of probation due to the fact that he acted under duress and did not profit nor ever try to profit illegally from his position as Director of the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department. INTRODUCTION Mercado stood trial along with co-Defendants Kwame Kilpatrick, Bernard Kilpatrick, and Bobby Ferguson. The forty-six count Fourth Superseding Indictment alleged a RICO Conspiracy, bribery, extortion, mail/wire fraud, obstruction of justice, false tax returns, tax evasion, money laundering, aiding & abetting, and forfeiture of illegal proceeds. Unlike his co-Defendants, Mercado did not receive any money beyond his salary. Mercado was charged in Count One, the 200549127.1 34139/141939 2:10-cr-20403-NGE-MKM Doc # 552 Filed 05/15/14 Pg 2 of 18 Pg ID 16746 RICO Count (18 U.S.C. § 1962(d)); Count Four, Extortion (18 U.S.C. § 1951); Count Five, Extortion (18 U.S.C. § 1951); and Count Fourteen, Obstruction of Justice (18 U.S.C. § 1512(c)). As the government’s case moved to the counts related to Mercado, Mercado began to establish his defense via cross-examination of government witnesses. -
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t •' 'XA iAverage Daily Net Press Ron The Weathcp " 1 '’ WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1966 For the W e ^ Ended . Partly cloiidy and mild t»* PAGE FORTY-FOUR lEo^nitis ' November .8,<196e night, low to 40s; cloudy with chance of iliowora tomorrow, iiecticut (almost 16,000 acres). Receives Grant 6 of Nation’s 15,104 high 56-69. CoUeg€'€o§t Howtiver, infestations in .vurfn Dinner Speaker PENTLAND ’ • CUy o f Charm ing degrees of intensity are Miss Sonjo M. Anderson, tcir- Longest Riven t h e f l o r is t Tbe Rev. Dr. L&wrence A. Al- p r ic e s e v e n CENT! prtSeiit at scattered i locations nver Manchester Ylementjary "Everyttiing In Flowort’* (Classified Advertlaing on Fiige SI) »; UConn throu^iolrt-,tl^* regulated area, mond will sjpeak Friday at 8 From Rockies Centrally Located- at VOL. LXXXVI, NO. 41 (TWENTY-TOUB PAGBS-'TWO SBCnONS) BUNCHES t I n , CONN.. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1966 The seaspiT~'fot^^^lpping p.m. at Ckmoontta. Lutheran school teacher, has received a M BIRCH STREET Christmas greens coftles^jrigM Chuix* after a dinner at 6:30 grant from the National Insti THREE FORKS, Mont.—In 643-4444 — 648-6841 Open 8:80 - S:S0 X ■ l^sLiiie after the e p -l^ in g s ^ o n 7 o ^ ^ ^ ^ Lutheitm tute of Mental Health to attend this city is the origin of the OPEN THURSDAY , 1 gypsy moths. The fuzfcy, buff- _ ^ j, _ Ihdiena University’s School of WASHINOTON ) colored egg clusters adhere to Church Men^^otf Concordia. -
A Poetic History of the People, Places, and Events of Detroit Morgan Mccomb University of Mississippi
University of Mississippi eGrove Honors College (Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors Theses Honors College) 2014 Gravity in a Jar: A Poetic History of the People, Places, and Events of Detroit Morgan McComb University of Mississippi. Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College Follow this and additional works at: https://egrove.olemiss.edu/hon_thesis Part of the American Literature Commons Recommended Citation McComb, Morgan, "Gravity in a Jar: A Poetic History of the People, Places, and Events of Detroit" (2014). Honors Theses. 720. https://egrove.olemiss.edu/hon_thesis/720 This Undergraduate Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Honors College (Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College) at eGrove. It has been accepted for inclusion in Honors Theses by an authorized administrator of eGrove. For more information, please contact [email protected]. GRAVITY IN A JAR: A POETIC HISTORY OF THE PEOPLE, PLACES, AND EVENTS OF DETROIT by Morgan McComb A thesis submitted to the faculty of The University of Mississippi in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College. Oxford May 2014 Approved by ___________________________________ Advisor: Professor Beth Ann Fennelly ___________________________________ Reader: Professor Chiyuma Elliot ___________________________________ Reader: Dr. John Samonds © 2014 Morgan Leigh McComb ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ii ABSTRACT MORGAN LEIGH MCCOMB: Gravity in a Jar: A Poetic History of the People, Places, and Events of Detroit (Under the direction of Beth Ann Fennelly) In this thesis, I explore the history of the city of Detroit in order to better understand the factors that have led to Detroit’s current state. The research materials I have used are standard history books as well as newspaper articles, journals, and published interviews with former and current Detroit residents. -
The Freedom of Information Act Disclosure of Confidential Settlements in the #Metoo Era
BAUER_58-1_POST_BAUER_PAGES_FINAL (DO NOT DELETE) 4/6/2021 4:12 PM A Conflict of Two Freedoms: The Freedom of Information Act Disclosure of Confidential Settlements in the #MeToo Era E.M. BAUER* TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................210 A. Former Detroit Mayor’s Attempt to Cover-Up the Murder of Tamara Green Foiled by Open Records Request.......................210 II. BACKGROUND..........................................................................................217 A. The Freedom of Information Act....................................................217 1. History of the Freedom of Information Act.............................217 2. Scope of the Freedom of Information Act ...............................218 3. Policy Behind the Freedom of Information Act.......................223 4. Making a Valid Freedom of Information Act Request.............224 5. Appealing an Agency’s Handling of a Freedom of Information Act Request .........................................................228 B. Confidential Settlement Agreements ..............................................230 1. Commonality of Pre-Trial Resolutions ...................................230 2. Settlements and Available Contract Remedies........................232 3. Policy Considerations Behind Confidential Settlements.........236 4. Confidentiality in Workplace Sexual Misconduct Cases.........239 C. Two Laws in Conflict .....................................................................243 * © 2021 -
Detroit Ex-Mayor Verdict
Detroit Ex-Mayor Verdict abut.Is Pennie Elric albinotictailor open-mindedly? when Stevy equipoising backhanded? Walther concrete corpulently if phylogenetic Yves conglomerate or Facebook Products, as its as device information and information from partners collected using other cookies and tracking technologies, including if you remember consent agreement this primary web advertising cookie all other browsers or devices. News, stories, photos, videos and more. Largest Contentful Paint end. These controls vary by browser, and manufacturers may change change the settings they make complete and how scholar work pace any time. Inland Waters Pollution Control Inc. They will be legislation there until sentencing, which shall come amid several weeks. Eric Hougberg, standing near Breiner, sustained a tree wound in a thigh. Communist Party in Detroit. Fine probably no Murphy idolater. District Judge Nancy Edmunds ordered the sentence. WIRETAP BERNARD: I train would like him run out of affect, but basically. It is difficult to quantify the total cost and the devastating corruption instigated by Kilpatrick. At IRS, I participated in need review and audit of federal estate tax returns. To show it better ads, we adopt data that advertisers and other partners provide us about your activity off Facebook Company Products, including websites and apps. It is uncertain if his months served will apply so his void sentence. Ferguson and former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick were convicted on federal racketeering charges. The city s kind has gone to edge in some ways. Also setting tags tp. City of Detroit Water and Sewerage Department and Derrick Miller, former Chief Administrative Officer leave the liberty of Detroit were also indicted as customer part engaged the conspiracy and both pleaded guilty to their roles and engaged waiting sentencing. -
The Detroit Uprising Report from the Ghetto
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Four Decades of Stadium Planning in Detroit, 1936-1975
Loyola University Chicago Loyola eCommons Dissertations Theses and Dissertations 2016 Olympic Bids, Professional Sports, and Urban Politics: Four Decades of Stadium Planning in Detroit, 1936-1975 Jeffrey R. Wing Loyola University Chicago Follow this and additional works at: https://ecommons.luc.edu/luc_diss Part of the United States History Commons Recommended Citation Wing, Jeffrey R., "Olympic Bids, Professional Sports, and Urban Politics: Four Decades of Stadium Planning in Detroit, 1936-1975" (2016). Dissertations. 2155. https://ecommons.luc.edu/luc_diss/2155 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses and Dissertations at Loyola eCommons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Loyola eCommons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. Copyright © 2016 Jeffrey R. Wing LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO OLYMPIC BIDS, PROFESSIONAL SPORTS, AND URBAN POLITICS: FOUR DECADES OF STADIUM PLANNING IN DETROIT, 1936-1975 A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL IN CANDIDACY FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY PROGRAM IN HISTORY BY JEFFREY R. WING CHICAGO, IL AUGUST 2016 Copyright by Jeffrey R. Wing, 2016 All rights reserved. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Writing this dissertation often seemed like a solitary exercise, but I couldn’t have accomplished it alone. I would like to thank Professor Elliott Gorn for his advice and support over the past few years. The final draft is much more focused than I envisioned when I began the process, and I have Prof. Gorn to thank for that. -
I Wildcat of the Streets: Race, Class and the Punitive Turn
Wildcat of the Streets: Race, Class and the Punitive Turn in 1970s Detroit by Michael Stauch, Jr. Department of History Duke University Date: Approved: ___________________________ Robert R. Korstad, Supervisor ___________________________ Adriane Lentz-Smith ___________________________ Dirk Bönker ___________________________ Thavolia Glymph ___________________________ Matthew Lassiter Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of History in the Graduate School of Duke University 2015 i v ABSTRACT Wildcat of the Streets: Race, Class and the Punitive Turn in 1970s Detroit by Michael Stauch, Jr. Department of History Duke University Date: Approved: ___________________________ Robert R. Korstad, Supervisor ___________________________ Adriane Lentz-Smith ___________________________ Dirk Bönker ___________________________ Thavolia Glymph ___________________________ Matthew Lassiter An abstract of a dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of History in the Graduate School of Duke University 2015 i v Copyright by Michael Stauch, Jr. 2015 Abstract This dissertation is a history of the city of Detroit in the 1970s. Using archives official and unofficial - oral histories and archived document collections, self-published memoirs and legal documents, personal papers and the newspapers of the radical press – it portrays a city in flux. It was in the 1970s that the urban crisis in the cities of the United States crested. Detroit, as had been the case throughout the twentieth century, was at the forefront of these changes. This dissertation demonstrates the local social, political, economic and legislative circumstances that contributed to the dramatic increase in prison populations since the 1970s. In the streets, unemployed African American youth organized themselves to counteract the contracted social distribution allocated to them under rapidly changing economic circumstances. -
State of Michigan in the Supreme Court People Of
STATE OF MICHIGAN IN THE SUPREME COURT PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, Plaintiff-Appellee v. KWAME KILPATRICK Supreme Court No. 143861 Defendant-Appellant Court of Appeals No. 304991 Lower Court No. 08-010496-FH COA No. 304991 Circuit Court No. 08-010496 MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE AMICI CURIAE BRIEF OF THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN PUBLISHERS, INC., AMERICAN BOOKSELLERS FOUNDATION FOR FREE EXPRESSION, THE FREEDOM TO READ FOUNDATION, AND PEN AMERICAN CENTER Proposed Amici The Association of American Publishers, Inc., American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, The Freedom to Read Foundation, and PEN American Center (collectively, "Amici") state the following in support of this motion: 1. The Association of American Publishers, Inc. (AAP), is the national trade association of the U.S. book publishing industry. AAP's approximately 300 members include most of the major commercial book publishers in the United States as well as smaller and non-profit publishers, university presses, and scholarly societies. AAP members publish hardcover and paperback books in every field, educational materials for the elementary, secondary, post-secondary, and professional markets, scholarly journals, computer software, and electronic products and services. The Association represents an industry whose very existence depends upon the free exercise of rights guaranteed by the First Amendment. 2. American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE) was organized as a not-for-profit organization by the American Booksellers Association in 1990 to inform and educate booksellers, other members ofthe book industry, and the public about the danger of censorship and to promote and protect the free expression of ideas, particularly freedom in the choice of reading materials.