Detroit’s Infamous ‘Devils’ Night’ Comes Early
Eleven houses burned within 90 minutes on Oct. 11
http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2009/10/detroit_braces_for_devils_nigh.html
The stakes are even higher this year, as the city already devastated by the exodus of jobs and unemployment of around 27 percent moves toward the Halloween weekend. Along with tens of thousands of long-vacant homes and buildings, the more than 40,000 others recently emptied by the foreclosure crisis could present tempting targets.
Devil’s Night Fires Sweep the Nation
Oct 23, 2000
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1571/is_39_16/ai_66356275/
A great song should destroy cops and set fire to the suburbs,” says an idol of today’s youth, guitarist Tom Morello of the popular band Rage Against the Machine.
Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush and his Democratic rival, Vice President Al Gore, have capitalized on society’s increasing concern about the escalation of shocking and terrifying behavior by today’s youth.
While the debate rages, the nights are approaching when the country experiences more juvenile fire-setting than at any other time — Halloween, and the preceding Devil’s Night. Will the youth violence typical of these nights, particularly property damage and life-threatening behavior in the form of intentional firesetting, escalate as the presidential candidates debate?
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Will the youth violence typical of these nights, particularly property damage and life-threatening behavior in the form of intentional firesetting, escalate as the Stimulus bill FAILS?
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