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To: Steely Tom
White Boy Rick was one of the most prolific drug dealers in Detroit back in the 1980s. He ruined many, many lives.

I second that sentiment. My wife worked in downtown Detroit for the second half of the 1980s and we saw what the crack epidemic did to a city that had already been in decline for 20 years. A city with a population of about 1 million (at the time) averaged 500+ murders a year.

He may well have been in a position to know of corrupt police and city administrators, but only to try to save his own pathetic hide. I'd say 30 years in prison is only a small down payment on his debt to society.

5 posted on 08/08/2018 3:16:24 PM PDT by CaptainMorgantown
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To: CaptainMorgantown

Detroit is my hometown, but we left in the early sixties. My mom, now 96, describes Detroit of old as an entertainment mecca and a wonderful place to live. When I was a child there, though, all I remember is filthy streets, drunks on every corner and run down apartment buildings. My memories go back to late 50s, early sixties.


7 posted on 08/08/2018 5:25:51 PM PDT by freepertoo
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