JS... I am glad to hear that the photogs are ok.....Things really have gone to heck with the economy. Gangs are growing and getting more violent. It will be this way until the economy picks up. It always is.

SW...
"The Motor City experienced 418 cases of murder and non-negligent manslaughter in 2006. That's 47.3 murders per every 100,000 residents. Detroit also ranked high for violent crime (No. 2), robbery (No. 4) and forcible rape (No. 12)." http://www.forbes.com/2007/11/08/mur...108murder.html

Detroit is as bad as ever. I live and work in the area and we were slow with the metro area averaging around 300-325 murders per year. Now were have had more killings than soldiers we lost in Iraq per month. New doesn't even cover it unless it is something "spectacular" like a child or a citizen helping another stop a killing , ect. That is not even the shootings, just killings. The politicians say it is getting better, but it is just lip service to keep people satisfied. Before it got bad we were busy on the SWAT team. Now they are swamped. One house to the next in Detroit (where all criminals seem to run to).

But in time it will get better.... My hope......

Phil