Half the candidates in Detroit mayoral election are felons

[1bad65]

Half the candidates in next week’s Detroit mayoral primary have been convicted of felony crimes, according to a local analysis.

The Detroit News found three of the eight mayoral hopefuls have faced gun charges -- two for assault with intent to commit murder -- and a fourth candidate pleaded guilty to a non-gun charge years ago. While some of these cases date back to the 1970s, some are more recent.

Under Michigan state election law, convicted felons can vote and run for office, so long as they are not incarcerated or guilty of crimes breaching public trust. The nonpartisan primary will narrow the field down to two candidates who will face off in November.

Source, full story:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017...sis-shows.html

[Gentblue]

Sigh I thought The D was getting better.... at a turtle pace but getting better.

[Tony Trick-Pony]

LOL. Detroit 's a ****hole from here on out. Urban decay at its ugliest.

[BrometheusBob.]

Whew, guess I'll wait to buy a house out there

[lparm]

Detroit is done. The city put all their eggs in the auto industry basket and it failed. Detroit will never be a success at best it might stabilize and stop being a haven of unemployment, uneducation, crime, poverty and hopelessness.

[Eff Pandas]

Well the positive for the losers is they can plan a bank heist together & probably make as good or better a payday at the end of the day.

[Willy Wanker]

The good news is that any felons who won't qualify for a minimum wage warehouse job can always run for mayor in Detroit.

[Elroy The Great]

only 1/2 ?!?!?!?

[ΣNΣMY]

That debate stage could get real interesting.

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Interested in seeing the list of felonies which "breech trust" and the list of trustworthy felonies