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   Democrats built Detroit.  What an accomplishment.  Bankrupt and   
   a cesspool full of black criminals.   
      
   PONTIAC (AP) — Oakland County Execuitve L. Brooks Patterson,   
   long known for his blunt remarks about Detroit is being   
   criticized for another round of harsh comments against the   
   beleaguered city.   
      
   Under the headline “Drop Dead, Detroit!” published online Monday   
   by The New Yorker magazine, Oakland County Executive L. Brooks   
   Patterson is quoted as saying any time he talks about Detroit   
   “it will not be positive” and recommending that people get gas   
   in the suburbs before going into the city.   
      
   “That’s just a call for a carjacking,” Patterson, a former   
   prosecutor, said of getting gas in Detroit.   
      
   The article describes the white Republican as selling the merits   
   of Oakland County while bashing neighboring Detroit, which is   
   more than 80 percent black. Last year, Detroit became largest   
   U.S. city to enter bankruptcy.   
      
   Asked about how Detroit might fix its financial problems,   
   Patterson was quoted as saying: “I made a prediction a long time   
   ago, and it’s come to pass. I said, ‘What we’re gonna do is turn   
   Detroit into an Indian reservation, where we herd all the   
   Indians into the city, build a fence around it, and then throw   
   in the blankets and corn.’”   
      
   The Rev. Charles Williams II, Michigan chapter president of the   
   National Action Network, called for an apology from Patterson.   
   In a statement, Williams said the remarks were “repulsive” — not   
   just because Detroit is a mostly black city, but “because it is   
   also a direct slight to the American Indian who occupied the   
   land before Detroit was Detroit and Oakland County.”   
      
   A statement issued by a Patterson spokesman Bill Mullan to the   
   Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News said the article cast   
   Patterson “in a false light.” The statement noted Patterson’s   
   record on advancing issues important to Detroit and the region,   
   but didn’t dispute the quotes or apologize.   
      
   “It is clear Paige Williams had an agenda when she interviewed   
   county executive Patterson,” the statement said. “She cast him   
   in a false light in order to fit her preconceived and outdated   
   notions about the region.”   
      
   Williams, reached Monday by the Free Press at her home in   
   Boston, said there wasn’t agenda against Patterson.   
      
   “Our focus was simply to explore what made Oakland County so   
   successful. That’s what we did do. It’s a balanced portrait,”   
   she said.   
      
   http://www.dailytribune.com/government-and-   
   politics/20140121/oakland-county-executive-l-brooks-patterson-   
   criticized-for-drop-dead-detroit-remarks   
      
       
      
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