Comments on: Detroit’s city government can’t prevent crime https://www.overlawyered.com/2014/06/detroit-gas-station-crime/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sat, 14 Jun 2014 18:42:42 +0000 hourly 1 By: gasman https://www.overlawyered.com/2014/06/detroit-gas-station-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-290979 Sat, 14 Jun 2014 18:42:42 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=46471#comment-290979 Perhaps they do so on the theory that businesses are an attractive nuisance that needs to bear the cost of its own protection.
Never mind that these businesses that the city will inevitably drive out are the principal source of revenue for the city government. The police can run a ‘forfeiture’ ring for a while for additional revenue, but very quickly anything worth forfeiting is leaving the city.

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