The only danger comes from the "explosion of love."
Audio of Detroit Propaganda Video
by kneehighmiah 54 Replies latest jw friends
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EndofMysteries
"It's a safe place, and there is a lot to do in the area" - interesting comment, if anybody actually does anything then the special needs and next years talks will say, "There have been reports of some brothers and sisters taking part in the secular activities in the area right after the district conventions. They unfortunately miss out on the wholesome association of remaining after the session. Is it also not more of a benefit to discuss with your family the notes you took during the day then get to sleep early so that you can be bright and attentive the next day?"
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EndofMysteries
"Also there are many restaurants" - umm yea, they forgot the usual spiel, "Please bring bagged lunches and don't go to the local restaurants"
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EndofMysteries
A nice article on detroit from yesterday.
White Man Beaten By Mob In Detroit After Hitting Boy With Truck: Was It A Hate Crime?
DETROIT (WWJ) - As a 54-year-old Roseville man clings to life in the hospital following a brutal mob beating on Detroit’s east side, many are starting to wonder if the whole thing was racially motivated.
As first reported by WWJ Newsradio 950, an 11-year-old boy suffered a broken leg on Wednesday when he was hit by a pickup truck after walking into the street near Morang and Balfour. The driver, Steven Utash, immediately got out of his truck after hitting the boy and was viciously attacked by 10 to 12 men. The beating was so brutal, Utash was rendered unconscious.
Utash’s son Joseph told WWJ’s Gary Lundy Thursday night that his father remains in a medically induced coma, nearly unrecognizable due to his injuries. He also said his wallet was stolen from his truck.
“If it went on any longer, my dad wouldn’t be in the hospital right now, he would be in the morgue. The way he looked, I am surprised that he is alive,” he said. “He has bruising over his face, his eyes are swollen, I believe it’s his left eye that is completely swollen shut. He also has a big, huge knot on his forehead like he got hit with an object, not a fist.”
Joseph Utash said he was working with his father in Detroit just hours before the attack. Both of the men are tree-trimmers, working in the city for years now.
“I came home from work and it was on the news, my dad’s pickup truck, and I was just like ‘Oh my god.’ Then I heard that he hit a kid and I was like freaking out that my dad hit a kid. And then I heard that bystanders just beat him up and I just, I called my mom immediately,” he said. ”From what I’m hearing is he tried to fight back, but trying to fight back against 11 people fighting you, that’s 22 fists coming at you at once, you can’t really do much.”
Detroit Police Sgt. Michael Woody said Steven Utash was not at fault for the accident.
“Our preliminary investigation shows the child stepped in front of his vehicle,” Woody said. “He did exactly the right thing. He stopped his vehicle, he got out and he tried to render aid to a small child. He did exactly what he was supposed to do… It was a small child and it was an accident; is what it was.”
State Rep. Alberta Tinsley Talabi (D-Detroit), told WWJ Legal Analyst Charlie Langton the incident appears to have racial overtones, adding, “it’s wrong.”
Joseph Utash said although it was tough to stomach, he watched video of the incident.
“It shows the kid, he was standing on the curb with his dad and as my dad’s truck was coming down the street, the kid stepped right in front of my dad’s truck. My dad had absolutely not one chance in the world to try to swerve out-of-the-way or stop,” he said. “He got out of the car to check on the kid and before he even got up to the kid, he got assaulted by 11, 12 people. They jumped all over him and beat him up. While they were jumping him, somebody else jumped in the truck and stole his belongings. They took his wallet, his cellphone, everything out of his truck.”
Sgt. Woody said the gas station at the corner where the accident happened is a popular neighborhood gathering place, so it was no surprise that there were 20 or 30 people at the scene of the attack.
“It didn’t take very long for people to converge on the area when they saw the accident take place,” Woody said. “When the child was struck, he was in a lot of pain, there was screaming and crying. He was terrified, I’m sure, and I think that’s what drew the attention of the people in the immediate area.”
One woman stepped in to help Steven Utash. Nurse Debra Hughes intervened and stopped the attack: “He was already down, bleeding from the mouth and the nose – so there wasn’t nothing else they could do to him but kill him,” she said.
“Then EMS came and I kept him calm, I kept his hands down and everything so he could be comfortable,” said Hughes. “He had the biggest gash on his head I ever seen – he was bleeding from the mouth and he was unconscious when I first got there … being a registered nurse, I thought I could go out and help him.”
Joseph Utash said he believes his father was intentionally targeted or even worse, that skin color might have played a role. Based on witness accounts, the attackers were African American.
“I’ve talked to one Detroit police officer and I think that, personally in my own heart, I think it was all a setup from the gate,” he said, ”meaning that my dad’s been driving up and down Morang for 15, 16 years working for the same company and they know he has a job, they know he has money and they robbed him. You know, he had a bag with all his stuff in it. He showed me that he had all this money in his wallet that morning, telling me he just took the money out of the bank so he could pay his dentist.
“As far as a hate crime, it might be,” he said. “You know, it’s like you go in Detroit and you’re white, you don’t belong. Seriously. I’ve been pulled over by police before and they’re like ‘Get back across 8 Mile,’ like I’m not supposed to be over there, like I’m not allowed to go in Detroit.”
Police declined to say if investigators thought the attack was racially charged.
The boy, David Harris, is expected to recover from his injuries, according to his uncle, Desmond Key. No arrests have been made in the beating, but the boy’s father was taken into custody, on an unrelated warrant.
“At this point, based on [the pickup driver's] condition, there’s some pretty serious charges that we’re looking at,” Sgt. Woody said.
Police are hoping the public can help investigators find those responsible for the beating.
Anyone who witnessed the attack, can identify the assailants, or who has any information about this case is urged to call Detroit police at 313-596-1616. Tips can be made anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-SPEAK-UP.
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baltar447
Seriously, I hope nothing bad happens to the JWs foolish enough to attend this convention.
This is totally BAD. I mean, on the one hand I'm thrilled and tickled pink that the GB has pulled something THIS boneheaded, but I feel for the rank and filers that may suffer (or get killed) for their bad decision making.
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Londo111
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detriot
Crime
Further information: Crime in Detroit and Detroit Police Department
Detroit has serious problems with crime, having the sixth highest total rate of violent crime and the highest per capita rate of violent crime among the 25 largest U.S. cities in 2007. [ 198 ] Nearly two-thirds of all murders in Michigan in 2011 occurred in Detroit. [ 199 ] Although the rate of violent crime dropped 11 percent in 2008, [ 200 ] violent crime in Detroit has not declined as much as the national average from 2007 to 2011. [ 201 ] The violent crime rate is one of the highest in the United States. Neighborhoodscout.com reported a crime rate of 62.18 per 1,000 residents for property crimes, and 16.73 per 1,000 for violent crimes (compared to national figures of 32 per 1,000 for property crimes and 5 per 1,000 for violent crime in 2008). [ 202 ]
The city's downtown typically has lower crime than national and state averages. [ 203 ] According to a 2007 analysis, Detroit officials note that about 65 to 70 percent of homicides in the city were drug related, [ 204 ] with the rate of unsolved murders roughly 70%. [ 100 ]
According to Forbes Magazine, Detroit was the most dangerous city in the United States in 2012 for the fourth year. Forbes did not include cities with a population below 200,000 people in their list. They say the rate of violent crime in Detroit fell by 10% in 2012. Forbes compiled its list of "most dangerous" cities by using the uniform crime reports database from the FBI, even though they acknowledge that the FBI warns against using their data to compare one city with another because of such things as "differences in police reporting standards." Despite their conclusion that Detroit is the most dangerous city in the United States, they point out that New Orleans, Louisiana, not Detroit has the highest murder rate in the United States and that even in its own state of Michigan, it is Flint, Michigan not Detroit that has the highest murder rate in the state. [ 205 ]
In 2012, crime in the city was among the reasons for more expensive car insurance. [ 206 ] In 2013 there were 333 murders in Detroit, a nearly 14 percent decline from the previous year.
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EndofMysteries
I wonder if any of the so called foreign countrie invitees going to actually attend. I can't see why anybody would pay $1500 to $2000 round trip airfare to go to the cesspool city of detroit.
"The GB love the R@F"??? Yea right. They love the money Detroit is probably paying them to host a convention there.
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wannabefree
It sure does sound desperate. I finally actually listened to it. Not quite the polished propoganda that the GB has been putting out recently.
"Our brothers in the branch office really care about us. They care about our comfort, they care about our cars, and so they wanna make sure that we're safe and well provided for. Our brothers truly love us, more than we love us, so we know that it's gonna work. Jehovah's invited us to be here at the Detroit Michigan International Conventions. What a priviledge. There's these friends coming from thousands of miles away, we may have to travel, maybe hundreds of miles, but, we'll be glad for whatever sacrifice we make."
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LoisLane looking for Superman
The Watch Tower Bank of Brooklyn is counting it's payback money from Detroit before they get it.
They are leaches and con-men of the lowest kind. They probably invested some of their ( our ???) funds in a Bernie Madoff scheme and are mad that THEY got ripped off. lol
With forked tongue, they say to the JW innocents, "Pretty please come to Detroit. Our ramps even have railings." (??? lol ? ?? lol ... )
LoisLane
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Crank!!!
The parking is definitely going to be an issue, the tigers play the Red Sox that weekend also, for those of you that don't know, their ballpark is literally next door to ford field. so add another 45k people trying to park also. I'm actually going to a game that weekend, I can't imagine how happy I'm gonna be celebrating my birthday being 5 beers deep and seeing all of the people leaving the convention as I'm stumbling out of the ballpark on Sunday afternoon! Lol