Half Of Detroit’s Mayoral Candidates Are Felons, FYI

And we wonder why Detroit is crumbling and corrupt as all get out.

Check out this headline from The Detroit News.

That’s right. Four of the eight candidates running for mayor are convicted felons.  Their offenses involve drugs, assault and weapons. And it’s not like these were all crimes committed 30+ years ago. One of the most recent offenses occurred in 2008.

Three were charged with gun crimes and two for assault with intent to commit murder. Some of the offenses date back decades, the earliest to 1977. The most recent was in 2008.

Lovely!

Under state election law, convicted felons can vote and run for office as long as they are not incarcerated or guilty of certain fraud-related offenses, or crimes involving a breach of the public trust. The Detroit News reviewed the backgrounds of all the mayoral contenders.

However, political consultants are trying to spin this by saying it’s all about proving that you can overcome hardships. Which– yes. You can. It’s an inspiring message, sure. But you have to know it’s going to look bad if you choose to run for a public office, ESPECIALLY in a city like Detroit.

Political consultant Greg Bowens said there are candidates with past hardships in every election cycle. It’s not something unique to Detroit or the political arena in general, he said.

 

“Black marks on your record show you have lived a little and have overcome some challenges,” said Bowens, a former press secretary to Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer and NAACP activist. “They (candidates) deserve the opportunity to be heard, but they also deserve to have the kind of scrutiny that comes along with trying to get an important elected position.”

Just another day for a city run 100% by Democrats for past 60 years.https://t.co/ppoXR3Q4eF

— Wayne Allyn Root (@WayneRoot) August 3, 2017

EXCLUSIVE: Half of Detroit’s 8 mayoral candidates are felons; 3 charged with gun crimes, 2 with intent to murder. https://t.co/M0uBPsaeHe

— Gary Miles (@GaryMiles_DN) August 3, 2017

Only Half of Detroit’s 8 ? Every city in the USA that is crumbling has been run by #demwits, #dumbocrats, #socialists or #idiots for decades https://t.co/Vka9kAMrII

— HuntingRinos (@RinoNewsdotcom) August 3, 2017

“Half of Detroit’s 8” have criminal backgrounds and in the article it says this is pretty much normal for Detroit politics 🤦

— StuckInBlueMaryland (@MarylandBlues) August 3, 2017

“Pitts was involved in a shootout with the owner of a collision shop in a dispute over a repair bill.” https://t.co/H2gI1WQFkj

— Master Miller (@j_millerworks) August 3, 2017

Government of the perps, by the perps, and for the perps https://t.co/gG2tAT8OYO

— Jack Fowler (@jackfowler) August 3, 2017

I am sure they are all felons, the other half just got caught! https://t.co/QJrC1xhFRW

— Will (@TheRealWillBoss) August 3, 2017

: On the positive side: Half of Detroit’s 8 mayoral candidates are not felons

— John George (@Sleuth_dog) August 3, 2017

The mayoral primary election will be held Tuesday. They’ll narrow it down to two candidates. Will those two be felons? We shall see.