Detroit Body Collector: $14 a human body, $9 an animal. "I wish for somebody to die. That?s how I feed my babies.?

[tyler811]

Originally posted by: iamme
strange, strange story.

btw, the guy might lose his job for the interview he did:

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006609210312

The New York Times piece and an accompanying video portray a not-so-flattering image of Detroit as a murder-strewn hotbed of joblessness and decay, an image a spokesman for Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick said is not reality.

Body collector Thomas FTW

He remembers too many of the bodies. Like baby Isaiah Lewis, whose mother gave him to a stranger at a bus stop. That stranger killed the baby and shoved his tiny body under a mattress.

"That was the first time I cried at a scene," Thomas said.

He also remembers the friends and neighbors whose bodies he has picked up, like the little guy who lived two doors away from him who was shot and killed in a strip club.

 

[GasX]

?My theory?? Mr. Thomas offered. ?White people kill themselves. Black people kill each other. Chinese people don?t die.?

That explains a lot!

 

[acemcmac]

Was it Roger and Me that chronicled the downfall of these cities or am I thinking of another movie?

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: acemcmac
Was it Roger and Me that chronicled the downfall of these cities or am I thinking of another movie?

Roger and Me focused on Flint, which has never recovered.

 

[Lola]

Originally posted by: tyler811

Originally posted by: iamme
strange, strange story.

btw, the guy might lose his job for the interview he did:

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006609210312

The New York Times piece and an accompanying video portray a not-so-flattering image of Detroit as a murder-strewn hotbed of joblessness and decay, an image a spokesman for Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick said is not reality.

Body collector Thomas FTW

He remembers too many of the bodies. Like baby Isaiah Lewis, whose mother gave him to a stranger at a bus stop. That stranger killed the baby and shoved his tiny body under a mattress.

"That was the first time I cried at a scene," Thomas said.

He also remembers the friends and neighbors whose bodies he has picked up, like the little guy who lived two doors away from him who was shot and killed in a strip club.

OH my gosh.

and, of course that is what a spokesperson for Kwamie said... :roll:
The most recent and interesting tid-bit about Kwamie is that it cost the city of Detroit $200,000 to fix his pool!!!

 

[tyler811]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: acemcmac
Was it Roger and Me that chronicled the downfall of these cities or am I thinking of another movie?

Roger and Me focused on Flint, which has never recovered.

You are right about that, it is going down faster then Detroit. But there is nice areas such as Cultural Center but other then that its not a great area

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: tyler811

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: acemcmac
Was it Roger and Me that chronicled the downfall of these cities or am I thinking of another movie?

Roger and Me focused on Flint, which has never recovered.

You are right about that, it is going down faster then Detroit. But there is nice areas such as Cultural Center but other then that its not a great area

I went to school there. My freshman year they found a body in the Flint river not more than 1/4 mile from my dorm. :shocked:

Third and Chevy isn't the nicest neighborhood in Flint.

 

[MisterJackson]

It's a dead end job for sure

 

[tyler811]

Originally posted by: LolaWiz

Originally posted by: tyler811

Originally posted by: iamme
strange, strange story.

btw, the guy might lose his job for the interview he did:

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006609210312

The New York Times piece and an accompanying video portray a not-so-flattering image of Detroit as a murder-strewn hotbed of joblessness and decay, an image a spokesman for Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick said is not reality.

Body collector Thomas FTW

He remembers too many of the bodies. Like baby Isaiah Lewis, whose mother gave him to a stranger at a bus stop. That stranger killed the baby and shoved his tiny body under a mattress.

"That was the first time I cried at a scene," Thomas said.

He also remembers the friends and neighbors whose bodies he has picked up, like the little guy who lived two doors away from him who was shot and killed in a strip club.

OH my gosh.

and, of course that is what a spokesperson for Kwamie said... :roll:
The most recent and interesting tid-bit about Kwamie is that it cost the city of Detroit $200,000 to fix his pool!!!

Yay while the school system in shambles and dont forget about the $50,000 SUV he bought and put in his wifes name but when he got caught he said it was for undercover police work :roll:

 

[AdamK47]

I'm glad I moved from Michigan. The job market was bad when I moved and it's even worse 2 and 1/2 years later.

I have been seeing commercials on TV with Michigan resident and actor Jeff Danials. The commercial is about making businesses aware that Michigan is a great place for their business. Good luck, but a television commercial isn't going to work without government support to back it up.

I'll watch the collapse of the state from across the border.

 

[tyler811]

Originally posted by: AdamK47 3DS
I'm glad I moved from Michigan. The job market was bad when I moved and it's even worse 2 and 1/2 years later.

I have been seeing commercials on TV with Michigan resident and actor Jeff Danials. The commercial is about making businesses aware that Michigan is a great place for their business. Good luck, but a television commercial is going to work without government support to back it up.

I'll watch the collapse of the state from across the border.

The commercial is goverment paid for. You know what I am saying then about the Ohio river front then. Detroit has a beautiful rivefront but needs to clean it up and develope it.

 

[OS]

interesting article

 

[Marinski]

i use to work down on 6 mile and woodward. talk about a rough neighborhood. Dont leave home without your glock and vest or you gonna be ridin with this fool.

 

[FlashG]

I left that city (Royal Oak suburb actually) in the 80's and never looked back. As far as I'm concerned they should have burned the whole thing down during the riots. Give it back to the deer, squirrels and robins.

 

[0]

Originally posted by: Mwilding

?My theory?? Mr. Thomas offered. ?White people kill themselves. Black people kill each other. Chinese people don?t die.?

That explains a lot!

wow.

 

[MrsBugi]

I miss Michigan.

I lived there from the ages of 4 to 20, and grew up in Rochester Hills.

I think that it's a nice place to raise a family (the RH area).

 

[sygyzy]

If you have a chance, pick up the book called "Jobs." You'll recognize it from the yellow jacket. It's a collection of essays from people about their jobs. One of them is a cleanup man (comes after murders, suicides) and it's a really good read. Probably 500 words (just that one article).

 

[OrganizedChaos]

at $14 bucks a body how does he even pay for gas for his van.

 

[getbush]

This is kind of an odd job to be paid piece-work.

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: OrganizedChaos
at $14 bucks a body how does he even pay for gas for his van.

two-fers and three-fers probably help a lot

 

[preslove]

How does he survive on $14,000 a year?

 

[DaShen]

Originally posted by: MichaelD
That was a darn cool story. Sadly, it's the same story in many American cities these days.

The part where his friends robbed the beer truck then came to hang out...to them, this is the normal way of life. Stealing is normal. Fighting is normal. Drugs are normal. Getting shot is normal.

The problem w/America these days is that we have to stop the media from portraying that this is normal. When ShooBeeDee BigMoneyYo rapper releases his latest "song" sanctifying this type of behavior, it should be panned and decried by the media, not praised.

It's all because of gangsta rap music. Period. Eminem is from Detroit. Nuff said.

Shakes Fist <Get off the lawn>

 

[trmiv]

Detroit Sold For Scrap.