Rev. Jesse Jackson, Detroit Mayor Dave Bing's SUVs Stolen

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» by C. Vernon Coleman II September 7, 2010, 13:45pm


Are prominent black figures being targeted by car thieves?

Longtime civil rights advocate Rev. Jesse Jackson and Detroit Mayor Dave Bing both had their luxury vehicles stolen under eerily similar circumstances this past week, according to the Detroit police.

Jackson was in Detroit meeting with UAW President Bob King for an upcoming rally for “Jobs, Justice and Peace” when his rented Cadillac Escalade was abducted from a downtown area parking lot.

Police later found Jackson's SUV abandoned, with the passenger window shattered, sitting on bricks with the rims and tires missing.

A few days later, Detroit Mayor Dave Bing's GMC Yukon Denali was taken and later found sitting on bricks with the rims missing similar to Jackson's.

Police have not said the two incidents are connected, and it is not uncommon for car thieves to steal an expensive vehicle and remove the rims and tires in the manner in which Bing and Jackson's vehicles were done.

However, Detroit columnist Henry Payne believes the two car heists are a bit of karma playing out,

“A fitting metaphor for what Jesse and his pals have done to the auto industry for the last 35 years. Time long ago passed Detroit by because Jesse favored government mpg mandates and UAW wages stripped the Big Three's ability to compete against non-union transplants. These jobs were real — unlike the artificial, government-subsidized green jobs he shakes down the feds for today.”


Bing offered these thoughts on the incident,

"It is our hope the community will continue to support the administration's effort to communicate that any activity compromising the quality of life in Detroit is intolerable."


No arrests have been made in either incident.

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  • http://blog.jonolan.net jonolan

    It's Detroit. The only things targeted were expensive SUVs. It happens everyday there

  • how long

    a city that starts w/ the letter D ........ what does that tell you? i remember back in the 60's going to there to my dad's uncle's funeral and at 10 yrs old i wandered why were there 6 locks on my aunts's front door and the TV and stereo was bolted to the door. that city is pure evil and you got the mayor crying about he don't know what to do. and thats pure D plain bullsh-t i would implement the sundown law for all the habitual criminals and murders and repeat offenders they would be barred from permenently from the city and or county. and if i had to put every damn person out of town and turn detroit back into a cow pasture so be it . iam so sick of satan. who kills, steals, and destorys. damn do something about this.

  • missvalz

    First off thats just a sign of how desperate the city is, Fuucck all that talk about UAW jobs we know we need jobs now lets get it cracking. Dave Bing and Jesse Jackson to damn old get someone with a heart beat and lets resolve this shiiit. Detroit needs jobs and the school system needs to get better also.

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