Summary of Charlie LeDuff's Detroit

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#1 I pulled into the station, and the needle was on E, which was a mistake. In Detroit, you don’t get your gas on the east side, not even at high noon. Because the east side of Motown is Dodge City: sel-awless and crazy.

#2 I spent my last ten dollars on gas. I was approached by two men in Arab dress who asked me what I was doing in Detroit. I didn’t answer them, but pointed my gun at them instead.

#3 The Free Press received a cache of text messages that showed that Detroit’s mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick, was a criminal and a pimp. The news cemented the News’s lowly stepbrother status with the rival Free Press.

#4 My career with the New York Times died in the mountains of Vermont. I was on a story and did not receive the prior evening’s voice mail until early in the morning when I arrived at the Burlington airport. The message was hysterical: Amy’s in the hospital. She went into early labor. Where are you

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eBook: 14 de mayo de 2022