As a show of goodwill from one host city to the next, Detroit has invited Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard up to the Final Four festivities and there will probably be some silly hand off ceremony shortly after the One Shining Moment clip runs.
What they failed to mention to the Mayor was the tiny crime problem plaguing the great city of Detroit. Following the Saturday night games at Ford Field, Ballard was on his way back to his hotel when he stopped to assist a man the thought was mid-seizure. While he was rendering aid, a group of thugs surrounded him and shook him down. Turns out the seizure was a FAKE. Who would have thought?
It is more than a tad ironic that former Detroit Mayor Kwame Fitzpatrick (or some such shit) robbed and extorted his city blind and just a few years later a visiting mayor has the treatment returned on him. Seems a little unfair if you ask me.
There are quite a few unanswered questions from the Ballard incident however. For starters, the guy only lost a cell phone. Why no wallet, watch, cuff links? Shit it's Detroit, those bums would sell anything for a fix, he should have been lucky to get home with his boxers intact. Also, was this man at the games alone? No personal assistants or escorts?
And who approaches shaking crackheads on the street in DETROIT? I even seen a black person in that city and I'm crossing the street. Fuck I'm hailing a cab or flagging down a cop.
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