Bankole: We all should live by Benny Napoleon's commitment to 'speak truth to power'
Bankole Thompson
Benny Napoleon wanted to be mayor. That would have marked a crown jewel in his long and distinguished career.
But the Wayne County sheriff and former Detroit police chief, who at age 65 died Thursday weeks after going on a ventilator with COVID-19, was up against a well-funded opponent: Mike Duggan. I vividly remember 2013, when Napoleon walked into the Southfield studios of CBS for his first televised encounter with Duggan. I was a panelist during the debate alongside my late friend and veteran journalist Cliff Russell.