âWe donât retreat here in Detroit. Weâre just not gonna do it. You saw the images ⦠of streets where there was lawlessness, looting, burning. No sign of police officers. We werenât giving up ground to the radicals. We just didnât do it.â
That was Detroit Police Chief James Craig last July, in the wake of the nationwide George Floyd
mostly peaceful protests riots, upon being asked by Fox Newsâs Tucker Carlson how his city, which in 1967 saw whole blocks torched in a five-day riot that left 43 dead and thousands injured, had managed to avoid the rioting this time around.
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The economic recovery is on the minds of millions of people these days. It is, after all, a universal kitchen table issue. Whether itâs rampant inflation on basic items that
far exceeds the Federal Reserveâs 2% refrain, or whether itâs a breadwinner unable or unwilling to find a job, the economic picture doesnât have quite the feeling of hope that it did last fall.
When it comes to the unemployed choosing to stay unemployed because their benefits exceed the wages they could earn, President Joe Biden on Monday again denied thereâs a problem, blamed employers for the problem because theyâre not paying enough, touted government hiring, and floated more aid to fix the problem. The very fact that heâs made defensive remarks
Detroit Police Chief James Craig announced Monday that he s voluntarily stepping down from the position and may run for Michigan Governor against Gretchen Whitmer. This June marks 44 years in law enforcement for Craig, who started and now ends his police career in Detroit.
Battle Creek Police Chief Jim Blocker is a big fan of Craig’s. “I think he s a pretty extraordinary man,” said Chief Blocker. “I have spent some time with him in his office, probably over the last five or six years talking a lot about their state-of-the-art real-time crime center that they have, as well as the Green Light Detroit program. Some of their programs have made national news.”
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Former Detroit Police Chief James Craig addresses the media during Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan s daily press briefing on the coronavirus in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
Not since Batman and the Joker battled for the soul of Gotham has there been a fight quite like this one brewing. Chief James Craig, one of Detroit’s longest-running police chiefs, announced his retirement as of June 1st. Word on the street is that Craig is gunning for Gov. Whitmer’s gig, but he side-stepped questions about whether or not he will throw down the gauntlet at Democrat Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s demon hooves and attempt to add her to the 5% of Michiganders who are unemployed. This could be huge. If Craig decides to run against Stretchin’ Gretchen in a gubernatorial battle for Michigan, and wins, it could have a huge impact on Michigan’s typically blue political future as well as the next presidential election.
Chief James Craig The Man Who Could Beat Governor Whitmer
The answer is yes.
Because of the following reasons:
It is difficult to beat an incumbent who has almost all of the media on her side and refuses to ask the tough follow-up questions and investigate her possible wrongdoings.
It is difficult to beat an incumbent with what will be an unordinary amount of money from outside of Michigan. This unordinary amount of money will be coming her way because Biden named her the vice-chair of the Democratic National Committee. It would be a complete embarrassment for him and the Party for her to lose.