Is Detroit Ripe For Civil Unrest?Inflammatory remarks made by a Detroit minister has some Metro Detroiters worried about possible civil unrest in the city as it deals with a financial crisis which likely will require state intervention.
Rev. Horace Sheffield, III, Responds to the Suggestion of “Burning it [Detroit] down.” Rev. Horace L. Sheffield, III, Executive Director of the Detroit Association of Black Organizations (dabo) released the following statement related to Minister Maleek Shabazz’s comments to “burn it (Detroit) down.