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\u00cd jan\u00faar s\u00ed\u00f0astli\u00f0inn var \u00e9g sta\u00f0settur \u00e1 skrifstofu Kwame Kilpatrick \u00ed Detroit n\u00e1kv\u00e6mlega viku \u00e1\u00f0ur en Free Press birtu afritin af SMS-skilabo\u00f0unum.\u00a0 Heims\u00f3knin var hluti af n\u00e1mskei\u00f0i \u00ed sk\u00f3lanum m\u00ednum um kirkjulegt starf \u00ed st\u00f3rborgum. Vi\u00f0 hittum reyndar Kwame a\u00f0eins \u00ed nokkrar m\u00edn\u00fatur, en meginhlutverk komunnar \u00e1 skrifstofuna var a\u00f0 f\u00e1 fyrirlestur hj\u00e1 a\u00f0sto\u00f0arm\u00f6nnum hans um uppbygginguna \u00ed borginni. \u00deessi tveggja t\u00edma heims\u00f3kn var einn \u00f3\u00fe\u00e6gilegasti hluti r\u00famlega 10 daga heims\u00f3knar til Detroit, \u00fear sem vi\u00f0 hittum sk\u00f3lastj\u00f3ra \u00ed ni\u00f0urn\u00fdddum grunnsk\u00f3lum, t\u00f6lu\u00f0um vi\u00f0 hj\u00fakrunarfr\u00e6\u00f0inga sem gl\u00f6ddust yfir a\u00f0 ungbarnadau\u00f0i hef\u00f0i l\u00e6kka\u00f0 \u00far 15 \u00ed 13 b\u00f6rn af hverjum 1000 (t\u00f6lur \u00e1 \u00cdslandi 2 af 1000), t\u00f3kum vakt me\u00f0 l\u00f6greglum\u00f6nnum sem h\u00f6f\u00f0u \u00fea\u00f0 markmi\u00f0 helst a\u00f0 komast slysalaust \u00far vinnunni, hlustu\u00f0um \u00e1 sk\u00fdrslu fr\u00e1 innra eftirliti l\u00f6greglunnar \u00fear sem fram kom a\u00f0 enn voru 1500 kvartanir \u00e1 hendur l\u00f6greglunni fr\u00e1 2007 \u00f3rannsaka\u00f0ar \u00ed jan\u00faar 2008 (r\u00famlega ein kv\u00f6rtun \u00e1 hverja tvo l\u00f6greglumenn) og heims\u00f3ttum h\u00fasn\u00e6\u00f0i heimilislausra svo f\u00e1tt eitt s\u00e9 nefnt.<\/p>\n

En heims\u00f3knin til Kwame var \u00fea\u00f0 sem kalla\u00f0i fram hva\u00f0 h\u00f6r\u00f0ustu vi\u00f0br\u00f6g\u00f0in. A\u00f0sto\u00f0armennirnir l\u00fdstu markmi\u00f0um s\u00ednum og Kwame og h\u00e9ldu \u00fev\u00ed fram bl\u00e1kalt a\u00f0 allt v\u00e6ri a\u00f0 fara \u00e1 betri veg \u00ed borginni og s\u00f6g\u00f0u s\u00f6gur af fj\u00f6lskyldudagskr\u00e1 einu sinni \u00e1 \u00e1ri \u00e1 einu af gr\u00e6nu sv\u00e6\u00f0um borgarinnar og hr\u00f3su\u00f0u s\u00e9r af spilav\u00edtunum sem eru a\u00f0 r\u00edsa um alla borg. Raunveruleikinn var hins vegar s\u00e1 a\u00f0 \u00feeir f\u00e9lagar og Kwame virtust \u00f3n\u00e6mir fyrir \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 almenningssamg\u00f6ngur eru \u00ed r\u00fast, atvinnuleysi er 15-20% \u00ed sumum hverfum, f\u00e9lagsr\u00e1\u00f0gjafar borgarinnar eru sumsta\u00f0ar me\u00f0 530 m\u00e1l \u00e1 \u00e1ri, \u00fea\u00f0 er frami\u00f0 eitt mor\u00f0 \u00e1 dag \u00ed borginni og l\u00f6greglan borgar 20 millj\u00f3nir dollara \u00e1 \u00e1ri vegna r\u00f6kstuddra kvartana um misbeytingu valds. \u00deessar uppl\u00fdsingar virtust ekki hafa n\u00e1\u00f0 eyrum a\u00f0sto\u00f0armannanna \u00ed le\u00f0urst\u00f3lunum, \u00fear sem vi\u00f0 s\u00e1tum umkringd myndum af Kwame me\u00f0 hinum og \u00feessum st\u00f3rstj\u00f6rnunum. <\/p>\n

\u00cd borginni sj\u00e1lfri heyr\u00f0um vi\u00f0 s\u00f6gusagnir af myrtum v\u00e6ndiskonum eftir a\u00f0 hafa veri\u00f0 \u00ed part\u00edi \u00ed borgarstj\u00f3rab\u00fasta\u00f0num, sem reyndar l\u00edktust meira reifara en sannleikanum. N\u00fa er a\u00f0 koma \u00ed lj\u00f3s a\u00f0 sumar \u00feessara s\u00f6gusagna h\u00f6f\u00f0u einhverja sto\u00f0 \u00ed raunveruleikanum og lj\u00f3st a\u00f0 Detroitborg \u00e1 enn eftir a\u00f0 hnigna \u00e1 me\u00f0an m\u00e1laferli gegn Kwame halda \u00e1fram.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00cd jan\u00faar s\u00ed\u00f0astli\u00f0inn var \u00e9g sta\u00f0settur \u00e1 skrifstofu Kwame Kilpatrick \u00ed Detroit n\u00e1kv\u00e6mlega viku \u00e1\u00f0ur en Free Press birtu afritin af SMS-skilabo\u00f0unum.\u00a0 Heims\u00f3knin var hluti af n\u00e1mskei\u00f0i \u00ed sk\u00f3lanum m\u00ednum um kirkjulegt starf \u00ed st\u00f3rborgum. Vi\u00f0 hittum reyndar Kwame a\u00f0eins \u00ed nokkrar m\u00edn\u00fatur, en meginhlutverk komunnar \u00e1 skrifstofuna var a\u00f0 f\u00e1 fyrirlestur hj\u00e1 a\u00f0sto\u00f0arm\u00f6nnum hans … Continue reading Detroit<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[18,89,118],"class_list":["post-1971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-islenska","tag-blog-is","tag-injustice","tag-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}