More On My Case And Detroit And Michigan.

This might sound strange. But Mayor Mike Duggan taking office in Detroit in 2014 might have had a lot to do with my case. Around 2001 gay men in Rouge Park in Detroit (a well-known gay cruising area here) were being arrested by the Detroit police. Not for having sex in the park. Just for being a nuisance. There was 1964 law still on the books that said it was a misdemeanor to be a nuisance in Michigan parks. The undercover officers would talk to them for a long time, eventually making them think they were gay too. And then when they asked if they wanted to go to a nearby motel or something for sex, they arrested them. One man just winked and walked away, and they arrested him, tackling him to the ground. Another man was in a jail cell awaiting trial for that, they said in the media then. Until Mike Duggan, who was the prosecutor of Wayne County at the time, put an end to that practice. Saying that doing what the Detroit police were doing would be like sending an attractive female cop to a singles bar undercover, and then arresting all the men who hit on her.

I know there were stories in the news around that time of the Detroit police using their work hours to pursue things not related to work. Like baseball, for example once. But I don't think I was the only one who was wondering. There is so much crime in Detroit, and we can't even solve all our rapes and murders. There's a huge backlog of those now. But police pursuing their own personal moral and political agendas? That is taking that kind of bad behavior a whole step further. Actually even a couple of steps further, with the details I just gave.

And like I said, the Detroit police, the Dearborn police and others like that EMT in Oak Park in 2013 had a private agenda. One to take away my car even though they knew I was an excellent driver. And now I learn they also knew I was one the few people in Detroit who bothered to even have auto insurance. Of course my neighbors and legal guardian are still thinking about it. They were both clearly showing that couple of months ago. My legal guardian lamenting that my auto insurance costs him too much, and some of my neighbors pointing an laughing as I walked to a corner store. Because they thought I finally lost my car. My neighbors I can just ignore. But I'll be dealing with my legal guardian for years to come. And I think he's already been studying up on how to manipulate the power of guardianship to your advantage. From the police it seems, like I just said.