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Officers' deaths hurt more than city's image
By Luther Keith / The Detroit News
Matthew Bowens did not die for the Super Bowl. Jennifer Fettig did not die for a baseball game.
They did not die for image polishers, public relations managers or for politicians.
They died for the people of Detroit.
They died for the right of citizens to walk the streets without fear of being victims of crime.
They died for the right of children to run through their neighborhoods or walk to school without their parents worrying about their safety.
They died for the right of anyone who has a dream to fulfill it without having it deferred forever by a bullet.
Because so many of us are obsessed with our city’s warts — politicians, the media and just plain folks — the ambush shooting deaths of the young Detroit police officers has been linked to Detroit’s seemingly eternal battle to rid itself of the perception that it is the nation’s crime and murder capital.
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