We’ve endured population losses, an auto bankruptcy, a foreclosure crisis and the ex-mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s corruption. Derrick Jefferson, a 52-year-old former professional boxer who fought for a heavyweight title, is clinging to life. The police chief in Highland Park has been in intensive care for over two weeks. “We’re going to have to fight this virus day after day for a period of several weeks. If Detroiters handle the next four to six weeks the way we have handled the last week, we’re going to come through this all right.”

Source: International New York Times April 02, 2020 19:07 UTC