Political correctness thrown into fray of 'dangerous city' report
By Dana Wilkie
COPLEY NEWS SERVICE
November 26, 2007

WASHINGTON – Nearly one of every 13 people living in Detroit does not have a job. Moreover, eight of every 10 is African-American – a racial group that, like it or not, is more likely than others in this country to kill or rob.

It seems logical that these two realities might translate into a high crime rate that might create dangerous living conditions. But when a private research group reached that conclusion last week using FBI statistics, city mayors and the federal government called for suspending the group's publication and asked the media to ignore it.

Watchdog groups suggest the mayors and FBI are playing to “politically correctâ€