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What Happens When Detroit Shuts Off the Water of 100,000 People

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Fri, 2014-07-18 16:25 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

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Some run dry—and others pay $30 for plumbers to illegally turn the taps back on.

theatlantic.com - by Rose Hackman - July 17, 2014

When the water trucks arrived near Arlyssa Heard’s home on the west side of Detroit at the end of June, the 42-year-old single mother of two said it felt like the entire neighborhood was being taken over. . .

. . . It may not have been a police crackdown, but what she witnessed was definitely a crackdown of a sort. Since last year, the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department has been turning off water at the homes of customers behind on their bills.

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Fri, 2014-07-18 16:50 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

Baxter Jones, in a wheelchair, is the first to be arrested. Crowd cheers.  Tony Briscoe

detroitnews.com - by Tony Briscoe and Darren A. Nichols - July 18, 2014

Detroit — Protests over controversial water shut-offs broke out in two areas of the city Friday, including outside a business linked to performing the shut-offs. That demonstration prompted police to make nine arrests.

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(ALSO SEE RELATED ARTICLE HERE - Hundreds Turn Out To Protest Detroit Water Shutoffs)

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