S2 E19: From the Ashes

Crimetown

Gimlet

Government, Society & Culture, News

4.6 • 14.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2019

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

In the Crimetown Season 2 finale, Kwame Kilpatrick begins his 28-year prison sentence. Although he still maintains his innocence, his chances of a retrial are slim. Meanwhile, Detroit is undergoing a remarkable economic transformation. But who is benefitting from the Motor City miracle? And is the era of crime and corruption really over? For bonus content from this episode, visit crimetownshow.com. To make a donation to Auntie Na's House, visit auntienashouse.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I just got some help with my...
0:03.6	Can I smoke?
0:04.6	No, I can't smoke inside.
0:05.6	Why not?
0:06.6	The fuck?
0:07.6	There's a seastro in the thing.
0:09.6	Oh, dude, really?
0:10.6	Everything's gonna be alright.
0:12.6	I'm gonna get a bad air of you.
0:14.6	We ready.
0:15.6	It's February 2018, one of our first trips to Detroit.
0:19.8	We're sitting in our rundown rental house in the north end with a guy named Charlie
0:23.9	Ladough.
0:24.9	What do you do?
0:25.9	It's a little as possible.
0:29.2	I'm a reporter around town.
0:32.2	Doing a little bit less over these days.
0:33.6	I kinda...
0:34.6	Kinda took a break out of disgust.
0:38.4	Disgust, what is it about this town, man?
0:44.2	Corruption's always been here as long as we've been here.
0:48.9	Antoine Cadillac, paddled in here in 1701, sold liquor to the Indians, which was against
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