ruined by corruption of the local government and union demands for a bigger piece of a shrinking poi. the city's government didn't have the will to reign in the corruption or the guts to say no to the unions and that took them to chapter nine bankruptcy. the saddest part of the detroit story, not that it is a failed city who couldn't. it is the story of one of the world's great and most successful city and was willing to sell its soul for lesser things and tolerate unthinkable things. >> the unemployment rate tripled and street lights don't work regularly than the people. 40 percent of the street lights stay dark. and for 20 years tis considered one of america's most dangerous cities and takes police in