Destroying 75 fire hydrants in two days for scrap money is exactly what happens when you spend years romanticizing crime and calling it activism.

Quoted cost of $600 in metal parts per hydrant. Which means the thieves might get as much as $60. The cost to repair will be $6,000. Or possibly $60,000 if there’s a lot of water damage as a result. It’s a lot easier to destroy value than to create it. Thieves destroy nearly 75 Detroit …

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