Photos: Detroit’s new emergency manager causes controversy
March 25, 2013
Joyce Jennings-Fells, left, and Keith Hines protest at a rally outside City Hall in Detroit, Monday March 25, 2013. Detroit's new emergency manager, Kevyn Orr, said Monday he would offer a "sincere olive branch" to council members who fought against creating his job, but a crowd of protesters rallied outside City Hall as the bankruptcy attorney and turnaround specialist began his new role trying revive the city's beleaguered finances. Detroit is the nation's largest city ever put under state control. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) ( Detroit Finanaces Emergency Manager )
Protesters rally outside City Hall in Detroit, Monday March 25, 2013. Detroit's new emergency manager, Kevyn Orr, said Monday he would offer a "sincere olive branch" to council members who fought against creating his job, but a crowd of protesters rallied outside City Hall as the bankruptcy attorney and turnaround specialist began his new role trying revive the city's beleaguered finances. Detroit is the nation's largest city ever put under state control. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) ( Detroit Finanaces Emergency Manager )
The skyline of the city of Detroit on March 14, 2013. Kevyn Orr, Detroit's state-appointed emergency manager, has yet to step into his Detroit office, but the acclaimed bankruptcy lawyer knows the clock already is ticking down on the future of the city and an 18-month stint in which heĆll try to complete what he says will be one of the greatest fiscal turnarounds in U.S. history. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File) ( Detroit Finances-Emergency Manager )
A fire hydrant is seen with an "Out of Service" sign on a blighted street on the east side of Detroit, Michigan March 22, 2013. When the state-imposed manager of Detroit, Kevyn Orr, begins the job on Monday he will wade into a city of crumbling neighborhoods where police fail to respond to some calls, arson fires burn out of control, and residents scour charred buildings for scrap metal to sell. Picture taken March 22, 2013. REUTERS/ Rebecca Cook ( USA-DETROIT/MANAGER )
A Detroit Police vehicle blocks a street from traffic as firefighters pour water on a smouldering vacant apartment building that burned earlier in the day on the east side of Detroit, Michigan March 23, 2013. When the state-imposed manager of Detroit, Kevyn Orr, begins the job on Monday he will wade into a city of crumbling neighborhoods where police fail to respond to some calls, arson fires burn out of control, and residents scour charred buildings for scrap metal to sell. March 23, 2013. REUTERS/ Rebecca Cook ( USA-DETROIT/MANAGER )
Detroit Fire Department Lt. Ed Nadolski watches the scene as firefighters finish pouring water on a smouldering vacant apartment building that burned earlier in the day on the east side of Detroit, Michigan March 23, 2013. When the state-imposed manager of Detroit, Kevyn Orr, begins the job on Monday he will wade into a city of crumbling neighborhoods where police fail to respond to some calls, arson fires burn out of control, and residents scour charred buildings for scrap metal to sell. Picture taken March 23, 2013. REUTERS/ Rebecca Cook ( USA-DETROIT/MANAGER )
Detroit Fire firefighters Marcus Tolson (L) and Anthony Angelucci look out from the fire station as they wait for a fire call on the east side of Detroit, Michigan March 22, 2013. When the state-imposed manager of Detroit, Kevyn Orr, begins the job on Monday he will wade into a city of crumbling neighborhoods where police fail to respond to some calls, arson fires burn out of control, and residents scour charred buildings for scrap metal to sell. Picture taken March 22, 2013. REUTERS/ Rebecca Cook ( USA-DETROIT/MANAGER )
Detroit Firefighters Paramedic Jeff Roberts stands by an ambulance as he waits for a call in a Fire Station on the east side of Detroit, Michigan March 22, 2013. When the state-imposed manager of Detroit, Kevyn Orr, begins the job on Monday he will wade into a city of crumbling neighborhoods where police fail to respond to some calls, arson fires burn out of control, and residents scour charred buildings for scrap metal to sell. Picture taken March 22, 2013. REUTERS/ Rebecca Cook ( USA-DETROIT/MANAGER )
Ilegally dumped tires sit in front of a vacant, blighted home in a once thriving neighborhood on the east side of Detroit, Michigan March 20, 2013. When the state-imposed manager of Detroit, Kevyn Orr, begins the job on Monday he will wade into a city of crumbling neighborhoods where police fail to respond to some calls, arson fires burn out of control, and residents scour charred buildings for scrap metal to sell. Picture taken March 20, 2013. REUTERS/ Rebecca Cook ( USA-DETROIT/MANAGER )
A tire sits on a storm drain as a replacement for a cast iron grate, stolen for scrap, in front of a well-kept home and vacant home in a neighborhood where many of the grates are missing on the east side of Detroit, Michigan March 19, 2013. When the state-imposed manager of Detroit, Kevyn Orr, begins the job on Monday he will wade into a city of crumbling neighborhoods where police fail to respond to some calls, arson fires burn out of control, and residents scour charred buildings for scrap metal to sell. Picture taken March 19, 2013. REUTERS/ Rebecca Cook ( USA-DETROIT/MANAGER )
Protesters rally outside City Hall in Detroit, Monday, March 25, 2013. Detroit's new emergency manager, Kevyn Orr, said Monday he would offer a "sincere olive branch" to council members who fought against creating his job, but a crowd of protesters rallied outside City Hall as the bankruptcy attorney and turnaround specialist began his new role trying revive the city's beleaguered finances. Detroit is the nation's largest city ever put under state control. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) ( Detroit Finanaces Emergency Manager )
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