Former Detroit Police Chief Ralph Godbee announced Tuesday (March 29) that he’s suspending his campaign for the 13th Congressional District.Godbee says it’s an effort to not split the Black vote in a crowded field of candidates.

DETROIT – This week was another of the City of Detroit trying to give us all reason to believe the crime problem is somehow on the cusp of a solution. They believe going after "broken windows", j-walking and speeding everywhere, getting the "squeegee men" off the streets helped prevent larger and worse crimes thus reducing the crime rate. Yesterday the chief stood with a couple dozen local pastors from Detroit who want to initiate the "Detroit Night Walks" program used in Boston. I asked Bishop Edgar Vann, one of Detroit's foremost and well known religious figures a question about this program. Read: Thieves tear up Detroit church to scrap metalsYet for all the good this church does it is out roughly ten thousand dollars tonight.