Bankruptcy hearings can often be pretty, well...zzzz.. yawn...zzzz.
But Thursday's hearing in federal court in Detroit on the city's bankruptcy filing had some action.
First off, Robert Snell of the Detroit News reports that a courthouse security officer had to briefly restrain a Detroit creditor, Lucinda Darrah, after she failed to stop speaking beyond her allotted time before U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes.
Snell reported that a "female security officer flanked Darrah, grabbed her arms and tried to escort her from the lectern inside U.S. District Court. Darrah eventually stopped speaking and walked away and was allowed to stay in the courtroom."
Then there was the emotions expressed by residents and city retirees who are objecting to the bankruptcy filing.
Paulette Brown, a retired manager in the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department, said retirees were being treated worse than animals, the News reported. She then invoked the name of NFL quarterback Michael Vick, who went to prison after being busted for running dog fights and being cruel to animals.
“Michael Vick went to prison for cruelty to animals. Who is going to prison for proposed cruelty to employees?” Brown asked U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes, according to a blog by reporter Robert Snell. -- Allan Lengel
