The Paula Abdul water bottle was not caused by blacks

May 3, 2008 2:44 PM

An abandoned Detroit police station yields many treasures...
posted by Dreamghost (17 comments total)

Wow, cool find. Photos from my home town. I wish I knew the address of the actual station.

Info about the referenced murder case here and here.
posted by Fuzzy Skinner at 3:01 PM on May 3

0 items found for: paula abdul water bottle

T_T

I like the poster, too. Really makes you think about how useful IDs are. If Jim hadn't bought that fifth and rendered it moot in its prime it might have gone on to help MacGyver jimmy a lock, or the professor on Gilligan's Island to build a Zune.

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posted by moift at 3:07 PM on May 3

It's in the ghetto and the city doesn't have a police force anymore.

!?
posted by Faze at 3:13 PM on May 3

my herö
posted by tachikaze at 3:19 PM on May 3

It's in the ghetto and the city doesn't have a police force anymore.

Cant afford a police force when you have to settle lawsuits and pay for hits on strippers named strawberry that like to snitch...
posted by Dreamghost at 3:20 PM on May 3

Where the hell did the prisoners get the black stuff to write on the walls with?

Is this guy new to the whole urban exploration thing or did he fail the logic section of his SATs?
posted by katillathehun at 3:31 PM on May 3

Lloyd Staats, you rogue. Here's to you!

*quaffs gin*
posted by mr_crash_davis at 3:31 PM on May 3

Also, +++ for the "quonsar" tag. It's underutilized.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 3:37 PM on May 3

I had that cell phone in the mid nineties, or one that was very close. Mine was the official Motorola 1996 Atlanta Olympics version. It weighed about half a pound, had really shitty service and cost a fortune to use. I was the coolest kid on campus!!


Is there no proceedure for properly closing a police station? It is almost like it was abandoned overnight. It seems like there should be some accountability for all of the evidence and records. Merge them with another station? Something? Would the abuse and mistreatment of the evidence give someone cause to appeal and re-open their case? I'm woefully ignorant in these matters.
posted by pearlybob at 4:34 PM on May 3

"Is there no proceedure for properly closing a police station?"

This is Detroit, where there is NO accountability for government.

Nice post.... I too wonder where it is....
posted by HuronBob at 5:15 PM on May 3

So they left all these records and evidence behind when they closed the station. Now could a criminal that was convicted of a crime see this and ask to get a retrial, then when they go back to trail all the evidence is there so they persecutor can't find it and the criminal gets off?
posted by lilkeith07 at 5:19 PM on May 3

katillathehun: "Where the hell did the prisoners get the black stuff to write on the walls with?"

Is this guy new to the whole urban exploration thing or did he fail the logic section of his SATs?

He refers to it as "urbex" so I'm thinking he's a new one.
posted by loiseau at 5:25 PM on May 3

I really liked this post, I've spent the last 15 minutes or so looking at his other destinations. Pretty cool. Makes me want to go take more pictures of the old munitions factory nearby.
posted by TomMelee at 5:27 PM on May 3

Great find.

When I was in grad school, I read an auction notice in the local paper for what had once been an old country store, although the area around it had since become a major metropolitan area. The owners locked it up sometime in the 1940s and left everything in place. The children (or maybe grandchildren) were selling off the contents. After sixty odd years, everything was still intact, and walking through the store was like going back in time. I read that there are people who specialize in buying up the contents of old stores like this which I find amazing. I've always wished I could find something like the store or the police station in the post.
posted by Coyote at the Dog Show at 5:42 PM on May 3

Double, surely?
posted by The corpse in the library at 5:44 PM on May 3

(I fail at links. Apologies.)
posted by The corpse in the library at 5:46 PM on May 3

win some lose some
posted by Dreamghost at 5:49 PM on May 3