{"id":504020,"date":"2021-05-13T12:20:08","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T16:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=504020"},"modified":"2021-05-13T12:20:13","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T16:20:13","slug":"i-work-for-the-people-detroit-police-chief-james-craig-seems-to-hint-at-run-for-michigan-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-work-for-the-people-detroit-police-chief-james-craig-seems-to-hint-at-run-for-michigan-governor\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I Work For The People\u2019: Detroit Police Chief James Craig Seems To Hint At Run For Michigan Governor"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fi-work-for-the-people-detroit-police-chief-james-craig-seems-to-hint-at-run-for-michigan-governor%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=504020&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Detroit Police Chief James Craig said Thursday that he wants to play a \u201cmuch larger role\u201d in public service and reacted positively when told it would \u201cbe a good thing\u201d if he ran for the governor\u2019s office in Michigan after his retirement this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI work for the people,\u201d Craig told Fox News host Lawrence Jones. \u201cSo it\u2019s an emotional day for me because I won\u2019t be wearing the badge but I\u2019ll tell you what, I will continue to be in public service. That\u2019s important for me but I feel like I need to take a much larger role.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/06\/16\/detroit-police-chief-james-craig-city-opposed-seattle-autonomous-zone-chaz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>(RELATED: Detroit Police Chief Says His City \u2018Wouldn\u2019t Stand For\u2019 A Seattle-Style Autonomous Zone)<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The veteran police officer said he was \u201creally thinking about the future\u201d and promised to \u201cmake a decision and announce what my next step will be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat if the chief says he will run for governor?\u201d Jones asked a bystander.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat will be a good thing,\u201d the man responded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOK. I appreciate that,\u201d said Craig.<\/p>\n<p>Craig told viewers that he has been a police officer for 44 years and that he began and is ending his career in Detroit. Pointing to a block in downtown Detroit, he said it was \u201can iconic location. Shootings, stabbings, prosecution, drug dealing, everything that could happen. And the good people that live in this building didn\u2019t feel safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said he vowed to tackle the crime because the citizens said they were \u201cnot putting up this with this blatant criminal activity. We\u2019re taking Detroit back.\u201d He said the police presence resulted in citizens \u201cleaning out of these windows clapping. The people were celebrating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Craig also ripped \u201cdefund the police\u201d proponents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you hear comments like \u2018dismantle, defund the police,\u2019 are they talking to these folks on this block? No, no, no,\u201d he said, adding that he thought residents \u201cwant effective policing, Constitutional and ethical policing. That\u2019s what they want.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The police chief claimed that the \u201cdefund the police\u201d movement is about a desire \u201cto undermine government as we know it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t like broad brushes you can\u2019t paint every police department the same. You can\u2019t just say the entire profession is corrupt.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/12\/24\/message-no-tolerance-looting-burning-buildings-detroit-police-chief-james-craig\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018We Sent A Message\u2019: Police Departments \u2018Weren\u2019t Going To Tolerate Looting And Burning Buildings,\u2019 Says Detroit Chief)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Craig said effective policing is about anticipating problems and effectively communicating with people. \u201cWe worked with our local activists. We have relationships. We may not always agree but at the end of the day, [they say], \u2018He stood with us.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7043717\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"37\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7043717\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7043717\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/James-Craig.-Getty-scaled-e1604591044982.jpg\" alt=\"The Chief of Detroit Police James Craig speaks with the press about the protests taking place in Detroit, Michigan, June 3,2020 - The Chief of Detroit Police James Craig later ended the curfew after protesters called for an end to the curfew. (Photo by SETH HERALD \/ AFP) (Photo by SETH HERALD\/AFP via Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/James-Craig.-Getty-scaled-e1604591044982.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/James-Craig.-Getty-scaled-e1604591044982-279x120.jpg 279w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/James-Craig.-Getty-scaled-e1604591044982-620x266-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/James-Craig.-Getty-scaled-e1604591044982-768x330-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/James-Craig.-Getty-scaled-e1604591044982-1536x660-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/James-Craig.-Getty-scaled-e1604591044982-2048x880-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7043717\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Chief of Detroit Police James Craig speaks with the press about the protests taking place in Detroit, Michigan, June 3,2020 \u2013 The Chief of Detroit Police James Craig later ended the curfew after protesters called for an end to the curfew. (Photo by SETH HERALD\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Craig has often butted heads with Detroit-area Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib and the chief <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/12\/24\/message-no-tolerance-looting-burning-buildings-detroit-police-chief-james-craig\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recently told her<\/a> to resign from her office.<\/p>\n<p>Detroit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/12\/23\/detroit-sue-black-lives-matter-detroit-breathe-civil-conspiracy-riots-violence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">is suing<\/a> Black Lives Matter (BLM) because the city says the group \u201cendangered the lives\u201d of police officers and the public.<\/p>\n<p>During the summer unrest, Craig\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/05\/21\/man-arrested-caught-camera-beating-up-elderly-nursing-home-patient\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">oversaw the arrest<\/a> of a 20-year-old male who was charged with assaulting an elderly nursing home resident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Detroit Police Chief James Craig said Thursday that he wants to play a \u201cmuch larger role\u201d in public service and reacted positively when told it would \u201cbe a good thing\u201d &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2278041,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/James-Craig.-Getty-scaled-e1604591044982.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018I Work For The People\u2019: Detroit Police Chief James Craig Seems To Hint At Run For Michigan Governor","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-504020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/James-Craig.-Getty-scaled-e1604591044982.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018I Work For The People\u2019: Detroit Police Chief James Craig Seems To Hint At Run For Michigan Governor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2278041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}