Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr attends a news conference in June. Rebecca Cook/Reuters/Landov hide caption
Theodore Wafer (center) and his attorney Mack Carpenter sit in the back of the courtroom Jan. 15 before his arraignment in Detroit in the shooting death of Renisha McBride. Rebecca Cook/Reuters/Landov hide caption
Officer Michael Crowder says his roots are too deep to leave Detroit, but he knows younger officers who were lured away by better pay. Dawn Uhl-Zifilippo hide caption
Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., addresses supporters during the Michigan Democratic election night party in Detroit. Conyers has served in Congress since 1964, but problems with ballot petitions have threatened to keep him out of the August primary. Carlos Osorio/AP hide caption
Michigan Rep. John Conyers on Capitol Hill last year. A local election official in Detroit says Conyers doesn't have enough signatures to appear on the August primary ballot. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
The monument to the boxer Joe Louis in Detroit. Carlos Osorio/AP hide caption
A corner in Poletown, the section of Detroit where Drew Philip bought a house for $500. Courtesy of Garrett MacLean hide caption
Theodore Wafer, who will be tried for second-degree murder. Paul Sancya/AP hide caption
The Detroit skyline as seen from Windsor, Ontario, across the Detroit River. Rebecca Cook /Reuters/Landov hide caption
Theodore P. Wafer, 54, charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of Renisha McBride, appears at his arraignment in Dearborn Heights, Mich., on Friday. Paul Sancya/AP hide caption
Detroit's abandoned Packard car plant, seen here in a 2010 photo, could eventually sell for $21,000 if a development deal falls through, a Wayne County official says. Carlos Osorio/AP hide caption