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County Exec apologizes for saying he’d rather ‘join the Klan’

August 23, 2018July 17, 2021
Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press
Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press

A day after the Free Press reported that L. Brooks Patterson had taken a swipe at a group of CEOs working to rebuild Detroit, the Oakland County executive doubled down, saying he would rather “join the Klan” than join the group, media reports said.

Then he apologized for the remark.

For the full story, visit DetroitFreePress.com.

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