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Caller using name "torpedo" alleges misconduct by city officials and warns of street action
Summary
A public commenter who gave his caller name as “torpedo” alleged wrongdoing by multiple city officials, named several staff and elected officials, and said "the streets is getting involved now," statements that the transcript records as claims and threats rather than confirmed facts.
A caller who identified himself on the line as “torpedo” and later gave the name Ruben Crowley used his two-minute public-comment slot to make allegations about Detroit officials and to warn of street action. Crowley named multiple people in his remarks, alleging misconduct and saying he had recordings he planned to release. “Now I got this problem. Gotta go to court on Eighteenth about this occupancy certificate that James Foster is holding up on the Fourth Floor,” Crowley said in the transcript, naming others including David Bell, Conrad Malik, Dante Goss and Michael Edward Duggan.
Crowley said he had finished an investigation and planned to release “the Detroit tapes,” which he described as recordings of “several Detroit City individuals.” He also said, “The streets is getting involved now. Take this city back,” language the transcript records as a call to action.
These remarks were delivered as public comment and consist of allegations and assertions by the caller; the transcript contains no independent verification of the claims, no formal charges cited, and no council response in the excerpt provided. The reporter did not attempt to verify the allegations; they are attributed to the caller as statements made during the public comment period.
