Facebook video captures violent Greektown brawl

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DETROIT, MI -- video of a chaotic and violent fight that occurred in Detroit's Greektown early Sunday morning was posted to Facebook. The incident occurred near the parking garage to a popular Several of the men in the video are seen where shirts of Chicago sports teams. As of Monday morning, it had been viewed more than 1.8 million times. The video shows numerous people being punched and knocked to the ground.


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Facebook video captures violent Greektown brawl

(Photo: Screenshot via Facebook)Detroit police are investigating a violent brawl in Greektown on Saturday night that left one man hospitalized. "We just had the situation last week (in Rouge Park, when two women were stabbed while others cheered and recorded cellphone video)," Craig said. There's more video to look at; it's Greektown, so there's lots of surveillance video to go through."The victim's condition was not known Sunday. "All those people were out there with their cellphones, and instead of calling the police, they video it for Facebook," Chief James Craig said. It's extremely troubling that people can video these crimes in progress for Facebook, but they can't call the police.




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