Fixing America's 'worst city'

  • 12 years ago
There is a growing controversy over how one state in the US is trying to turn around cities that have fallen on hard times.

Benton Harbor city has been in financial meltdown since the 1980s, when the city was so far in debt that its police cars were repossessed.

Some residents welcome the intervention, while others are calling it undemocratic and racist.

Al Jazeera's John Hendren has more from Benton Harbor in Michigan state.

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