Google Street Team is Caught in the Crosshairs of Detroit Man

Picture taken in 2009, of a Detroit home where it’s possible a one-year-old child was murdered this year.

*Detroit has had its share of troubles.

The city has been the murder and crime capital for more times than we can remember and the moments they have not been ranked in the criminal top spots, they’ve been overshadowed by corruption in city government.

But now, yet another incident has put Detroit on the map…Google Maps to be specific.

In case you’re not familiar with the Google Street Team, they are the guys that drive down your street with a Street View Camera and take pictures of your street and house and track addresses for Google Maps and Google Earth.

One Detroit home can be seen on Google’s popular geographical tool to the world with a young man standing on his porch pointing what looks like a rifle at the camera.

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