In the Detroit News Paper on the front page today is an article supposedly excusing an armed hijacker for his actions because he has a "gambling addiction". Sounds like there was some pressure from the casinos to get this article published otherwise why would it show up on the front page? Looks to me like damage control considering the victims were elderly white females. Don't want to scare off whites who come there to dump their money into the casino coffers. Can't figure out why else this would be "Front Page News".
You pull a gun and hijack two people, leave them in the middle of nowhere. And this is because of a gambling addiction? What about all the other degenerate gamblers out there that don't commit crimes other than losing money?
This was a crime of opportunity, nothing else. Don't try to trivialize this!