Flint, Michigan City, Elects 2 Felons To City Council, Including A Convicted Murderer

Flashback 2013. The Huffington Post reports:

People often like to complain that politicians are crooks. But they usually aren't actually convicted felons.

That's about to change in the city of Flint, Mich., where two convicted felons -- including a man who went to prison for murder -- will be joining City Council.

The new councilman with a record is Wantwaz Davis, who beat incumbent Bernard Lawler by 71 votes to win a seat in Flint's Fifth Ward. Davis served 19 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in 1991.

Politics attracts the best people in society: don't you forget that.