Deja Vu in Highland Park (near Detroit) gets shut down
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/deja-…
"HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. - Police are shutting down the Deja Vu nightclub on Woodward Avenue in Highland Park.
Officers searched the building before locking it up for the next 6 months, per a court order.
Highland Park police said a sting in December uncovered all kinds of violations including strippers selling sex to customers. The club also was raided back in 2016 by police and twice has violated a consent agreement with the city.
Neighbors have been fed up with the club which cops say is often over-capacity.
"Broken glass all the time. Bottles, cars parked where they're not supposed to be parked. A lot of break-ins over here around the time that they're open. So, definitely going to be good to have them gone," said Eric Thomas, who lives near Deja Vu.
Another neighbor said she agrees with shutting down the place, but she worries about the girls with families to support. She herself was a dancer some 30-plus years ago.
"I didn't like it," said Faith. "But 'the show must go on' and I kept doing what I had to do. And then when I came to a conclusion that that life was not for me because it was detrimental for me. It was dangerous -- drugs, pimps, all that stuff."
Faith said she hopes the dancers use this interruption of business as a way to get out of the club and back into a classroom like she did.
"If they could relive their lives, I think they need to learn how to re-do their lives. Don't give up and go to another place and start it over again, because they're going to age-out. They're going to age-out. As you age-out, who is gonna look at (you)? ... they need to be better prepared to come out of that line of work," she said.
The club will be closed until Nov. 9. Whether its owners have to file any paperwork or sign another consent agreement with the city before they can reopen is unclear for now."
Honestly, whenever I drove by it, it seemed closed anyway. This club was raided in early 2014 that had a lot of media coverage attached to it due to all of the violations though. Erotic City, here in Detroit, was also recently shut down as well.
"HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. - Police are shutting down the Deja Vu nightclub on Woodward Avenue in Highland Park.
Officers searched the building before locking it up for the next 6 months, per a court order.
Highland Park police said a sting in December uncovered all kinds of violations including strippers selling sex to customers. The club also was raided back in 2016 by police and twice has violated a consent agreement with the city.
Neighbors have been fed up with the club which cops say is often over-capacity.
"Broken glass all the time. Bottles, cars parked where they're not supposed to be parked. A lot of break-ins over here around the time that they're open. So, definitely going to be good to have them gone," said Eric Thomas, who lives near Deja Vu.
Another neighbor said she agrees with shutting down the place, but she worries about the girls with families to support. She herself was a dancer some 30-plus years ago.
"I didn't like it," said Faith. "But 'the show must go on' and I kept doing what I had to do. And then when I came to a conclusion that that life was not for me because it was detrimental for me. It was dangerous -- drugs, pimps, all that stuff."
Faith said she hopes the dancers use this interruption of business as a way to get out of the club and back into a classroom like she did.
"If they could relive their lives, I think they need to learn how to re-do their lives. Don't give up and go to another place and start it over again, because they're going to age-out. They're going to age-out. As you age-out, who is gonna look at (you)? ... they need to be better prepared to come out of that line of work," she said.
The club will be closed until Nov. 9. Whether its owners have to file any paperwork or sign another consent agreement with the city before they can reopen is unclear for now."
Honestly, whenever I drove by it, it seemed closed anyway. This club was raided in early 2014 that had a lot of media coverage attached to it due to all of the violations though. Erotic City, here in Detroit, was also recently shut down as well.
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However, yes. Somebody should proof the articles before posting indeed. But, ehh, it's Detroit. ;)
I can't believe strippers would have sex with customers in a nice community like Highland Park.
However, most of those SWs are trans though, so at least their local competition is hardly competition for them.
The parking lot attendant pulled a gun on a customer
On weekends they grill pork chops and hot dogs
Weed is apparently openly for sale
I went to the club once on a lesbian friend of mine's birthday. It was quite packed, ghetto, and blunts were being conspicuously smoked everywhere. I've heard of lots of brawls and shootings there. There are way better options for urban clubs in the Detroit area.
Before I move out of state in the next year or two I tentatively plan to buy a couple of these cheap Detroit houses as an investment. It's an idea I have thought about.