Benny and the Power of the Media

[Bobbert]

For those of us old enough to remember, Benny Napoleon's career got a big boost in January 1994 when he was thrust into the media spotlight following the attack on skater Nancy Kerrigan in Detroit. He was Detroit Deputy Police Chief at the time.

From all the praise he's received since his death, he was probably destined for political prominence, but he got so much publicity from that one incident, that it didn't surprise me at all when he moved on to higher positions later. I wonder how much that media exposure helped him.

[Bryce]

For those of us old enough to remember, Benny Napoleon's career got a big boost in January 1994 when he was thrust into the media spotlight following the attack on skater Nancy Kerrigan in Detroit. He was Detroit Deputy Police Chief at the time.

From all the praise he's received since his death, he was probably destined for political prominence, but he got so much publicity from that one incident, that it didn't surprise me at all when he moved on to higher positions later. I wonder how much that media exposure helped him.

Probably much less than the exposure Gill Hill received.

[RayQix]

Wasn’t Benny full Chief at one time?


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[Bobbert]

For those of us old enough to remember, Benny Napoleon's career got a big boost in January 1994 when he was thrust into the media spotlight following the attack on skater Nancy Kerrigan in Detroit. He was Detroit Deputy Police Chief at the time.

From all the praise he's received since his death, he was probably destined for political prominence, but he got so much publicity from that one incident, that it didn't surprise me at all when he moved on to higher positions later. I wonder how much that media exposure helped him.

Probably much less than the exposure Gill Hill received.

That's right, Gil Hill rode his national exposure to presidency of the Detroit City Council. All he had to do was cuss out Eddie Murphy in Beverly Hills Cop.