Prosecutor: Ferguson driven by greed, arrogance

    By Robert Snell
    The Detroit News
  

Detroit— Bobby Ferguson displayed arrogance, a sense of entitlement and apathy for poor people, a federal prosecutor told jurors Thursday during closing arguments in the contractor's $12 million bid-rigging trial.

In a 90-minute speech, Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Buckley recounted highlights of the government's case, showed jurors guns seized from Ferguson's office and unraveled an alleged conspiracy targeting a low-income housing project that cheated taxpayers out of millions of dollars.

"The evidence told a story about greed, about arrogance and about apathy," Buckley said. "Crimes driven by greed, a desire for money. I think you would agree the conduct of the defendants demonstrated a certain sense of entitlement, a sense that rules don't apply to them."

Ferguson lawyer Gerald Evelyn followed Buckley.

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