It is hard to miss the story of the American swimmers claiming that they were robbed at gunpoint and the Brazilian government saying they lied to cover up a drinking binge. Matt Lauer and Bob Costas went out of their way to investigate Ryan Lochte and his teammates claims? No they decided to believe the police in a third world country known for corruption and try to ruin four swimmers. Because gas stations are the safest place in the world, right?

Well that depends. Here is an example that is a bit more local and might help clarify things. I live 3 hours from Detroit and have had occasion to visit the Motor City for work. I stopped for gas well outside the city limits. Why? Could be something like this:

Craig’s most recent innovation is Project Green Light, a partnership with gas stations, party stores and fast-food restaurants that have installed high-definition cameras to stream live video to the department’s Real Time Crime Center, where they are monitored. The cameras and their feeds are designed to act as a deterrent and, if they capture a crime, evidence. Craig said 25 percent of violent crime in Detroit takes place within 500 yards of a gas station, which serves in some neighborhoods as a corner store.

Twenty-five Percent of violent crime is within 500 yards of a gas station. In the state where our police keep records. And where our cops who take a bribe that publicly tend to have a new uniform and a set of shiny bracelets when caught. But this is about Rio and four buzzed to drunk college aged kids out in a cab when this happened:

The swimmers, who were returning to the Olympic Village from a party and stopped at the gas station to use the restroom, acknowledge they had been drinking. Using a Portuguese word that broadly refers to someone under the influence of a substance, Deluz describes them as “very altered. I can’t tell you if it was drinking or drugs.” He describes Lochte as “the very blond one. He was the one who was most altered.”