Why Are Two Brothers Sleeping on a Snow-Filled Detroit Porch in the Dead of Winter? Police Say Parents Aren’t to Blame

In Detroit, where the low temperature averages 25 degrees in December, two brothers sleeping on their parents’ front porch have been a cause of concern. The boys, ages 12 and 15, have been camping on the porch since summertime. “It hurt every night to go to sleep and know these kids are out there,” neighbors Kiarra Collins told Fox 2 in Detroit. “In July, it was 80, 90 degrees. Now it’s 20 degrees, you know what I’m saying? So something needs to be done.” Good Samaritans have offered help but they boys refuse to accept. Independent journalist Marc D’Andre, distressed by the sight of the brothers lying on the porch in a heap of blankets and sleeping bags, visited their west Detroit home on Nov. 30 to check on the brothers and& livestreamed their brief conversation. “Everyone on the block has tried to get them to come into the house,” a woman tells him on the phone. D’Andre repeatedly offers them a meal and a warm room but they tell him they’re fine. “I’m doing this to help you, bro, no bullsh-t,” D’Andre tells the boys. “People have been hitting me up all day about ya’ll.” “We’re good,” one of...