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President Barack Obama gestures as he gives his inauguration address during a ceremonial swearing-in ceremony during the 57th Presidential Inauguration, Monday, Jan. 21, 2013 on the West Front of the Capitol in Washington.

(Photo by (AP Photo/Win McNamee, Pool))

DETROIT, MI -- President Barack Obama in his inaugural address Monday mentioned Detroit, alluding to the city's staggering public safety crisis.

The mention came in a sequence of calls for equal rights for women and gays, better opportunities for students and immigrants, and safe streets for children.

"Our journey is not complete until all our children, from the streets of Detroit to the hills of Appalachia to the quiet lanes of Newtown, know that they are cared for, and cherished, and always safe from harm," the president said.

Detroit and Newtown, Conn. were the only cities Obama mentioned by name in a modern context.

Newtown, Conn. was the site of the December school shootings that killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary.

In Detroit, 411 people were killed, mostly in gunfire, in 2012.

The mention comes around the 15:45 mark in the video below.

The speech had "Detroit" trending on Twitter nationwide Monday afternoon.

Here are some of the postings:

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