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| Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick sent to jail | |
| 2008-08-08 | |
Kilpatrick apologized this morning to 36th District Court Judge Ronald Giles for the unauthorized trip he made to nearby Windsor, Canada, and pointed out that he "ran in, made a presentation . . . and I ran back." The ruling, though shocking to prosecutors and allies of the mayor alike, comes after months of the mayor's defiant and sometimes flippant attitude toward his legal woes. Both the mayor and his former top aide, Christine Beatty, testified during a "public whistle-blower" trial last year that they did not have a relationship. But the Detroit Free Press in January released racy snippets from more than 14,000 text messages sent to and from Beatty's city-provided pager in 2002 and 2003, including one Kilpatrick sent to Beatty in 2002 that read "I'm madly in love with you." Kilpatrick now faces felony charges -- including perjury, misconduct and obstruction of justice --for attempting to hide his extramarital relationship with Beatty, who also was charged with seven felonies. (Earlier this week, the pair both waived their right to a preliminary hearing previously scheduled for next month.) As the case has moved toward trial, Kilpatrick has refused to step down from his mayoral office and, at times, acted as if nothing was wrong. Kilpatrick's travels have come up before. This spring, after Kilpatrick and his wife flew to Dallas for a meeting with church officials, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy's office asked the court to add travel restrictions as conditions of the mayor's bond. A judge ruled that when Kilpatrick needed to travel for city business reasons, he simply needed to make a phone call to the court -- and then he was free to travel worldwide. But last week, Giles revoked the mayor's right to make any trips without a court hearing, after a Wayne County Sheriff's deputy testified that he was physically assaulted by the mayor and suffered a fractured hip. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 Prison, thats where Gangstas go. He wants to live the lifestyle, so be it. |
| Posted by: Bertie Grise4247 2008-08-08 15:02 |
| #6 Obama says that Kilpatrick "is going to be doing astounding things for many years to come" ... in prison. Hopefully not country club style, but PMITA prison. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-08-08 13:46 |
| #5 He's gonna Strike! Strike! Strike! Again! /LOL FAMU |
| Posted by: .5MT 2008-08-08 12:51 |
| #4 he'll be charged with Felony Assault: At 10 this morning, Cox is expected to announce that he is charging Kilpatrick with assaulting an officer in July as he tried to serve court papers on one of Kilpatrick's best friends. Before the Cox announcement, Kilpatrick will appear in Wayne County Circuit Court for an emergency hearing in which he hopes to regain his freedom with a new bond. He already is charged with eight felony counts related to the text message scandal revealed by the Free Press in January. If Cox adds charges, the mayor faces the threat of being jailed again. Giles' decision to jail the mayor followed a lengthy apology from Kilpatrick, who begged Giles for another chance. He invoked the image of his 12-year-old twins as he pleaded for leniency. "I am asking for your forgiveness. It will never happen again," the mayor said, his voice quavering as the courtroom scene was broadcast. "My sons are watching this proceeding, because I asked them to. I told them that I did something wrong." insincere lil f*ck doesn't fall free from the tree, huh? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-08-08 10:17 |
| #3 Check the Power Line story. Maybe not so easy to throw under the bus with Michigan in play. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-08-08 08:27 |
| #2 Obama gave broad support to Kwame ....and will add Kwame's name to the presidential pardon he and Michelle have waiting for the tens of thousands of 'political prisoners' now held in US prisons. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-08-08 08:06 |
| #1 Atlas Shrugs reports: "Kwame's mother, Carolyn Kilpatrick, is Chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus." Obama gave broad support to Kwame. |
| Posted by: McZoid 2008-08-08 02:40 |