Kwame does jail!

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by PiKA2001

Kilpatrick must live lavishly, his lawyer says

http://freep.com/article/20100224/NEWS01/2240303/


Just pay the damn money and GO AWAY.

I wish they would stop giving him media attention, honestly. Toss him in jail if he refuses to pay and be done. The man thrives on attention, even when it is negative.

[Senusret I]

^^^ That's very interesting and I've never heard of that before.

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

^^^ That's very interesting and I've never heard of that before.

Sens...it happens in Baltimore quite frequently.....In fact I can't remember when the last time the Mayor of Baltimore was a Republican

[AGDee]

This article about Freman Hendrix (who ran against Kilpatrick in the last election and really should have won) shows all the candidates who ran in the primary.. all were Ds.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freman_Hendrix

Update on the Kwame case: For the two felonious assault charges, he got $25K bond (accepting 10%), agreed the terms of the other bond (no travel, GPS) and added a condition that he not have contact with the witnesses in the new case. So, he's outta jail again.

[PM_Mama00]

Originally Posted by nittanyalum

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

Oh man hope you're joking.

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

PhiGam

As twisted as this logic is going to sound....think about it.....

Getting caught doing drugs is one thing....

But....

having strippers in the home, having one of those strippers murdered, having extramarital affairs, utilizing city property for personal use, spending public money put in secret funds, being accused of preferential hiring...with a list that is continuing to grow...well that may be another small ball of wax....

Add to that list the whole Escalade incident. Or was it Navigator? Either way, expensive SUV.

[nittanyalum]

Originally Posted by PM_Mama00

Oh man hope you're joking.

[PhiGam]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

Sens...it happens in Baltimore quite frequently.....In fact I can't remember when the last time the Mayor of Baltimore was a Republican

Make it 3/3 for high crime rates and corruption.

[PhiGam]

So to summarize: Democratic Mayor= High Crime rates and Kwame is a scumbag. Killing hookers isn't very original either.

[nittanyalum]

Originally Posted by PhiGam

So to summarize: Democratic Mayor= High Crime rates and Kwame is a scumbag. Killing hookers isn't very original either.

I think Kwame would be a scumbag regardless of his political affiliation. He just is. There are plenty of other scumbags who call themselves Republican. Bottom line is, they're just weak and arrogant people, I don't care what lever they claim to pull or core they try to cater to. Absolute power continues to corrupt absolutely.

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by nittanyalum

I think Kwame would be a scumbag regardless of his political affiliation. He just is. There are plenty of other scumbags who call themselves Republican. Bottom line is, they're just weak and arrogant people, I don't care what lever they claim to pull or core they try to cater to. Absolute power continues to corrupt absolutely.

we call these scumbags.....politicians...heheheh

[AGDee]

Kwame's GF, Christine Beatty is publicly saying that she will gladly testify against him for immunity. Why this now? Apparently the text messages show that he wasn't just cheating on his wife, he was also cheating on his mistress. I don't think they're going to give her immunity... I think they have enough evidence without her testimony, but this is worse than a soap opera!

[Senusret I]

First, I love every Alpha brother.

Second, it's definitely time to step back Effie, I mean Kwame.

Finally, I think the plea deal is fair EXCEPT barring him from running for another office. That just seems..eh... I dunno, infringatory. lol

[Kevin]

Here in Oklahoma, we had a similar thing happen with our former Democratic governor. He committed perjury, a felony.

Instead of putting him through the ringer as Mayor Kilpatrick has experienced, the courthouse was opened up "special" for the governor at 7 P.M. where he pled out to a completely unrelated misdemeanor.

Your Detroit mayor is guilty of one major infraction -- alienating himself enough from the powers that be that such a charge would actually stick.

[AGDee]

From other things I've read, I think it will be that he can't run for office for 5 years.

He's done a lot more than that, Kevin. Or are you saying that was his biggest mistake?

[nittanyalum]

Originally Posted by AGDee

From other things I've read, I think it will be that he can't run for office for 5 years.

He's done a lot more than that, Kevin. Or are you saying that was his biggest mistake?

I'd say so, from the article:

Kilpatrick, 38, and in his second four-year term as mayor, is charged with 10 felonies in two cases.


In the first case, he and Beatty are charged with perjury, conspiracy, misconduct and obstruction of justice. They are accused of lying during the 2007 whistle-blowers' trial about having an extramarital affair and their roles in the firing of a deputy police chief.


Text messages from Beatty's city-issued pager contradicted their testimony.


In the second case, Kilpatrick is charged with two counts of assault after he allegedly shoved a Wayne County detective into an investigator while they were trying to serve his friend a subpoena.

Love that he's getting jail time, would have been fun to see the Governor yank him from office, though.