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Kilpatrick Offered Plea Deal
www.wwj.com ^ | 8-22-2008 | WWJ

Posted on 08/23/2008 12:39:13 PM PDT by Westlander

Detroit (WWJ) -- A plea deal has been offered during an arraignment for Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. But defense attorneys say no deal.

(Excerpt) Read more at wwj.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: detroit; kilpatrick
Not to mention his other 8 felony charges pending.
1 posted on 08/23/2008 12:39:13 PM PDT by Westlander
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To: Westlander

This disgraceful gang-banger Mayor knows that we no longer have the stomach to stand up to a black leader, no matter how outrageous, disgusting and illegal their behaviors. Patrick, Jackson, Sharpton, Jefferson, Rangel to name a few.

I feel so sorry for Steele, Watts and other honorable black leaders who are assaulted by the gang banger black community and weak-kneed, Neville Chamberlain liberals.

Under Obama, we will see a runaway growth in outrageous behaviors by black leaders without any recourse.

America - the new Zimbabwe.

We are not supposed to make racist posts on FREEP which is a good thing. But how come the Dems want to elect a racist President?


2 posted on 08/23/2008 12:48:14 PM PDT by whitedog57
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To: whitedog57
This disgraceful gang-banger Mayor knows that we no longer have the stomach to stand up to a black leader, no matter how outrageous, disgusting and illegal their behaviors. Patrick, Jackson, Sharpton, Jefferson, Rangel to name a few.

There are lots of white Democrats that could be included. Race has nothing to do with it. It's all about corruption and abuse of power. Just start with the Clintons and then add the known corruption of Reid's land deal, Obama's house and Pelosi's husband's business getting very profitable contracts from the feds.

It's not just a race thing.

3 posted on 08/23/2008 1:35:01 PM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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Reject the plea bargain, go to prison.


4 posted on 08/23/2008 10:35:54 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______Profile hasn't been updated since Friday, May 30, 2008)
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To: SunkenCiv
Reject the plea bargain, go to prison.

He's not going to prison. Nor would he if he were Joe Public. The sentencing guidelines only indicate jail, if that, given his record (none) and the details of the offense. Jail is definitely on the table, but I'd have to bet against it as a likelihood at this point.

5 posted on 08/23/2008 10:42:30 PM PDT by MichiganMan (So you bought that big vehicle and now want to whine about how much it costs to fill it? Seriously?)
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It seems the ‘mayor’ is nothing but a criminal thug (and it runs in the family).

On March 24, 2008, Kilpatrick was charged with eight felony counts, including perjury, misconduct in office, and obstruction of justice. If found guilty of felony perjury, Kilpatrick would be disbarred and could be jailed for up to 15 years per count.

His mother, Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, represents Michigan’s 13th District in the United States House of Representatives, and serves as the Chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus in the 110th United States Congress. Kilpatrick’s father, Bernard Kilpatrick, served as Chief of Staff to former - Wayne County Executive Edward H. McNamara.

His campaign staff consisted of high school classmates, Christine Beatty, who became his legislative aide and later his chief of staff and alleged adulterous lover.

He was criticized for using city funds to lease a car for use by his family and using his city issued credit card to charge thousands of dollars worth of spa massages, extravagant dining, and expensive Moët et Chandon champagne. Kilpatrick would later pay back $9000 of the $210,000 credit card charges.

“… Kilpatrick used his special administrator authority to bypass the water board and City Council on three controversial contracts:

A $131 million radio system that will be used mostly by Detroit police and fire departments.
A $21.3 million security upgrade performed by a company tied to the mayor’s friend, Bobby Ferguson.
A $38,000 no-bid public relations contract awarded to Bob Berg, the spokesman for Kilpatrick’s re-election campaign. “

[edit] Manoogian Mansion party
Kilpatrick’s controversies started from rumors of a wild party in the fall of 2002 involving strippers at the official residence of the mayor—the city-owned Manoogian Mansion. It is alleged by former members of the mayor’s Executive Protection Unit that the mayor’s wife, Carlita Kilpatrick, came home unexpectedly and upon discovering Kwame with the strippers began to attack one of the women.

The murder of Tamara Greene
Tamara Greene was a 27-year-old exotic dancer who went by the name “Strawberry” and who claimed to have performed at the Manoogian Mansion party. While sitting in her car with her boyfriend, Greene was shot multiple times with a .40 caliber Glock handgun. Although official statement by Detroit Police Department claims that Ms. Greene was shot three times, sources from Homicide Division of DPD have claimed that she was shot 18 times. Her boyfriend was wounded, but he was not shot after the white Chevrolet TrailBlazer driven by the shooter(s) turned around and drove by a second time. This fact led Bowman to conclude that Greene was the intended target and not her 32-year-old boyfriend. She was murdered on April 30, 2003, at around 3:40 am, near the intersection of Roselawn and West Outer Drive.[27][28] Her murder came after a first attempt on her life failed. This led to the theory that this was a “deliberate hit” by a member of the Detroit Police Department, a theory that Bowman would investigate. He alleges his investigation was the reason that he was taken off of the case and transferred out of homicide.

In another sworn affidavit, Joyce Carolyn Rogers, a former employee for the Detroit Police Department stated that she read a police report that came across her desk in the fall 2002 which involved the mayor’s wife, Carlita Kilpatrick assaulting Greene during the alleged Manoogian Mansion party. Rogers stated in the affidavit that Carlita had witnessed Greene touching the mayor “in a manner that upset the mayor’s wife.”

On May 8, 2007, WXYZ reported that Kilpatrick used $8,600 from his secret Kilpatrick Civic Fund to take his wife, three sons and babysitter on a week long vacation to a five-star California resort, the La Costa Resort and Spa. The fund, controlled by Kilpatrick’s sister and friends, was created to improve the city of Detroit through voter education, economic empowerment and crime prevention. Tax and accounting experts said Kilpatrick’s use of the fund was a violation of IRS regulations.

Since 2002, the Washington D.C. police will only offer professional courtesy protection to Kilpatrick while he is conducting official business in the nation’s capital. Washington police no longer provide after-hours police protection to Kilpatrick because of his inappropriate partying during past visits. Sergeant Tyrone Dodson of Washington explained by saying “we arrived at this decision because we felt that the late evening partying on the part of Mayor Kilpatrick would leave our officers stretched too thin and might result in an incident at one of the clubs.” The Kilpatrick administration allege that the statements and actions of the Washington police are part in a political conspiracy to ruin the mayor.

The Detroit Free Press examined city records and found that 29 of Kilpatrick’s closest friends and family were appointed to positions within the various city departments. This hiring practice came to be known as ‘the friends and family plan’. Some appointees had little to no experience, while others like Kilpatrick’s uncle Ray Cheeks and cousin Nneka Cheeks, falsified their résumés. Kilpatrick’s cousin, Patricia Peoples, was appointed to the deputy director of human resources, giving her the ability to hire more of Kilpatrick’s friends and family without it being viewed as a mayoral appointment.

The jobs held by friends and family range from secretarial positions to department heads. The appointees had an average salary increase of 36% compared with a 2% raise in 2003 and 2% raise in 2004 for fellow city workers. Some of the biggest salary increases were for April Edgar, half-sister of Christine Beatty, whose pay increase was 86% over 5 years. One of Kilpatrick’s cousins, Ajene Evans, had a 77% increase in his salary same period. The biggest salary increase among the 29 appointees was that of LaTonya Wallace-Hardiman who went from $32,500 staff secretary, to an executive assistant making $85,501—163% in five years.

The city has laid off more than 4,000 city workers and more than 1,000 police officers since Kilpatrick’s first term. None of Kilpatrick’s friends or family have been laid off.

It was revealed on July 15, 2008 by WXYZ reporter Steve Wilson, that in 2005 Kwame Kilpatrick, Christine Beatty, and the chief of police Ella Bully-Cummings allegedly used their positions to help an influential Baptist minister arrested for soliciting a prostitute to have the case dismissed.


6 posted on 08/23/2008 11:00:45 PM PDT by kcvl
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Gov. Jennifer Granholm is in the odd position of being able to help put Barack Obama in the White House by evicting Kwame Kilpatrick from the Manoogian Mansion.

The governor says political considerations aren’t in play as she considers the fate of Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. OK. But there will be political fallout.

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080824/OPINION03/808240312

But with Kilpatrick still around, Detroit is a mine field for Obama.


7 posted on 08/23/2008 11:07:24 PM PDT by kcvl
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8 posted on 08/25/2008 10:45:56 AM PDT by grellis (By order of the Ingham County Sheriff this tag has been seized for nonpayment of taxes)
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thanks taildragger.
Granholm to proceed with Kilpatrick ouster hearing

9 posted on 08/26/2008 12:59:11 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______Profile hasn't been updated since Friday, May 30, 2008)
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But defense attorneys say no deal.

Shocked, I am. Shocked.

10 posted on 08/26/2008 6:27:48 PM PDT by grellis (By order of the Ingham County Sheriff this tag has been seized for nonpayment of taxes)
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