
OMB!!!!!!!!!!!!
YES!!
Kilpatrick Pleads Guilty, Resigns as Detroit Mayor
DETROIT (AP) -- Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has agreed to plead guilty to obstruction charges and will step down after more than six years leading the nation's 11th-largest city.
The plea deal was announced during a court hearing Thursday and brings to an end a seven-months-long sex scandal that led to felony charges against Kilpatrick and plunged the city, region and state into political chaos.
As part of the plea deal, the 38-year-old Democrat is expected to serve jail time.
The married mayor and former top aide Christine Beatty were charged in March with perjury, misconduct and obstruction of justice. They're accused of lying under oath about an affair and their roles in the firing of a deputy police chief.
Beatty did not plead guilty and next will appear in court on Sept. 11.
It was awesome to finally watch him say he LIED UNDER OATH!
5 years probation
Must Resign (letter already on file!)
pay back 1 million dollars to city for trial (should pay the cops judgment too in my opinion)
4 MONTHS IN JAIL!
yay for you detroit people.........now hope and pray you get good mayor.
Unfortunately alot of the citizens have a thug mentality, thats why they love him so much.
By rhyme or by crime, Im gonna get mine
Some WILL vote for him if he wants to run again, just take a look at him, he knows it!
oh, and more good news I heard was that if he is to pay restitution to the city, it can't be forgiven if he declares bankruptcy :)
Kwame had these people convinced that he had made their lives better...which might be true to a small degree. But they need to realize they deserve EVEN MORE.
And I think a lot of those people think the entire issue was about his being unfaithful to his wife- I think many don't get the LEGAL aspect of it.
And then there's this school of thought......"He may be a thief and a liar, but he's OUR thief and liar!"
Kwame was very successful at reopening old wounds and bad feelings between the burbs (largely white pop.) and the city (largely black pop.). He played the race card to deflect the criticism coming his way... and people bought it hook, line and sinker......and now we have to repair the relationship it took over a decade to mend after Coleman Young left..........
Sadly ppl will stand by him no matter what..makes me sick!
I'm with DRG...Drinks on da house baby!!
He can run after his probation is over
He can re-apply for his law license again (they probably wouldnt approve it)
People on the chats are STILL saying they stonewalled him...gimme a fucking break
Kool, I truly hope you are right!
I am afraid there are plenty of peeps in Detroit who have been brainwashed into thinking that a mayor like KK is the best they can do for themselves.......
I am so bloody happy right now....BEERS FOR EVERYONE!!!!!!!
He is not allowed to run for public office during his 5 year probation.
Holy Sheeeet...I didnt think of that...
I didnt hear anything about him not being able to run again
I honestly thought it might take longer...hes such an arrogant prick, I fully expected him to fight to the death. His new new new lawyer must have really talked him into this
HOORAY for all of us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hmmmmm, wonder what hizzoner will do with all those nifty custom shirts he owns that he had monogrammed on the cuffs with "Mayor"............hahahahhaha! Mayor of NUTHIN!!!!!!!!!
Oh, but PLEASE tell me part of the deal was that he won't run for mayor again...otherwise I am afraid some of these poor fools will re-elect that piece of crap!
Carlita looked a hot mess....She wont be able to park where ever the hell she wants now!
Not surprising at all 24kBlondi! Back to reading all about it...
Very GOOD news!! Long overdue. Love the happy dance 10ftTall..LMAO!!
That smug Mutha STILL smiled and tried to crack jokes....
Anyone got Archers phone number?
I am going to be doing the happy dance all day! Serves the fuck right!!!!