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Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick pleads guilty, resigns
By COREY WILLIAMS and ED WHITE
Associated Press Writers Sep 4, 2:19 PM EDT
DETROIT (AP) - Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick
pleaded guilty to felony charges Thursday in a sex scandal, forcing him out of
office after months of defiantly holding onto his job leading the nation's
11th-largest city. He was ordered jailed for four months and fined $1 million.
(ap) - No
Mention of Kwame's Party in the Headline or the Opening Paragraph... MeThinks
he's a Supporter of Obama... - tha malcontent)
"I lied under oath," Kilpatrick said in court.
(No Mention of
Kwame's Party there... - tha malcontent)
The plea deal brings to an end a seven-months-long ordeal that has been a
distraction for one of the nation's most troubled cities, which suffers from
some of the highest home foreclosure and unemployment rates in the country, and
has struggled for decades against population loss, high crime and racial
tension.
(Or there... -
tha malcontent)
The Detroit city charter automatically expels any mayor guilty of a felony.
(Or there... -
tha malcontent)
A one-sentence letter signed by Kilpatrick and filed with the court states his
resignation will take effect Sept. 18.
(Or there... -
tha malcontent)
City Council President Ken Cockrel Jr. will succeed Kilpatrick as mayor until a
special election is held.
(Or there... -
tha malcontent)
As part of Thursday's deal, the 38-year-old Democrat is to serve four months in
jail and five years of probation. He also would pay the $1 million in
restitution over the five-year probationary period, cannot run for any elected
office for five years and loses his law license.
(8 Paragraphs
in, we Find out that he is a DemocRAT... Classic. - tha malcontent)
During a separate hearing moments after Wayne County Circuit Court Judge David
Groner accepted the mayor's plea, Kilpatrick offered a no contest plea in an
assault case.
(Paragraph 9,
and we have yet to hear about how he is an Obama Supporter, as we have seen the
AP point out about Scandals Involving (R)'s who Support McMaverick... - tha
malcontent)
The judge also accepted that plea, which called for Kilpatrick to serve a
four-month jail sentence that would run at the same time.
(No mention of
Barry there... - tha malcontent)
Kilpatrick had faced 10 felony counts in the two separate criminal cases.
(Or there... -
tha malcontent)
Groner asked Kilpatrick if he understood he was giving up the right to be
innocent until proven guilty.
(Or there... -
tha malcontent)
"I gave that up a long time ago," Kilpatrick replied.
(Or there... -
tha malcontent)
Kilpatrick also read a statement in court and admitted his guilt, saying "I lied
under oath ... I did so with an intent to mislead the court and jury and to
impede and obstruct the fair administration of justice."
(Or there... -
tha malcontent)
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.
(Or there... -
tha malcontent)
Beatty did not plead guilty and next will appear in court on Sept. 11. Groner
said a plea deal in Beatty's case appeared likely.
(Or there... -
tha malcontent)
The mayor will be sentenced on Oct. 28. He will report to jail that day, said
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy.
(Or there... - tha malcontent)
"We did not give an inch and these conditions were basically to a letter of what
we wanted all along," she said.
(Or there... -
tha malcontent)
Worthy said she was glad that Kilpatrick resigned but that was never a
"bargaining chip" for her. She said paying restitution and serving time in jail
were far more important.
(Or there... -
tha malcontent)
"You don't just lose your job and walk away," she said.
(Or there... -
tha malcontent)
Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm described the events of the day as "a sad but
historic story" that's coming to an end.
(Or there... -
tha malcontent)
"A public office is entrusted to the person who holds that office but belongs to
the people who are served by that office," she said.
(Or there... -
tha malcontent)
She also suspended a hearing that she had started Wednesday to determine whether
he should be removed from office for misconduct. The proceedings were rendered
moot.
(Or there... -
tha malcontent)
Until now, Kilpatrick had refused to resign even as the calls for him to step
down grew louder and the controversy overshadowed all else at City Hall,
tarnishing the national image of the much-maligned city even more.
(Or there... -
tha malcontent)
Detroit Police Chief Ella Bully-Cummings, who was appointed by Kilpatrick,
announced her retirement Thursday, effective immediately.
(Or there... -
tha malcontent)
Kilpatrick leaves a mixed legacy. He persuaded big business to invest in a city
staggering from the auto industry's woes and a decades-long exodus of people,
but he failed to live up to a promising political future due to repeated
scandal.
(Or there... -
tha malcontent)
The son of a Detroit congresswoman, Kilpatrick was just 31 when he was elected
in 2001, becoming the youngest mayor in city history.
(Or there... -
tha malcontent)
His pro-Detroit rhetoric and diamond stud earring endeared Kilpatrick to many
blacks, especially young voters who embraced the "Hip-Hop Mayor."
(Or there... -
tha malcontent)
But Kilpatrick's first term was marked by political immaturity and fiscal
irresponsibility. He racked up thousands of dollars in travel on his city-issued
credit card and the city's lease of a luxury Lincoln Navigator for his wife,
Carlita.
(Or there... - tha malcontent)
Less than a year into the first term, rumors surfaced of a wild party involving
strippers and members of Kilpatrick's security team at the mayor's mansion.
(Or there... -
tha malcontent)
Former Deputy Police Chief Gary Brown filed a lawsuit in 2003, claiming he was
fired for looking into the alleged party and investigating the actions of the
mayor's bodyguards.
(Or there... -
tha malcontent)
During the 2007 trial, Kilpatrick and Beatty sat in the witness chair and denied
having a romantic relationship in 2002 and 2003.
(Or there... -
tha malcontent)
But a bombshell rocked Detroit in January: The Detroit Free Press published
sexually explicit text messages recovered from Beatty's city-issued pager that
contradicted their courtroom denials.
(Or there... -
tha malcontent)
He and Beatty were charged with perjury and other felonies.
(Or there... -
tha malcontent)
More text messages released in April revealed the evolution of flirty and
sexually explicit exchanges to professions of love and promises of marriage.
(Or there... -
tha malcontent)
In May, the City Council asked Granholm to remove Kilpatrick from office, saying
it was misled into approving a $8.4 million settlement with Brown and two other
officers. Council members said they didn't know about provisions to keep the
text messages under wraps.
(Or there... -
tha malcontent)
In July, a sheriff's detective trying to serve a subpoena on a Kilpatrick friend
said he was shoved by the mayor. Assault charges followed.
(Or there... -
tha malcontent)
The next month, a judge ordered the mayor to jail for violating the terms of his
bond by traveling to Canada. He was released the next day, but the incident
prompted some politicians and community leaders who had remained silent on the
scandal to call for his resignation.
(Or there... Well... I am SHOCKED... Simply Shocked. I am Sure the Next GOP Scandal NOT Involving McMaverick will be Shown the Same Respect, unlike how the AP has Handled it in the Past with Larry Craig (R) and others. - tha malcontent)
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