List of charges against Kwame Kilpatrick [black Major of Detroit]

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The charges

Count 1. Kilpatrick and Beatty. Conspiracy to obstruct justice. 5 year felony.

Count 2. Both. Obstruction of justice for firing former Deputy Chief Gary Brown, interfering with his investigation and committing perjury to hide the firing and the mayor and Beatty’s extramarital affair. 5-year felony.

Count 3. Both. Misconduct in office by firing Brown and interfering with his criminal investigation of the mayor and his security team and committing perjury to conceal his relationship with Beatty. 5-year felony.

Count 4. Kilpatrick only. Misconduct in office for authorizing an $8.4-million settlement of the Brown and Harold Nelthrope whistle-blower lawsuit and a similar suit by another officer to hide the existence of incriminating text messages. 5-year felony.

Count 5. Kilpatrick only. Perjury for testifying last Aug. 29 that he didn’t fire Brown or know Brown was investigating him. 15-year felony.

Count 6. Kilparick only. Perjury for testifying Aug. 29 that he didn’t have an affair with Beatty. 15-year felony.

Count 7. Beatty only. Perjury for testifying Aug. 28 that Brown wasn’t fired and that she didn’t know he was investigating the mayor or the rumored Manoogian party. 15-year felony.

Count 8. Beatty only. Perjury for testifying Aug. 28 that she didn’t have a romantic or sexual relationship with Kilpatrick . 15-year felony.

Count 9. Kilpatrick only. Perjury for lying in a notarized statement June 26, 2003, about the circumstances surrounding Brown’s dismissal. 15-year felony.

Count 10. Kilpatrick only. Perjury for lying in a notarized statement Oct. 11, 2004, about circumstances of Brown’s removal. 15-year felony.

Count 11. Beatty only. Perjury for lying in a notarized statement Dec. 9, 2003, that she didn’t know Brown was investigating the Manoogian party before his dismissal or the circumstances of his removal. 15-year felony.

Count 12. Beatty only. Perjury for lying in a notarized statement on Dec. 9, 2003 that she wasn’t aware of mayor’s philandering. 15-year felony.

Source: http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080324/NEWS01/80324037

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City Council Asks Kwame Kilpatrick to Resign

The Detroit City Council is expressing its disdain for disgraced Detroit Mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick. This week, the council moved for a resolution asking for Kilpatrick to resign voluntarily. However, Mayor Kilpatrick has refused to do so.

"This is what I was born to do," said Kilpatrick.

A formal vote by the council is set for Tuesday. If the resolution passes, the council will seek a voluntary resignation. If Mayor Kilpatrick refuses to resign, the city then resorts to other options available to force his removal from office.

"The city has basically been paralyzed since all this information has come out," said Councilwoman Brenda Jones. "We can't just sit here and act like we are moving forward."

Jones and the other council members unanimously passed the resolution against Kilpatrick.

Kwame Kilpatrick, known as "The Hip Hop Mayor", has had a troubled administration from the start. Most recently, he found himself in the middle of a whistle-blower case, in which two Detroit Police Officers sued, citing that they were fired for revealing details of the Mayor's extracurricular activities.

Mayor Kilpatrick, who is the son of Congress Woman Carolyn Kilpatrick, has been accused of perjury after he and his Chief of Staff, Christine Beatty, lied under oath about having an affair. If found guilty of felony perjury, Kilpatrick could be disbarred, forced to resign as mayor and given up to 15 years in prison.

Kilpatrick had little to say about possibly being forced out by the City Council. "I don't want to get into that," he said. "I'm not resigning."

The Detroit City Council also had some disparaging remarks about the national attention that the case has drawn.

"Detroit has received embarrassing coverage nationally and internationally, which has caused the mayor to be absent from his duties for a prolonged period of time and absent from the public," the resolution stated.

Whether the council can remove Kilpatrick from the Mayor's Office is yet to be determined. Council President Kenneth Cockrel Jr. stated that he doesn't believe Kilpatrick can be removed without being convicted of a felony.

"I think at this point he's dug his heels in pretty well," Cockrel said.

Kwame Kilpatrick, an attorney, was the youngest Mayor ever elected in the city of Detroit. His troubles began as Mayor in 2002, when rumors of a wild party at his mansion surfaced. It is alleged that the party involved strippers, and that Kilpatrick's wife, Carlita Kilpatrick, came home unexpectedly and got into a fight with one of the strippers.

But Kilpatrick's problems with strippers did not stop there. Tamara Greene, a stripper with the nickname "Strawberry", allegedly performed at Kilpatrick's home. Greene was shot over a dozen times by the same .40 caliber pistol offered for use by the Detroit Police Department. Her family is claiming that her murder (which came shortly after another failed attempt on her life) was committed to keep her from testifying.

Tamara Greene's family is suing the city of Detroit for $150 Million.


Source: http://news.yourblackworld.com/2008/02/city-council-asks-kwame-kilpatrick-to.html