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Kwame Kilpatrick, Detroit’s former ‘Hip-Hop’ Mayor, Sentenced to 28 years

Friday, October 11, 2013 at 5:41 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Last summer, on July 18, Detroit filed the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. And the political corruption recounted here explains why: ‘While the city’s finances foundered, Kilpatrick was shaking down contractors, ensuring that a pal got millions in city work and turning a nonprofit fund to help struggling Detroiters into a personal slush fund,… Read more.

UPDATE: Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick cops a plea…and resigns!

Friday, September 5, 2008 at 5:37 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

I support this prosecution of Kwame Kilpatrick for the same reason I supported the prosecution of Bill Clinton, and it has nothing to do with them cheating on their enabling wives. Rather, it’s because these two pusillanimous dickheads not only lied under oath about their extramarital affairs but also used government resources to conduct and… Read more.