This is just the very latest in an intricate scandal involving the mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick. It came out on the 6:00 news tonight. The mayor has always denied this party took place, and now a retired clerk from the Detroit PD has sworn this affidavit stating the party did in fact take place at the mayor's mansion. The subject dancer was killed in a drive by shooting 6 months after the party and the police dept. covered it up. The dancer was shot 18 times with a 40 mm Glock, which is DPD issued, and not usually used by street gangs. It came out in the text messages that revealed an affair the mayor had with his chief of staff. Two police officers were fired for trying to investigate this, but they sued the city and won $9 million dollars. The trial was last fall.
Over the weekend, the Detroit Free Press published text messages between Kwame, his chief of staff and their mutual friend who owns a contracting firm, that implicates all three of them in a scam to award contracts to the friend. Many of these projects were federally funded, so the feds are investigating, too.
WOW, thanks for the update. Being originally from the east coast, and knowing about past scandals there, this soap opera is quite the mess. I see another pol will be going down when his cronies don’t want to see the inside of the feds “club med” prison.