Detroit mayor, aide plead not guilty

AP on Yahoo ^ | 3/25/08 | Corey Williams - ap

[NormsRevenge]

DETROIT - Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his former top aide have pleaded not guilty to charges they lied under oath about having an affair.

The mayor and former Chief of Staff Christine Beatty were arraigned Tuesday. Not guilty pleas were entered for them on charges of perjury, conspiracy, obstruction of justice and misconduct in office.

Both are accused of lying under oath about an affair and their roles in the firing of a top police official. Steamy text messages first reported by the Detroit Free Press revealed a flirty, sometimes explicit, dialogue between the two.

Attorneys for both say their clients will be exonerated.

[MBB1984]

I am sure he will be proven innocent, just like OJ. /s

[Para-Ord.45]

“Typical black guy”

ooohhhhh, he said it .

[Larry Lucido]

For those who don’t know, Christine Beatty is the one who told the Detroit traffic cop “Do you know who the f-— I am?” while she called the police chief on her cell phone.

Guess we know who she is now.

[Larry Lucido]

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[Levante]

Dirtbags.

Their attitude and management style would fit in nicely in any of a number of tinpot dictatorships.

[snowdrift]

Not just WHO, but WHAT! And pretty soon we’ll know how much. Don’t you know her mama is proud today.

[Freeyomind]

Whew pride goeth before a fall!
Christine and Kwame were living the hi life
and got laid low!
Everyone reaps the whirlwind, Everyone.
They just got it real fast.
It would be Shakespearian if it weren't so disgustingly vulgar.
Cant wait to see a politico get put on ice
whether he's black or white
This is just the tip of the Horrific Iceberg.
Who is gonna speak out for Tamara Green?
A police officer already testified that another Detroit Cop
did her in.

[Larry Lucido]

Welcome! Good to have you on FR!

And so true!

[Larry Lucido]

Welcome to you too!

[grellis]

If you would like to be added or dropped from the Michigan ping list, please freepmail me.

Well, of course he's going to plead not guilty. This case has been mishandled right from the start, hasn't it? He is going to be exonerated isn't he?

POPCORN AT THE READY!!!

[from occupied ga]

Pitcher

[PurpleMan]

Let the trial begin!!!!! Maybe just in time for the DNC convention, too

Oh boy, oh boy. This is gonna be great!!!

[grellis]

With any luck at all, we can get to know her as an inmate number. Such a classy gal!

[grellis]

Why don't people have to hold up ID number cards in their mug shots anymore? And when did they stop phographing in front of the height chart?

Mug shots just ain't what they used to be. There's no humiliation in them anymore.

[from occupied ga]

There's no humiliation in them anymore.

Well to be fair, they haven't been convicted.

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

One set of rules for him, another set of rules for us. One day he will rise up in the ranks of the dem party.

[grellis]

No, not those numbers (those will come in time, I hope!). I don't know how it's done elsewhere in the state, but here in Lansing all booking photos (used to) include a placard held by the person being charged. The placard wasn't big, maybe 5x7, and had their name, booking#, and maybe one additional line of information.

The pics of Kilpatrick and his lady friend look like security photos. It oughtta be a rule that all mug shots look as flattering as Nick Nolte's infamous pic.

[westmichman]

I’m betting that she gets nailed (again, hehe) and he gets off scott-free.
I think I will introduce a resolution in our city council meeting tonight asking him to resign.

[yorkie01]

Mama, U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks-Kilpatrick, must be very, very proud of him. The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.