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Jury convicts former Detroit mayor Kilpatrick on corruption charges
Associated Press ^ | March 11, 2013

Posted on 03/11/2013 10:25:38 AM PDT by jazusamo

DETROIT – Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was convicted Monday of corruption charges, ensuring a return to prison for a man once among the nation's youngest big-city leaders.

Jurors convicted Kilpatrick of a raft of crimes, including a racketeering conspiracy charge. He was portrayed during a five-month trial as an unscrupulous politician who took bribes, rigged contracts and lived far beyond his means while in office until fall 2008.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: cultureofcorruption; democrats; detroit; kilpatrick
Kwame will getting used to the gray bar hotel.
1 posted on 03/11/2013 10:25:38 AM PDT by jazusamo
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“He was portrayed during a five-month trial as an unscrupulous politician who took bribes, rigged contracts and lived far beyond his means while in office. “

In other words, he acted like he was in Washington instead of Detroit City.

2 posted on 03/11/2013 10:29:21 AM PDT by Tupelo (Old, Bald, Ugly, Fat and Broke in Arizona)
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His dad was convicted of something also....what a FAMILY!! A CRIME FAMILY!


3 posted on 03/11/2013 10:30:04 AM PDT by Ann Archy (ABORTION........the HUMAN sacrifice to the god of CONVENIENCE.)
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To: jazusamo

This toilet bowl gin tastes like crap.


4 posted on 03/11/2013 10:30:47 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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Good one. LOL!


5 posted on 03/11/2013 10:33:00 AM PDT by jazusamo ("Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent." -- Adam Smith)
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To: Ann Archy

Hopefully he’ll be getting a lot of new roommates when the emergency manager cracks the books and gets a clear idea of the fraud that’s gone on in the Detroit city government.


6 posted on 03/11/2013 10:36:30 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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Look for him in the front row of the dem convention.


7 posted on 03/11/2013 11:48:10 AM PDT by I want the USA back
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You can take the Kwame out of the culture but you can’t take the culture out of the Kwame.


8 posted on 03/12/2013 2:35:57 AM PDT by RedBallJet
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