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Ex-Mayor Sentenced to 28 Years in Corruption Case That Helped Detroit Go Broke
NY Times ^

Posted on 10/10/2013 4:49:22 PM PDT by nuconvert

Kwame M. Kilpatrick, the former mayor of Detroit, stood before a federal judge on Thursday and apologized for putting the people of his city through a corruption scandal so vast that prosecutors say it helped accelerate Detroit’s march toward bankruptcy.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: crime; detroit; kilpatrick; kwamekilpatrick; michigan
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1 posted on 10/10/2013 4:49:22 PM PDT by nuconvert
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To: nuconvert

Typical of ‘Rat politicians across the nation.


2 posted on 10/10/2013 4:51:12 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: nuconvert

He’ll be out in a couple years and get elected again.


3 posted on 10/10/2013 4:51:39 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Let your 'Yes' mean 'Yes,' and your 'No' mean 'No.' Matthew 5:37)
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To: nuconvert

Some good news


4 posted on 10/10/2013 4:54:35 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: nuconvert
a corruption scandal so vast that prosecutors say it helped accelerate Detroit’s march toward bankruptcy.

You sure it wasnt the socialism?

5 posted on 10/10/2013 4:55:01 PM PDT by lowbridge
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To: nuconvert
They're always after me lucky bling bling.

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6 posted on 10/10/2013 4:55:19 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Jeff Chandler

There’s no parole in Federal prison


7 posted on 10/10/2013 4:56:57 PM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Tho he could be pardoned


8 posted on 10/10/2013 4:57:39 PM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: nuconvert

Overturned on appeal.


9 posted on 10/10/2013 4:57:42 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Let your 'Yes' mean 'Yes,' and your 'No' mean 'No.' Matthew 5:37)
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To: lowbridge

The socialism didn’t help but having a kleptocrat at the top just kicked the destruction into overdrive.


10 posted on 10/10/2013 4:57:43 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: nuconvert

If his political party affiliation was mentioned in that article, I missed it.


11 posted on 10/10/2013 4:57:56 PM PDT by dainbramaged (Joe McCarthy was right.)
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To: nuconvert
There’s no parole in Federal prison

I think you have to serve at least 85% of your sentence.

However, there's always the purple-lipped pardon route.

12 posted on 10/10/2013 4:58:31 PM PDT by Steely Tom (If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)
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To: lowbridge

Kwame could have been purer than Caesar’s wife and Detroit would still have gone belly up. Lots of others contributed and over a long period of time: elected officials, public leeches, all added to the mess that is Detroit.


13 posted on 10/10/2013 4:58:53 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: Steely Tom

I don’t see a pardon in Kwame’s future. He backed Hillary Clinton.


14 posted on 10/10/2013 4:59:28 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Jeff Chandler
He’ll be out in a couple years and get elected again

First he needs to get videotaped smoking crack with a whore. Like the Mayor of DC, who then got re-elected by that city's "where's my free sh**?" Democrats.

15 posted on 10/10/2013 5:00:43 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: EDINVA

Dave Bing isn’t corrupt and actually could have done some good but he’s just too old and feeble for the fight.


16 posted on 10/10/2013 5:00:44 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: cripplecreek
I don’t see a pardon in Kwame’s future. He backed Hillary Clinton.

Yeah, but there could be another factor at work.

Hmm. It'll be interesting to see which factor wins out.

17 posted on 10/10/2013 5:01:06 PM PDT by Steely Tom (If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)
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To: cripplecreek

.... bad mistake.... backing the Clintons


18 posted on 10/10/2013 5:02:13 PM PDT by ptsal (Repubicans swallowing more kool-aide from Rove & Kristol)
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To: nuconvert

Kwame gets 28 years, he will be out in 4 and we will be stuck with the bill.


19 posted on 10/10/2013 5:05:49 PM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: ptsal

There is a certain animosity between Detroit politicians and Obama. Even John Conyers has been fairly aggressive with Bammy.


20 posted on 10/10/2013 5:06:57 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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