Detroit Mayor Pleads Not Guilty

Kwame Kilpatrick Under Pressure To Resign After Perjury Charges For Alleged Affair

(CBS/AP) 
Kilpatrick's lawyer, Dan Webb, said he plans to attack the text messages and ask a judge to prevent them from being admitted as evidence.

"It's almost unheard of in this country for a prosecutor to take testimony in a civil case and then bring perjury charges, Webb told The Early Show. "Perjury charges are almost exclusively reserved for criminal cases."

"I am as certain as I stand here that the initial production of those text messages in fact were illegal under the law," Webb said.

Controversy has surrounded Kilpatrick since his 2001 election. Embraced by many residents for his boldness and confidence, Kilpatrick, then 31, embodied the new black politician and wore a diamond stud earring that helped earn him the unofficial title of "Hip-Hop Mayor." His mother is Democratic U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick.

Kilpatrick is the youngest mayor ever elected in Detroit and the city's first sitting mayor charged with a crime, reports CBS News correspondent Bianca Solorzano.

During his first four years, he caused a furor over his use of his city-issued credit card for expensive travel, the city's lease of a luxury Lincoln Navigator for his wife and unsubstantiated allegations of a wild party involving his security team and strippers at the mayor's mansion.

At the start of his second term, Kilpatrick vowed to not make the same mistakes and announced a residential redevelopment along Detroit's dormant riverfront, hosted a Super Bowl that spotlighted the city's renewal efforts and initiated other improvements. He had been expected to seek a third term in 2009.

Despite calls from the City Council and Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox to step down, Kilpatrick has said he will not resign.

The Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News separately called for Kilpatrick's resignation in editorials posted Monday night on their Web sites.

"Our call for him to resign has nothing to do with the ultimate verdict in court, whether innocent or guilty," Free Press vice president and editor Paul Anger said in a statement e-mailed to The Associated Press. "The reason we are calling for the mayor to resign is to spare Detroit the distraction and pain of weeks, months and possibly years of turmoil with a mayor who won't be able to focus on his job and a lingering, hurtful spectacle in front of the country."

The Detroit News said the "charges place a cloud over Kilpatrick that greatly reduce his effectiveness."

Forcing him to step down now would punish Kilpatrick before he has had his day in court, Webb said.

"If you look at the actual testimony given in court, there is no question and answer given that was false, and we'll let a jury decide this," Webb said.

[keithle1]

Dig the stupid expression on his face.

"Kwame..." Please. Lose the ridiculous first name. You don''t live in Africa. You wouldn''t last a weekend there. Not enough food for ya.

Never criticize black people. You''ll be called a racist. Part of the white conspiracy that holds black people back.

Detroit''s population has declined by more than 27,300. It has lost more than three times as many people as any other metro area.

[cbville-2009]

Stop with the white folks "stewing" every time so stupid moronic black man/woman makes a foooool of him/herself.


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Posted by kailumego1 at 02:34 PM : Mar 26, 2008

He should never have been mayor in the first place. He had no credentials for the job. He was black however and in the "blue" cities (Wash., Phila., Detroit, etc) that is all that matters. Take a look at the crime rate of these cities and it comes as no shock. Where''s Al Sharpton at. I am waiting to hear Al come to bat for the "Hip Hop Mayor"
Scumb@gs.

[keithle1]

So there aren''t "lots of poor people" in Detroit? That was an inaccurate statement I made? You want to call the mayor & see if he disagrees? Did I say EVERY person in Detroit was poor?

CHICAGO TRIBUNE Oct 16, 2005 In an article by
Stephen Franklin, a Tribune staff reporter, who
called Detroit "the nation''s poorest and most shrunken big city..."

I jump on the white politicians too. Believe me.

[guysdigdirt]

give him a gun with one bullet and leave him alone in a room for as long as it takes
Posted by honestabe8

A novel, and somewhat apealing idea.

I wonder why he was not on the floor looking up at his wife through the blood as she yelled "how do you reload this *** thing!!"

[kailumego1]

Keithle1, this has become the forum for putrid commentaries by useless spineless and inept human beings, such as yourself.

Stop making this about race, considering the sordid mess white politicians, etc. constantly find themselves, this is about a egoistic arrogant self-aggrandized individual that placed his infantile impulses above the needs of the citizens of Detroit, and F.Y.I. another inept comment, all Detroiters are not "poor".

Stop with the white folks "stewing" every time so stupid moronic black man/woman makes a foooool of him/herself.

[strellnikov]

What can you expect from a "hip hop mayor"? Detroit deserves exactly what they voted for. Yet another reason why Detroit is America''s Beruit.

[honestabe8]

give him a gun with one bullet and leave him alone in a room for as long as it takes

[keithle1]

"..madly in love.." Excuse me while I puke.

You can''t keep anything secret when you''re a public figure. It all comes out.

Who would want to be mayor of Detroit? Thankless job. City going nowhere fast. Lots of poor people.

Would she have been interested in him if he wasn''t Mayor? What if he delivered packages for FedEx?

[tbweb]

A persons Text Messages and Emails are private and no ones business! People interested in private matters like this are a bunch of perverts who need to get a life! But such is the society here in the U.S. with its insatiable appetite for smut and dirt and who will spend big money to obtain it! If there was no market for it, it would not exist, and anything that makes money in a Capitalist society will be with us! Society finally realizes that drugs and guns are not the problem, its the demand for them, the customers of drugs and guns are the problem and its the same with invading peoples privacy! But even with that said, the Mayor is still guilty for not knowing what time it is and I know he can relate to that!

[infidel_us]

Judge: ''Mr. Mayor, how do you plead?''

Swame: ''Well yo honor, mostly like dis.....OH PLEASE LET ME GO!!!! IT WAS ALL HER FAULT!!! OH, AND IT WAS MY WHITE GRANDMOTHER''S FAULT, TOO!''

[infidel_us]

Hey, where all da white women at? I''m out on bond so lets get together! LOL

This is just the ''typical'' white folk racist KKK-USA keepin'' da man down! See, if America weren''t a racist nation going back 350 years, Swame would not be in trouble now. He would be a Harvard educated lawyer who is running for.......oh, wait a minute.....MY BAD! :)

[xlib]

Of course he''s not guitly. He''s a black democratic politican and that shields him from anything. Just holler racism and watch everyone squirm. He''s about as not guilty as jefferson and his freezer money.
Say, where''s the story on the new New York state governor and all his confessions?? Maybe I missed them. Oh yea, he''s a black democrat too so we wouldn''t want to look like we''re picking on them.

[apprxam]

Democrats accept mediocrity far too much.

[apprxam]

Stop crying Infidel

[jersupporter]

When are we going to learn living in 21st century. People don''''t have problem with current administration lying about WMDs and getting us into war which only benifited Oil rich Arabs and their terrorist allies and hurt only America and American allies. What''''s up with Detroit Mayor having affair with a women which any man tends to do because of the Testosterone running in the body. Posted by patriotic9
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Yes, George W Bush sent the text and set-up Kilpatrick. ***, how come I didnt think of that? LMAO LOSER POST OF THE DAY

[lochlan-2009]

"Both were accused of multiple counts of perjury, conspiracy, obstruction of justice and misconduct in a scandal"

Take him out of office and give him three times the penalty for the average citizen, since he was in a position of authority. Are we cleaning house yet in this country, or are we letting these people lie, cheat and steal still?

[downsteamjim]

If they''''d let him see his mistress he could "release" some of the pressure.
Posted by rushlimpdrug

Usually I disagree with you, but that was a good comment.

[rushlimpdrug]

"Detroit Mayor Under Pressure To Resign"

If they''d let him see his mistress he could "release" some of the pressure.

[downsteamjim]

To SHURCH4TRUTH: Where in this article does it give the mayor''s party? Sloppy journalism or bias.

[krenz4]

Infidel: to use your vernacular






Infidel: Deys all unda neeth basketball players you azz!