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Kwame Kilpatrick Says He’ll Rise Again, Despite Resignation, Jail Time
September 5th, 2008Outgoing Detroit mayor tells citizens he takes responsibility for felonies.
Outgoing mayor of Detroit Kwame Kilpatrick says his fall from political grace won’t be the end of his contributions to community leadership. Hours after pleading guilty to obstruction of justice and announcing his plans to resign, the beleaguered leader gave farewell speech to supporters and live TV cameras, saying, “I take full responsibility for my actions.” Kilpatrick agreed to serve four months in jail and pay $1 million in restitution in exchange for dismissal of perjury charges, additional felonies and the possibility of 10 or more years in prison. In addition, the mayor must surrender his law license and agrees not to run for office during his five years of probation. Kilpatrick’s perjury, obstruction of justice and misconduct in office charges stemmed from his discipline of cops whose investigation into police overtime threatened to expose the mayor’s personal life. Dozens of text messages sent between Kilpatrick and his ex-chief of staff Christine Beatty show an extra-marital affair between them in 2003. The former officers were blocked from probing alleged overtime abuse by Kilpatrick’s security squad whose members reportedly served duty during the mayor’s sexual encounters. Kilpatrick and Beatty, who’s now divorced, denied their affair while under oath at a 2007 civil trial where the investigating cops sued the mayor and the city. The cops won their lawsuit and the mayor later settled on the city’s behalf for $8.4 million – apparently after learning about the text messages. Beatty has since divorced her husband and also faces multiple felonies. “I wish that we could turn back the hands of time and tell that young man to make better choices, but I can’t,” Kilpatrick said Thursday night. Immediately following his guilty plea, the mayor pleaded no contest in a separate assault case involving a July confrontation with Wayne County sheriff’s deputies. While not specifying how he’d comeback from the legal and political devastation he’s facing, Kilpatrick expressed pride and appreciation for his administration and family, saying he’ll “rise” again.
DONT LET THEM RASICTS GET YOU DOWN KWAME YALLS MY BOY
Mmm, just saw his profile on a famous WEALTHY&SEXY dating site http://BillionaireRomance.com yesterday. What is he looking for on that site??
Yes, he will overcome this and he will be a much better person for this. “We fall down” But we must not stay down. Get up and rebuild. Rebuild his family. Rebuild his relationshipwith Christ and then he will indeed rise again. God Bless him and his family and the cith of Detroit.
Kwame, please know that I have been and continue to pray for you and your family. It behooves “us”, and I mean our black community, to ALWAYS stay where we need to and do what we need to. Racists or not, had you been doing, or perhaps not doing what you said you were not, none of this would have happened. You placed yourself in jeopardy and in a BAD SITUATION, your family and now your future. How can the city of Detroit trust you when you admit the lies?!? Perhaps during your “government vacation” you will THINK about your actions and the way in which you conducted yourself as Mayor, and vow to do better for yourself and your family. The school of hard knocks is NEVER pretty; let’s pray it’s a lesson you won’t soon forget and sincerely and truly make a BETTER future for yourself. Peace!
Thank God, because of Jesus God forgives any and all sins. A lot of good things can happen to man in five years with a repented heart.
Thank God , because of Jesus Christ, God forgives any and all sins. A lot of good things can happen to a man in the next five years with a repented heart.
Kwame has to learn that when you are under oath you have to tell the truth. It would have been an indescretion and he would have had some amends but he would not now be going to jail if he had just told the truth. You simply cannot lie under oath and it turn out well. He has to be man enough to own up to his actions and then he can truly talk about rising again. It is not about racism, it is about him lying under oath.
Well – God says if you don’t confess your sins in secret, He’ll put them on the rooftop. The issue is that sin just doesn’t affect the person, the outgoing mayor has put Detroit on a rooftop. He may think that the issue is now over, but he has forgotten that he has to answer to a God who “is angry with the wicked everyday.” So – -serve your time down here, so you won’t have to serve your time DOWN THERE. As a Detroiter, I am saddened to see that a young black man has allowed his flesh to control his actions. I hope that his time in jail and all the other things he has to pay helps him. However, I have been bothered by that smirk of his makes me doubt. “Smiling faces tell lies!”
SHARONDA SHUT UP!!!! OH MY GOD YOU MAKE ME SICK WITH U’R IGNORANCE!!!!
what part of this ENTIRE trial had anything to do with race??? this man lied under oath, he cheated on his wife on the tax payers dime at that and then tried to cover it up!!! so please…enlighten me to how tha “WHITE MAN” made this gentleman in power do all that? what did they pull out his business from his pants and force him onto that woman. no wait, i know…the white monster made him LIE in court under oath RIGHT!!!
it’s people like you…that will continously make it hard…for the REAL issues to be heard…because no matter what the situation is…in your eyes…as long as one person is black…the black person must be right and it will always be the white mans fault. i sure hope that if you have kids…u don’t pump this type of hate into their hearts. if u do…may God help them…
were are my comments?
SHARONDA SHUT UP!!!! OH MY GOD YOU MAKE ME SICK WITH U’R IGNORANCE!!!!
what part of this ENTIRE trial had anything to do with race??? this man lied under oath, he cheated on his wife on the tax payers dime at that and then tried to cover it up!!! so please…enlighten me to how tha “WHITE MAN” made this gentleman in power do all that? what did they pull out his business from his pants and force him onto that woman. no wait, i know…the white monster made him LIE in court under oath RIGHT!!!
it’s people like you…that will continously make it hard…for the REAL issues to be heard…because no matter what the situation is…in your eyes…as long as one person is black…the black person must be right and it will always be the white mans fault. i sure hope that if you have kids…u don’t pump this type of hate into their hearts. if u do…may God help them….
SHARONDA SHUT UP!!!! OH MY GOD YOU MAKE ME SICK WITH U’R IGNORANCE!!!!
what part of this ENTIRE trial had anything to do with race??? this man lied under oath, he cheated on his wife on the tax payers dime at that and then tried to cover it up!!! so please…enlighten me to how tha “WHITE MAN” made this gentleman in power do all that? what did they pull out his business from his pants and force him onto that woman. no wait, i know…the white monster made him LIE in court under oath RIGHT!!!
it’s people like you…that will continously make it hard…for the REAL issues to be heard…because no matter what the situation is…in your eyes…as long as one person is black…the black person must be right and it will always be the white mans fault. i sure hope that if you have kids…u don’t pump this type of hate into their hearts. if u do…may God help them
SHARONDA SHUT UP!!!! OH MY GOD YOU MAKE ME SICK WITH U’R IGNORANCE!!!!
what part of this ENTIRE trial had anything to do with race??? this man lied under oath, he cheated on his wife on the tax payers dime at that and then tried to cover it up!!! so please…enlighten me to how tha “WHITE MAN” made this gentleman in power do all that? what did they pull out his business from his pants and force him onto that woman. no wait, i know…the white monster made him LIE in court under oath RIGHT!!!
it’s people like you…that will continously make it hard…for the REAL issues to be heard…because no matter what the situation is…in your eyes…as long as one person is black…the black person must be right and it will always be the white mans fault. i sure hope that if you have kids…u don’t pump this type of hate into their hearts. if u do…may God help them all
SHARONDA SHUT UP!!!! OH MY GOD YOU MAKE ME SICK WITH U’R IGNORANCE!!!!
what part of this ENTIRE trial had anything to do with race??? this man lied under oath, he cheated on his wife on the tax payers dime at that and then tried to cover it up!!! so please…enlighten me to how tha “WHITE MAN” made this gentleman in power do all that? what did they pull out his business from his pants and force him onto that woman. no wait, i know…the white monster made him LIE in court under oath RIGHT!!!
it’s people like you…that will continously make it hard…for the REAL issues to be heard…because no matter what the situation is…in your eyes…as long as one person is black…the black person must be right and it will always be the white mans fault. i sure hope that if you have kids…u don’t pump this type of hate into their hearts. if u do…may God help them all.
Let he who is without sin cast the first stone. Mayor Kilpatrick has ask God to forgive him and he ask his wife to forgive him, so people please let it go. If this was your family or even you, would you be so quick to condem?. Yes he is going to jail, and that is the punishment for his crime, but after he has paid his dues, he should be able to grow and move on from this. It is not about black or white, it is about humanity. Like Judge Mathis said “second chances, I got one”. We see you again at the top of your political game Kwame..God Bless you and keep you, that is my prayer.
Let he who is without sin cast the first stone. Mayor Kilpatrick has ask God to forgive him and he ask his wife to forgive him, so people please let it go. If this was your family or even you, would you be so quick to condem?. Yes he is going to jail, and that is the punishment for his crime, but after he has paid his dues, he should be able to grow and move on from this. It is not about black or white, it is about humanity. Like Judge Mathis said “second chances, I got one”. We will see you again at the top of your political game Kwame..God Bless you and keep you, that is my prayer.
We Will see you again at the top of your political game.