Kwame Kilpatrick Guilty!

Rejoice Motorcity, they found Kwame Kilpatrick guilty on 24 of 30 counts.

Is that some St. Patrick's Day phrase? What are you on about?

Former mayor of Detroit.

Sentencing? Please please please be 24 consecutive 10-15 year terms so even if he manages to turn over one or two counts he will still be there for the rest of his miserable life.

He did some bad stuff, huh?

I think he made a deal with those guys who make the drug NUKE.

Nice work. Now to get the rest of them!

Execution via spork.

Don't konw exactly which 24 of the 30 he was found guilty of, but here's the summary of the charges:

• One count of racketeering conspiracy, punishable by up to 20 years in prison

• Eight counts of extortion, punishable by up to 20 years in prison; $250,000 fine

• Two counts of bribery, punishable by up to 10 years in prison; $250,000 fine

• 13 counts of mail and wire fraud, punishable by up to 20 years in prison; $250,000 fine

• Five counts of filing false tax returns, punishable by up to three years in prison; $100,000 fine

• One count of income tax evasion, punishable by up to five years in prison

If Washington DC is any indicator, he'll go to prison, get out early for "good behaviour", and get voted back into office in under 10 years.

Duke wrote: If Washington DC is any indicator, he'll go to prison, get out early for "good behaviour", and get voted back into office in under 10 years.

I think even Detroiters are sick of him, zero chance of him getting back into office even if he gets out, and I'm hoping he doesn't

Adrian_Thompson wrote:

Duke wrote: If Washington DC is any indicator, he'll go to prison, get out early for "good behaviour", and get voted back into office in under 10 years.

I think even Detroiters are sick of him, zero chance of him getting back into office even if he gets out, and I'm hoping he doesn't

I wouldn't put anything past the voters of Detroit, but given the seriousness and number of the charges, I don't think he'll see the light of day for a long time. Huzzah!

Appleseed wrote: I think he made a deal with those guys who make the drug NUKE.

LOL! That was the best movie of the series.

Adrian_Thompson wrote:

Duke wrote: If Washington DC is any indicator, he'll go to prison, get out early for "good behaviour", and get voted back into office in under 10 years.

I think even Detroiters are sick of him, zero chance of him getting back into office even if he gets out, and I'm hoping he doesn't

I will take the opposite bet.
Jail will up his street cred and he will ne back stronger.

In reply to JohnRW1621:

I thought Detroit just bulldozed 80% of his voters homes......

I really thought he'd walk. I just knew there'd be a rogue juror that would simply not find him guilty. I was glued to the radio at 10:30 waiting to hear. I'm soo glad he's been found guilty. Not that it all started (or will end) with him, but after seeing first hand this DB ruin the city so he can get 'his' pissed me off to no end.
He'll see some jail time, but get out way early, never pay restitution, and go on to a lucrative political career.

The first time I saw this DB on tv after he was elected I knew the people of Detroit were in trouble. When they re-elected him I knew the people of Detroit were getting what they deserved, until I found out how many dead people voted him in, and how the seniors in nursing homes were 'helped' with the voting process.
I was talking to a guy I went to school and D.J.'d with a while back. He admitted he voted for Kwame the first time "cuz he's one of us *iggaz, we gotta get him in there!". When I asked if he voted for him the second time he said he didn't, but most of his homies did because "man, dat fool dun learnt his lesson. He'll be aight now."
Now if we can get the city council out, maybe the city can start to heal and rebuild.

Anybody who is interested should read the book Detroit: An American Autopsy or something to that effect. I'm half way through and it's riveting.

it's great he got all that jail time, but the fines ? not just him but all the others that get huge amt. of fines like that... how the heck do they pay them and what happens if they don't ( which they won't of course) ?

In reply to wbjones:

The fines just mean that the federal government siezes his assets and sells them off at auction. Its kind of their justification for doing so.

http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2013/03/plane_circles_detroit_with_poi.html#incart_flyout_news

The plane's message: "Don't Drop The Soap Kwame! Love (with a heart shape) Mojo 95.5"

DrBoost wrote: I really thought he'd walk. I just knew there'd be a rogue juror that would simply not find him guilty.

What do you mean, "Rogue Juror"?

Woody wrote:

DrBoost wrote: I really thought he'd walk. I just knew there'd be a rogue juror that would simply not find him guilty.

What do you mean, "Rogue Juror"?

Nothing. Nothing sir

yamaha wrote: In reply to wbjones: The fines just mean that the federal government siezes his assets and sells them off at auction. Its kind of their justification for doing so.

that I knew ... but with the cost of lawyers, the assets are probably long gone .. that was really my question ...

Didn't i hear that Kwame lives in someplace warm like Houston or Florida now in a pricey house, and the guy has not had a job for years???
I think I also heard that much of his legal team was working ProBono

JohnRW1621 wrote: Didn't i hear that Kwame lives in someplace warm like Houston or Florida now in a pricey house, and the guy has not had a job for years??? I think I also heard that much of his legal team was working ProBono

He has been living in Southlake, Texas, a wealthy suburb of Dallas. No visible means of support. And he's way behind on the restitution payments he owes the city.

JohnRW1621 wrote: Didn't i hear that Kwame lives in someplace warm like Houston or Florida now in a pricey house, and the guy has not had a job for years??? I think I also heard that much of his legal team was working ProBono

Yeah, one of the people he was 'helping out' when he was mayor gave him a job he didn't have to go to, while paying him a fat salary. His mansion was a gift, or something like that. Various churches were giving him tens of thousands at a time just cuz they love him.
But he could only afford $5.00 a month toward his restitution iirc. This guy gives crooked politicians a bad name.