Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick Jailed for Violating Bond Order

Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick Jailed for Violating Bond Order

Thursday, August 07, 2008
Associated Press

DETROIT — Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was jailed Thursday for a bond violation in his perjury case, his pleas for leniency rejected by a judge who made it clear the mayor would get no special treatment.

Kilpatrick, charged with perjury and other felonies over his testimony in a civil trial, apologized and acknowledged that he made a mistake when he visited Windsor, Ontario, minutes away from Detroit, for city business last month. But District Judge Ronald Giles was not moved, saying he needed to treat the mayor like any other defendant.

"What matters to me ... is how the court overall is perceived and how if it was not Kwame Kilpatrick sitting in that seat, if it was John Six-Pack sitting in that seat, what would I do? And that answer is simple," Giles said.

It was a stunning outcome, exceeding even what prosecutors had sought. And it came two days after Kilpatrick's mother, U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, survived a Democratic primary election that was dominated by her son's legal woes.

Kilpatrick was photographed Thursday and given a green jumpsuit like ones worn by other inmates. He will be treated like any other prisoner, "no better, no worse," Sheriff Warren Evans said.

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These blacks can be the biggest crocks in the country and it doesn't matter. The blacks in their districts will still elect them.

No, black people aren't racist. Blacks aren't voting for hussein because he's black.

My ass they aren't...

He'll probably still be the major from his prison cell, just like Marion Berry.