Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Goes To Prison

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By: Charles S. Mombo

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On the issue of Detroit's former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick sentencing today – whether he had been wrong, why he had been wrong or whether he was sorry is not my call to make. To say it was sad and unfortunate to him handcuffed and led to prison is an understatement.

We have always held the ex-mayor in very high esteem and regarded him as a true champion in the struggle in improving the lives of the people of Detroit. We pray that the day will come when the cloud surrounding the former mayor would be removed. Our regards goes out to the Kilpatrick family, including his wife wife Carlita, and their children.

As of today, Kilpatrick now has an assigned federal identification number and zipcode. He entered the Michigan state prison system after being sentenced from 1½ to 5 years for violating his probation.

Judge Groner appearing very frustrated ordered Kilpatrick to serve time in prison. She said that Kilpatrick had lied while on probation and maliciously hid money that was supposed to go toward repaying the City of Detroit $1 million in restitution.

“Your testimony in this court amounted to perjury,” Groner said, alluding to the ex-mayor’s explanations for how hundreds of thousands of dollars passed through his family’s bank accounts without being accounted for, or applied to, Kilpatrick’s restitution obligations. Kilpatrick was led away in handcuffs after his sentencing today.

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