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Hello TL!
As a Michigander the Kwame Kilpatrick case is very relevant to me. Today he was sentenced to 18 months to 5 years in prison for a violation of probation.
Personally I think the sentence is beyond just, the guy is a gangster that cost one of the most money stricken areas in the country over $8,000,000.
What does everyone on TL think about this?
News article from today
Wikipedia entry for Kwame Kilpatrick
Fuck you Kwame
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18 months for 8 million? That sounds like a good deal.
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good, hope he gets the full 5 years. this guy was such a piece of shit who completely crippled an already broken detroit.
i still can't believe he was reelected though. that just shows to say how backwards detroit is right now.
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On May 26 2010 00:21 AtlaS wrote: good, hope he gets the full 5 years. this guy was such a piece of shit who completely crippled an already broken detroit.
i still can't believe he was reelected though. that just shows to say how backwards detroit is right now.
There's no Parole Board int he world that will release him in under 4 I'm think. He will for sure not get released at 18 months.
And yes the general population of Detriot is stupid. I was blown away when they reelected him.
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Are you from/near detroit diamond? I remember a few years ago when the election was going on and it seemed like everyone I talked to despised Kwame. How the hell did he get reelected? Was it just a silent majority that got him reelected or was there maybe some criminal activity involved in it? I remember that the media didn't really find anything too criminal involved in the election but knowing Kwame, that would be the first thing he'd resort to. Granted, the only people I talked to lived on the outskirts of detroit and were from medium income families
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Holy crap, I just finished reading the wikipedia entry for him; that is hilarious and sad at the same time. It was like reading up on a modern Tweed ring!
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On May 26 2010 00:41 AtlaS wrote: Are you from/near detroit diamond? I remember a few years ago when the election was going on and it seemed like everyone I talked to despised Kwame. How the hell did he get reelected? Was it just a silent majority that got him reelected or was there maybe some criminal activity involved in it? I remember that the media didn't really find anything too criminal involved in the election but knowing Kwame, that would be the first thing he'd resort to. Granted, the only people I talked to lived on the outskirts of detroit and were from medium income families
I live only maybe 20 miles from Detroit.
How did he get reelected? People are stupid. It BLEW MY MIND when they announced he won the election.
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Hey, if you check out Ejercito Estrada, the guys at detroit would still look like geniuses. (president that got oust then was second in the presidential elections.) lolz
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I almost wish less attention was drawn towards Michigan. At least the Michigan court system is slightly more tough than California's...
He got re-elected for the same reason that all populists do.
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On May 26 2010 01:48 Jibba wrote: I almost wish less attention was drawn towards Michigan. At least the Michigan court system is slightly more tough than California's...
He got re-elected for the same reason that all populists do.
What's the problem with Michigan?
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just read the wikipedia page. Gotta admit, thats a pretty cool story for a canadian to read. would suck for that to be my city... although vancouver has its own issues with corruption right now, no hitmen killing strippers (that i know of)
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On May 26 2010 01:50 iCCup.Diamond wrote:Show nested quote +On May 26 2010 01:48 Jibba wrote: I almost wish less attention was drawn towards Michigan. At least the Michigan court system is slightly more tough than California's...
He got re-elected for the same reason that all populists do. What's the problem with Michigan? That's a good question. State government's been trying to answer that for 30 years.
It's not like Kilpatrick is solely to lame for the current state of Detroit. Money has been funneled out of Wayne county (legally and illegally) since Coleman Young was mayor...
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On May 26 2010 00:29 iCCup.Diamond wrote:Show nested quote +On May 26 2010 00:21 AtlaS wrote: good, hope he gets the full 5 years. this guy was such a piece of shit who completely crippled an already broken detroit.
i still can't believe he was reelected though. that just shows to say how backwards detroit is right now. There's no Parole Board int he world that will release him in under 4 I'm think. He will for sure not get released at 18 months. And yes the general population of Detriot is stupid. I was blown away when they reelected him. yea right thats why all those wall street guys who collapsed the world economy are serving life sentences. -_-
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Fellow Michigander as well. This guy is a fucking crook, he got what he deserved. It's still bullshit that all his family members and friends still have their jobs.
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I'm not too involved in the American politics... so I didn't know about this guy's crimes before now... but it's really rather unfortunate that it took so long and such awful acts to remove him from office and convict him...
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If the community can reject this gangsta pimp then maybe they'll get around to minimizing Sharpton and Jackson (race pimps and professional floggers of victimhood and us-them mentality). Read the wiki articles as needed.
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On May 26 2010 02:44 NobleDog wrote: If the community can reject this gangsta pimp then maybe they'll get around to minimizing Sharpton and Jackson (race pimps and professional floggers of victimhood and us-them mentality). Read the wiki articles as needed. Wow where to start. You lump Sharpton and Jesse Jackson in with Kwame Kilpatrick and call them "pimps." Maybe before you criticize Sharpton and Jackson for playing the race card you should examine why you used the term "gangster pimp" to describe Kilpatrick. I'm sure on a white politician you would never use that term for his conduct, which amounts to corruption, adultery, and perjury (pretty white collar if you ask me).
That said Kwame Kilpatrick is a piece of shit and this sentence was just what we all needed.
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On May 26 2010 02:54 Slow Motion wrote: That said Kwame Kilpatrick is a piece of shit and this sentence was just what we all needed.
This. We can now only hope the FBI tears into him about Tamara Greene while they have him in a spot he can't wiggle out of. Stripper or not, she was a mother and a person and did not deserve what happened to her.....
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In fact my description was milder than your final one. If some white fool satsifies the pimp label then I'll happily label him such. So much for your race card.
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Also to call Kwame anything but a gangster is just insane. The dude is a certified gangster, but the kind that wears a suit and drives an Escalade while being a gangster.
Now he'll just be wearing the MDOC blues thinking about his former gangster life.
Also Compuware already fired him, that was fast....
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