Thursday, August 07, 2008

Detroit Mayor Jailed   [Mark Hemingway]

Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been ordered to jail for violating his bond. The Michigan press seems to barely be able to restrain their contempt, as noted by this lovely juxtaposition:

"I don't believe that there is a person that's ever been through this process that respects it more than I do," Kilpatrick said, referring to the legal proceedings stemming from the eight felonies ranging from conspiracy to perjury to misconduct in office to obstruction of justice filed against him in March. 

Kwame's mother, Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, just barely squeaked though the Democratic primary on Tuesday. She's lucky this didn't happen to her son a few days sooner. 

UPDATE: Greg P. over at the media blog drops a note to remind me that Kwame's a superdelegate and adds, "A few more arrests and Hillary will have all the votes she needs." 

08/07 11:16 AMShare