How Kwame Went Bad

DETROIT — Bloomfield Hills-based attorney Norman Yatooma says the public only saw the "sure-fire stuff" federal prosecutors had against Kwame Kilpatrick and his co-defendants; there was more. But those examples of corruption or unethical behavior,

DETROIT — Jurors in a city buffeted by financial crisis convicted former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick on corruption charges Monday, capping a five-month trial that exposed a brazen pay-to-play culture during his years in office while the distressed

Kwame Kilpatrick, Bernard Kilpatrick and Bobby Ferguson were hit with more than 30 charges of federal mail and tax fraud, extortion, bribery and racketeering — with Kilpatrick convicted of 24 charges. Ferguson was the only

“Kwame Kilpatrick stole money from the city of Detroit,” McQuade said. “While Kwame Kilpatrick enjoyed a lavish lifestyle, he watched the quality of life erode for the people of Detroit. The mayor cheated the system. Kwame Kilpatrick didn't lead the

This is really sad, you guys. Just because a federal jury decided that you can't run a city like it was your personal organized crime family, former Detroit Mayor/convicted felon Kwame Kilpatrick, a man Russell Simmons once