Detroit's "Hip-Hop Mayor"
I cannot stress enough, for those who want to compare Kilpatrick with Clinton...this isn't about sex. It's more like Nixom & GW Bush, people who think they're above the law.
Judge orders Kilpatrick to post $7,500 bond to remain out of jail
Judge Ronald Giles of Detroit's 36th District Court changed Kilpatrick's bond from a personal bond in his criminal perjury case to requiring him to post $7,500 cash with the court to remain free.
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The judge said it does not "matter whether investigator White was pushed or thrown ... the fact that defendant Kilpatrick decided to inject himself into this situation where the officers were attempting to lawfully serve a subpoena ... defendant Kilpatrick had no right ... to come into contact with investigator White or say anything to investigator White."
"I have locked up defendants for approaching or saying things to witnesses for a lot less, let alone touching them," Giles said. "I'm at a loss to defendant Kilpatrick's behavior here. It's irrational."
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Speaking directly to the mayor, Giles told him he is being held to a higher standard.
"You're a licensed attorney. You're a public official. Everything you do, every step you take, every word you say is somewhere recorded for everyone to hear," he said, as the mayor nodded. "You need to keep that in mind."
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White, a detective with the Wayne County Sheriff's Department and the officer in charge of the criminal case against Kilpatrick, testified that Kilpatrick assaulted him, swore at him and made racial comments Thursday afternoon when White tried to serve a subpoena on a friend of the mayor at his sister's home.
"This underscores a problem that perhaps he's not taking this as seriously as he should ... you can't bully police officers," Assistant Wayne County Prosecutor Robert Moran said, adding that in another case he might ask for a defendant to take anger management classes.
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Judge orders Kilpatrick to post $7,500 bond to remain out of jail
Judge Ronald Giles of Detroit's 36th District Court changed Kilpatrick's bond from a personal bond in his criminal perjury case to requiring him to post $7,500 cash with the court to remain free.
[snip]
The judge said it does not "matter whether investigator White was pushed or thrown ... the fact that defendant Kilpatrick decided to inject himself into this situation where the officers were attempting to lawfully serve a subpoena ... defendant Kilpatrick had no right ... to come into contact with investigator White or say anything to investigator White."
"I have locked up defendants for approaching or saying things to witnesses for a lot less, let alone touching them," Giles said. "I'm at a loss to defendant Kilpatrick's behavior here. It's irrational."
[snip]
Speaking directly to the mayor, Giles told him he is being held to a higher standard.
"You're a licensed attorney. You're a public official. Everything you do, every step you take, every word you say is somewhere recorded for everyone to hear," he said, as the mayor nodded. "You need to keep that in mind."
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White, a detective with the Wayne County Sheriff's Department and the officer in charge of the criminal case against Kilpatrick, testified that Kilpatrick assaulted him, swore at him and made racial comments Thursday afternoon when White tried to serve a subpoena on a friend of the mayor at his sister's home.
"This underscores a problem that perhaps he's not taking this as seriously as he should ... you can't bully police officers," Assistant Wayne County Prosecutor Robert Moran said, adding that in another case he might ask for a defendant to take anger management classes.
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