The man who came into power as the youngest mayor in Detroit history leaves as the only chief executive charged with a felony. The decision in 2003 by Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his former chief of staff, Christine Beatty, to remove Gary Brown from the helm of internal affairs snowballed into a wide-reaching scandal. Lying about the decision under oath during a whistleblower trial eventually cost them their jobs, and landed them behind bars.
November 20, 2015 at 12:01 am
Kwame Kilpatrick under fire
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- Kwame Kilpatrick on Carlita Kilpatrick's plastic surgery
- Kwame Kilpatrick on spending at Gucci and elsewhere
- Kwame Kilpatrick on making restitution payments
- Kwame Kilpatrick answers questions about his assets
- Judge Groner questions Kwame Kilpatrick about his finances
- Kwame Kilpatrick released from jail
- Kwame Kilpatrick's day in court
- Explore Kwame Kilpatrick's jail cell
- New Mayor Cockrel answers Detroit News questions
- Cockrel becomes Detroit's 61st mayor
- Naomi Long Madgett, poet laureate of Detroit, recites 'New Day'
- Monica Conyers is sworn in as Detroit City Council president
- Mayor watch: Kilpatrick's term ends; Cockrel's begins
- Charlie LeDuff talks to Mike Stefani, Sharon McPhail, and Adolph Mongo about Kilpatrick
- Kilpatrick pleads the Fifth at deposition
- Christine Beatty rejects plea deal
- Christine Beatty appears in court Sept. 11
- Ken Cockrel on the transitional meeting with Kwame Kilpatrick
- Cockrel talks about his immediate plans
- Kwame Kilpatrick's address to the city
- Lawyers present terms of mayor's plea deal
- Mayor's legal team: 'Deck was stacked against him'
- Reaction to Kwame Kilpatrick's plea deal
- Next mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr. addresses Detroit
- Detroit police chief retires
- The rise and fall of Kwame Kilpatrick
- Mayor Kilpatrick pleads guilty to two felony charges
- Hearing to remove Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick from office
- Attorney Mike Stefani testifies about the text messages
- Judge rules removal hearings can start
- Judge cuts Kilpatrick's tether, keeps travel restrictions
- Mayor Kilpatrick arraigned in assault case
- Mayor Kilpatrick in court Aug. 15
- Spirited exchanges in Judge Townsend's court
- Detroit's most flamboyant politicos discuss the mayoral scandal, Part I
- Detroit's most flamboyant politicos discuss the mayoral scandal, Part II
- Citizens react to the jailing of Mayor Kilpatrick
- Police officer blocks WXYZ-TV's Steve Wilson after Mayor Kilpatrick press conference
- Mary Waters' campaign ad takes on the Kilpatricks
- 'The Daily Show' lampoons Mayor Kilpatrick
- Detroit City Council votes on having a closed session
- Judge releases more text messages
- Detroit City Council receives text messages brief
- Detroit City Council shouting match
- City Council questions attorney Sam McCargo, who had represented Mayor Kilpatrick
- Part I: April 8 Detroit City Council hearings on text-message scandal
- Part 2: April 8 Detroit City Council hearings on text-message scandal
- Court video, April 4, 2008: Beatty ordered to wear tether
- City Councilman Kwame Kenyatta leads rally to 'Heal the City'
- Kym Worthy discusses the case against the mayor
- Mayor Kilpatrick stands mute at arraignment
- Christine Beatty arraigned on 7 charges
- Reaction to Worthy's announcement of charges
- Worthy files criminal charges against Mayor Kilpatrick, Beatty (Part 1)
- Worthy files criminal charges against Mayor Kilpatrick, Beatty (Part 2)
- Mayor Kilpatrick sets agenda
- Mayor Kilpatrick calls out his critics
- Cox reacts to Kilpatrick's State of the City address
- Residents respond as Mayor Kilpatrick addresses 'State of the City'
- Detroiters talk about issues of interest to them
- Councilman Kwame Kenyatta introduces resolution calling for Mayor Kilpatrick to resign
- City Council members discuss a resolution calling for Mayor Kilpatrick to resign
- Detroit News lawyer James Stewart on the documents' release
- Mayor Kilpatrick addresses City Council
- Prosecutor Kym Worthy on decision to investigate mayor
- Attorney Mike Stefani responds to Sharon McPhail's statements
- Sharon McPhail addresses media on city's position on releasing settlement documents
- Mayor Kilpatrick apologizes
- Mayor Kilpatrick's wife, Carlita, speaks
- Mayor Kilpatrick's foes, supporters square off
- Manoogian Mansion attracts well-wishers
- Metro Detroiters sound off on Mayor Kilpatrick's conduct
- Mayor Kilpatrick's testifies in whistleblower case
- Former chief of staff Christine Beatty and retired police officer Michael Moore testify
- Prosecutor Kym Worthy on the decision to investigate mayor
Photo galleries
- A look inside Kwame Kilpatrick's jail cell
- The mayor and his chief of staff
- Ruling on Beatty text messages expected Monday
- Judge sets January trial date for Beatty
- Cockrel picks new police chief
- Kilpatrick leaves, Cockrel builds his team
- Cockrel swearing in
- Cockrel gets ready for new job as mayor
- Police Chief Ella Bully-Cummings retires
- Kilpatrick pleads guilty to 2 felony charges
- Kilpatrick removal hearing
- Kilpatrick bond hearing Sept. 2
- Kilpatrick passes on deal
- Kilpatrick will stand trial in assault case
- Mayor Kilpatrick's bond altered
- Kilpatrick sent to jail for bond violation
- Judge keeps Kilpatrick documents sealed
- Detroit Revival 2008 prays for foregiveness
- Judge rips Kilpatrick for missing hearing
- Council moves to evict mayor; preliminary hearing delayed
- City council debates removal options
- Detroit City Council weighs options on mayor
- Latest text messages spell new trouble for mayor
- The mayor and his chief of staff
- Mayor addresses Detroit Manpower Movement
- City Council hearings begin
- Protesters urge Kilpatrick to step down
- Kilpatrick, Beatty arraigned on felony charges
- Detroiters react to charges against Kilpatrick and Beatty
- Mayor Kilpatrick faces felony charges
- Prosecutor Kym Worthy announces charges against Kilpatrick, Beatty
- Kilpatrick touts successes
- Mayor Kilpatrick meets with City Council
- Judge to unseal secret documents
- Mayor Kilpatrick apologizes, says he will not resign
- Protesters come out for, against Detroit mayor
- Mayor Kilpatrick and his chief of staff, Christine Beatty
- Kilpatrick cuts short Florida vacation
- Mayor Kilpatrick and the whistleblower's trial
Audio
- Ad urging fair treatment for Mayor Kilpatrick
- Recording of Wayne County Detective Brian White reporting alleged assault to dispatcher
- Mayor speaks at bond violation hearing
- Prosecutor Moran: Mayor thought he got away with it
- Judge Giles delivers his verdict
- Mayor Kilpatrick talks about drugs, jobs, being punished by God
- Mayor Kilpatrick on bringing Detroit into the 21st century
- 'Unethical, illegal, lynch mob mentality has to stop
- Mayor Kilpatrick says Free Press obtained documents illegally
- 'I've been disobedient to God,' Mayor Kilpatrick says
- 'No secret deal,' Mayor Kilpatrick says
- Mayor Kilpatrick on staying focused on the job
- 'The jury erred,' Mayor Kilpatrick says
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