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The Kilpatrick and Beatty text-messaging scandal was a political sex scandal in the United States emerging from a whistleblower lawsuit involving former Detroit Police chief Gary Brown, Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his former chief of staff and paramour Christine Beatty.
"The Mayor’s use of the I-word is inappropriate, dehumanizing, and an insult to Detroit’s longstanding immigrant communities," the organizations wrote in a press release viewed by the local ...
This included a brief stint in 1806–1809 with a largely ceremonial mayor. Detroit's current strong mayor system dates from the city's 1824 charter. From 1824 to 1857, mayors were elected to terms of one year; from 1858 to 1953 the term was increased to two years, and after 1953 mayoral terms were four years.
The text messages appear to contradict testimony that Kilpatrick and Beatty gave at a trial in 2007 in regards to whether they had an affair and had fired an officer for investigating the mayor's behavior. The City of Detroit settled the lawsuit for $8.4 million based on the recommendation of Kilpatrick and the City of Detroit law department. [1]
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan’s decision to run as an independent candidate in the Michigan gubernatorial race may throw a wrench in Democrats’ plans to hold on to the office in 2026. Duggan, who ...
Detroit ushered in its first Black mayor in January 1974 with a boisterous inauguration that stretched over three days.. Today, the celebration is largely remembered for four much-debated words in ...
Kwame Malik Kilpatrick (born June 8, 1970) is an American former politician and convicted felon who served as the 72nd mayor of Detroit from 2002 to 2008. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously represented the 9th district in the Michigan House of Representatives from 1997 to 2002.
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan kicked off a run for governor of Michigan as an independent on Wednesday, despite having long been a Democrat, an unexpected development in what will be a hotly contested ...