Kwame Tried to Keep Lid on Cop's Firing USA (wgvu) - DETROIT (AP) - New documents show Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick
tried to keep a police officer's firing secret and asked his staff
for a "good answer."
The documents filed in court by the Wayne County prosecutor were
released Tuesday after Kilpatrick and former top aide Christine
Beatty were arraigned on perjury and other charges.
The report included an excerpt of a text message from Kilpatrick
asking members of his staff for help in explaining former Deputy
Chief Gary Brown's departure.
Kilpatrick said during a whistle-blowers' trial last August that
Brown wasn't fired. Kilpatrick and Beatty also denied having an
intimate relationship.
The prosecutor launched an investigation after the Detroit Free
Press published excerpts of sexually explicit text messages between
the mayor and Beatty.
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