May the spirit of Marion Barry always be with him.

[Police Chief] Evans said the officers were cleared to go up to the house by members of the mayor's executive protection unit. He said his deputy was armed and he believes he made a wise decision in leaving the property with the investigator before the incident could escalate further.

"The officer alleges the mayor pushed him with significant force to make him bounce into the prosecutor's investigator," Evans said. "Any time one of my police officers is assaulted, if he was -- and I'm not saying he was -- it's a big deal to me."

Meanwhile, in an alternate universe where it was a random black man shoving a police officer:

"The officer was pushed with significant enough force to make him bounce into the prosecutor's investigator," Evans said. "At that point he deployed his Taser and utilized his nightstick to control the situation. When these less-lethal methods were ineffective, the officer drew his weapon and fired several shots. Any time one of my police officers is assaulted it's a big deal to me."

It's pathetic 'cos it's true.

Detroit would still re-elect this douche if given the chance.

I feel sorry for you Farkers who don't live near Metro Detroit. What do you do for entertainment without the Kwame Kilpatrick Good-Time Hour & Revival Tent to occupy your news cycles 24/7? He's as racist and divisive as Coleman Young ever was, but thuggier, and with a politically-connected family that he's probably going to take down with him.

detroit hates america

Duke_Phillips, if you have to ask why, you'll never understand: It's a Detroit* thing.


*pig-ignorant, white-fearing, Jebus-wheezing, circle-the-wagons, "they" can't tell us how to govern "our" city, thing.

Duke_Phillips: lexnaturalis:

Detroit would still re-elect this douche if given the chance.

May be a stupid question, but why?

Dude. You know why.

Watching Detroiters vote is like seeing McCain '08 signs adorning rusty trailer parks. There's no explaining the phenomena, and there's no convincing the individuals that they're screwing themselves.

I am going to run for mayor of Detroit on the platform of turning into Delta City.

Kwame Kilpatrick:
Helping reinforce black stereotypes since 1996. You'd make ur moms all proud and shiat, home skillet.

There's no explaining the phenomena, and there's no convincing the individuals that they're screwing themselves.

I know that problem well.

/Chicagoan

baorao: I am going to run for mayor of Detroit on the platform of turning into Delta City.

If ya' start letting the 'burbs vote, you've got mine.

On Tuesday, Kilpatrick lashed out at the Prosecutor's Office, claiming Worthy had a personal vendetta in pursuing perjury charges against him.

"She's definitely trying to poison the jury pool. ... Her hope is that the racism of this region will convict me," the mayor said...

The "racism of this region" is your racism, you racist racemonger.

2wolves: May the spirit of Marion Barry always be with him.

Th biatch set him up!

Barricaded Gunman: Watching Detroiters vote is like seeing McCain '08 signs adorning rusty trailer parks. There's no explaining the phenomena, and there's no convincing the individuals that they're screwing themselves.


Meh. I live in a nice house in a nice suburb of DC and I have a McCain sign - just like I did during the 2000 primaries. There isn't any mystery to someone supporting a good candidate like McCain.


Duke_Phillips: lexnaturalis:

Detroit would still re-elect this douche if given the chance.

May be a stupid question, but why?


Same reasons Marion Barry could be videotaped smoking crack with some chick who isn't his wife in a hotel room and then be reelected Mayor, and then win reelection year after year to city council - where he "serves" to this day. Racism and ignorance.

mongbiohazard: Barricaded Gunman: Watching Detroiters vote is like seeing McCain '08 signs adorning rusty trailer parks. There's no explaining the phenomena, and there's no convincing the individuals that they're screwing themselves.


Meh. I live in a nice house in a nice suburb of DC and I have a McCain sign - just like I did during the 2000 primaries. There isn't any mystery to someone supporting a good candidate like McCain.


Duke_Phillips: lexnaturalis:

Detroit would still re-elect this douche if given the chance.

May be a stupid question, but why?


Same reasons Marion Barry could be videotaped smoking crack with some chick who isn't his wife in a hotel room and then be reelected Mayor, and then win reelection year after year to city council - where he "serves" to this day. Racism and ignorance.

You left out incumency, name recognition and fundraising

Barricaded Gunman: Watching Detroiters vote is like seeing McCain '08 signs adorning rusty trailer parks. There's no explaining the phenomena, and there's no convincing the individuals that they're screwing themselves.

I am from Detroit and most Detroiters are not like what you see in the newspaper or television

Barricaded Gunman: Watching Detroiters vote is like seeing McCain '08 signs adorning rusty trailer parks. There's no explaining the phenomena, and there's no convincing the individuals that they're screwing themselves.

I think it's pretty easy to explain in this case. It's Racism pure and simple. Kilpatrick's entire election strategy has been running on the platform of "we're not going to let whitey tell US how to run OUR city!".

mongbiohazard: Barricaded Gunman: Watching Detroiters vote is like seeing McCain '08 signs adorning rusty trailer parks. There's no explaining the phenomena, and there's no convincing the individuals that they're screwing themselves.

--
Meh. I live in a nice house in a nice suburb of DC and I have a McCain sign - just like I did during the 2000 primaries. There isn't any mystery to someone supporting a good candidate like McCain.

Um I think you missed his point. A well-off person supporting a Republican isn't a mystery. A person in a trailer park supporting a candidate who is unlikely to pass pro-trailer-trash tax cuts or free healthcare, etc., is a mystery. Ironic, even.

Desquamation 2008-07-25 10:37:17 AM
Barricaded Gunman: Watching Detroiters vote is like seeing McCain '08 signs adorning rusty trailer parks. There's no explaining the phenomena, and there's no convincing the individuals that they're screwing themselves.

I think it's pretty easy to explain in this case. It's Racism pure and simple. Kilpatrick's entire election strategy has been running on the platform of "we're not going to let whitey tell US how to run OUR city!".

I certainly do not agree with Kilpatrick and it is time for hime to go. He has harmed the city more than I though imaginable. However, I must say that he is not the only politician in Metro Detroit to employ racial politics.

I think it's pretty easy to explain in this case. It's Racism pure and simple. Kilpatrick's entire election strategy has been running on the platform of "we're not going to let whitey tell US how to run OUR city!".

That is no excuse for incompetency. But hey, if Detroit wants to cut off its nose to spite its face, how sad.

What you guys need is a Harold Washingtonesque guy to run (first African American mayor of Chicago), now he was a good city mayor, I was too young to vote at the time he ran, but if I hadn't been I would have voted for him (too bad he died in office). Kwame is an embarrassment.

syrynxx: Um I think you missed his point. A well-off person supporting a Republican isn't a mystery. A person in a trailer park supporting a candidate who is unlikely to pass pro-trailer-trash tax cuts or free healthcare, etc., is a mystery. Ironic, even.


I guess I just don't assume those talking points are true then.

I'm sorry but this dude's reign as mayor is starting to look more and more like Mugabe's in Zimbabwe. Why doesn't this asshole just resign?

snkliquid: However, I must say that he is not the only politician in Metro Detroit to employ racial politics.

I wasn't trying to imply that was the case. Apologies if that's the way it came off.

Classic, DrakeLabatt. Classic.

Barricaded Gunman: Watching Detroiters vote is like seeing McCain '08 signs adorning rusty trailer parks. There's no explaining the phenomena, and there's no convincing the individuals that they're screwing themselves.

Response to story on left-wing racist Mayor?: insert left-wing racist non-sequitor threadjack. Mission Accomplished.

Man, Kwame is great. We don't get nearly the entertainment value out of our city politics in Houston. But we do have Sheila Jackson-Lee, so we get some.

/don't stand between a camera and Sheila
//you'll get your ass run over

Kaiser Chieftess: Classic, DrakeLabatt. Classic.

The things you can find on Photobucket - will wonders never cease???

Desquamation 2008-07-25 11:00:57 AM
snkliquid: However, I must say that he is not the only politician in Metro Detroit to employ racial politics.

I wasn't trying to imply that was the case. Apologies if that's the way it came off.

No offense taken.

This ought to get really interesting if the state police come to arrest Kwame Kilpatrick for the assault.

oryx: This ought to get really interesting if the state police come to arrest Kwame Kilpatrick for the assault.

What I really hate about him is he doesn't have an African accent. It would make inserting captain planet lines into videos of him and putting them on youtube a lot easier.

"Mayor Kilpatrick, what do you say to critics who say you use racial politics to divide the electorate?"

"Well Sheila I say LET OUR POWERS COMBINE! EARTH!"

*cut to picture of puzzled looking reporter*

syrynxx: A person in a trailer park supporting a candidate who is unlikely to pass pro-trailer-trash tax cuts or free healthcare, etc., is a mystery. Ironic, even.

mongbiohazard: I guess I just don't assume those talking points are true then.

If you blithely dismiss the likelihood of a Republican president putting forth an agenda favoring the wealthy at the expense of the poor as mere "talking points" you've either been asleep for the last 8 years or are profoundly obtuse.

well most people in detroit want him to resign. he is an embarrasment even for detroit politics. also i still cant get over him cheating on his wife with another woman that looks almost like his wife. i guess if you can get one smoking chick why not try getting another.

damn irish

Super_pope: oryx: This ought to get really interesting if the state police come to arrest Kwame Kilpatrick for the assault.

What I really hate about him is he doesn't have an African accent. It would make inserting captain planet lines into videos of him and putting them on youtube a lot easier.

"Mayor Kilpatrick, what do you say to critics who say you use racial politics to divide the electorate?"

"Well Sheila I say LET OUR POWERS COMBINE! EARTH!"

*cut to picture of puzzled looking reporter*

Are you doing this? Seriously? Because I need those videos if you are.

/my friend in Detroit needs some laughs right now
//he not doing very well

Duke_Phillips: Detroit would still re-elect this douche if given the chance.

May be a stupid question, but why?

"All those white legislators in East Lansing are trying to take our city away from us."

And the family members of strippers who die under mysterious circumstances get lawyers...

Puh-leez!

The mayor "gently escorted" the cop off the porch?!

If I had tried that, I'd be the newest Fark submission of the "Don't Tase me, Bro!" byline.