The former mayor of Detroit, Michigan has been found guilty of 34 counts of corruption charges, and was sent to jail to await his prison sentence. The crimes, that Kwame Kilpatrick has been found guilty of, include racketeering conspiracy which carries a maximum punishment of 20 years behind bars. Prosecutors say Kirkpatrick ran a private […]
It’s been noted that for many African-Americans the Kool-Aid flavor of choice is hands down, red. Two men in the Brightmoor neighborhood of Detroit got so passionate about their own mixes of Kool-Aid that they began arguing about who could make the drink better. The argument got progressively heated as time went by and ultimately […]
Michael Haynes of Detroit was shot dead over a box of condoms this weekend, the Detroit Free Press reports. The deadly killing took place at a BP gas station in Detroit. Kassim Saleh, 23, of nearby Dearborn was the clerk at the station who is charged with the murder. So far, authorities say that Haynes […]
The potential takeover of the city of Detroit by an “emergency manager” under a controversial Michigan law was the topic of the night on MSNBC Thursday, with the Rachel Maddow and Ed Schultz shows tackling the topic. SEE ALSO: 80-Year-Old Faces Criminal Charges For Feeding Ducks?! Maddow, who has covered the takeover of the town […]
