Kwame Kilpatrick-Party At The Manoogian, or A Toppling House of Cards?

March 14, 2008
11:40 p.m.

What must it be like to be a fly on the wall at either the Kwame Kilpatrick, or the Eliot Spitzer households? Those guys are so busted. Kilpatrick, the Mayor of the City of Detroit, even lied under oath about his affair with his former chief of staff Christine Beatty. I'd probably lie too, facing the wrath of Carlita Kilpatrick, the Mayor's long suffering wife. But infidelity is not his real problem. The real problem is what lies beneath.

THIS INVESTIGATION MAKES SPITZER LOOK LIKE A CHOIR BOY

Kwame Kilpatrick, the wild child of U.S. Congresswoman, Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, was elected as the youngest Mayor of Detroit in 2001. His term as Mayor has been plagued by criticism, including complaints that he has misused City funds. Personal charges incurred on his City of Detroit paid credit card included spa massages, expensive dinners, expensive champagne, and an SUV leased for the use of his family. He eventually paid back...Wait, wait, till you hear this. He paid back $9,000 out of the $210,000 that he racked up on the taxpayers tab!!!!

Even though Kwame's downfall began long ago, I still believe that the tipping point came in a cover up that could almost be considered noble, were it not so horrifying. I believe that he had Tamara Greene killed in order to protect his wife, Carlita Kilpatrick, from facing prosecution in the assault of Tamara Greene. Less noble, and more self serving perhaps was the Mayor's thought of avoiding a personal scandal.

This is not a unique idea and I'm hardly alone in thinking this. It's just that the cover up goes so deep, it may take the FBI to sort things out. Local officials are evidently unable to make any kind of headway in the case.

The rumor of a wild party at the Mayoral Mansion, the Manoogian, has been consistently been dubbed an "urban legend". Michigan Attorney General, Mike Cox, was unable to verify the party during his own personal investigation. He was so sure of himself that he even denied supoena's to investigating Michigan State Troopers. Detroit Chief of Police, Emma Bully-Cummings also denies that such a party ever occurred. She threw the whole investigation into the Cold Case Files, after only a year and removed Detective Alvin Bowman from the case. (A whistle blower case that cost Detroit about a quarter million.)

Finally, a report on Monday, March 10, 2008, that former City Police Records Clerk, Joyce Carolyn Rogers, has signed an affidavit in the $150,000 million dollar lawsuit filed on behalf of Tamara Greene's teenage son, for covering up the facts in her murder. In her affidavit Ms Rogers recalls that a criminal complaint crossed her desk

“According to the report, the mayor’s wife walked into a room and witnessed Ms. Greene touching Mayor Kilpatrick in a manner that upset the mayor’s wife,” Rogers, 65, said in the affidavit. “The report further states that the mayor’s wife witnessed this, left the room and returned with a wooden object in her hand and began assaulting Ms. Greene.”

The report indicated Greene was taken to the hospital because she was injured, Rogers said. “It was clear to me as a clerk working in records that Ms. Greene wanted to press charges against Carlita Kilpatrick,”

Here is a Fox News Report on some of the text messages. Notice the text message that the Mayor sent five days after Tamara Greene's murder. May 5, 2003 Midnight.

"That's the first time I couldn't fully seduce you. My game is off."

Hmmm...Performance problems? Oh man, I hate that!! You have that little nagging thought of murder in the back of your mind and just can't quite get off!




Video of Police Chief Joe Thomas recalling an invitation to the Manoogian party. I'm posting again because I see this information as crucial. Why can the news media find these witnesses, but the Keystone Kops can't?




Just a little review.

Let's see, why was he under oath? Because he was testifying (falsely) in a whistle blower lawsuit.

Why were the whistle blowers fired? Because they were investigating the conduct of the mayor's security detail, which led to an investigation of the murder of Tamara Greene on the night of April 30, 2003.

When text messages were discovered that proved a conspiracy to fire the whistle blowers, Kilpatrick entered into a secret deal to have the City of Detroit pay 9 million dollars, and have the text messages sealed.

Why did he want the text messages to remain sealed?

Because not only do they proved the wrongful termination of three whistle blowers, and that he committed perjury during his testimony, and that he had an affair, but the messages could also point to his involvement in the hit on Tamara Greene.

The theory: The Mayor had an idea to hold a stag party at the Manoogian Mansion. Plenty of people were invited, including The Chief of Police, Joe Thomas, from neighboring Southfield, MI, who recalls the invitation and why he declined it.

Kwame hired strippers, or dancers, for the party. His wife, Carlita, came home unexpectedly and seeing Tamara Greene with her husband, took a ball bat to her. She was taken to Detroit Receiving Hospital and recovered.

When Tamara threatened to press charges, or as former Detective Bowman believes, demanded payment, she was murdered in what has been acknowledged as a "hit". What has been debated is if, in fact, the hit came from a Detroit City Police gun on orders from the Mayor, or his staff, or was completely unrelated.

Today, March 14, 2008, a Federal Judge has decided to appoint two magistrates to review the text messages in the case to determine if the city has engaged in a cover up of Tamara Greene's murder. The messages will be delivered and reviewed under court order seal and a determination could be expected within two weeks.

MY KINGDOM FOR A HORSE, OR HOW KWAME LET A STAG PARTY BRING HIM DOWN

"For the want of a nail the shoe was lost;

For the want of a shoe the horse was lost;

For the want of a horse the battle was lost;

For the failure of battle the kingdom was lost;—

And all for the want of a horseshoe nail."




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