Kwame Kilpatrick/Tamara Greene/ Emma Bully-Cummings

March 6, 2008

Current Detroit Police Chief, Emma Bully-Cummings, defends her department's investigation into the cold blooded homicide of Tamara Greene, a rumored associate of Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.

"There is no cover-up in this police department into the death of Miss Greene," Bully-Cummings said, standing on the front steps of police headquarters. "Our officers are doing everything that they can to bring the killer to justice."

Here's video of her press conference from March 5, 2008:



In fact, it is rumored that Kwame Kilpatrick and Tamara Greene associated during a party at the Detroit Mayoral Mansion, The Manoogian, where Tamara Greene was working as a stripper. The party, while still not proven to have occurred, was supposedly interrupted by the unexpected return of the Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's wife, Carlita, who may have taken a ball bat to Tamara Greene. Again, rumors of a trip to the hospital for Tamara have yet to be proven, although there were plenty of witnesses at the Emergency Room and one would think that Detroit Receiving Hospital records could be subpoenaed.

Emergency Room Witness, Michigan Attorney General Michael Cox, and neighboring Southfield Police Chief, Joe Thomas. This video, which I posted before, is still worth watching, again. (Is Michael Cox rumored to have been at the Manoogian party?)



Detroit City Council announced that it's independent attorney will subpoena all of Kilpatrick's text messages from his City leased SkyTel pager. SkyTel's rep says they will not turn them over. Council has gone to a judge for a ruling. Previous text messages released by the Detroit Free Press prove of a relationship between Kilpatrick and his Chief of Staff, Christine Beatty, a relationship denied by both, under oath. Beatty has since resigned her position. The messages did not come to light until after testimony last summer in a lawsuit filed by two police officers who alleged they were fired for investigating claims from two former bodyguards that the mayor used his security unit to cover up extramarital affairs.

The jury in that case awarded 6.5 million dollars to the two officers.

This case is such a mess that I don't know if there is any hope in straightening it out. City Council members, who wanted to pass a resolution asking the Mayor to resign, have been threatened. Suddenly, many members changed their votes, so for now Council wants to wait until they have more information before proceeding with the resolution.

One of the most interesting comments that I read on one of the Detroit newspaper messages boards, speculated that Christine Beatty, who has remained out of sight since her resignation in January 2008, may turn State's witness in all of this.

Oh man, if it was me??? I'd make sure that I had some kind of Witness Protection Program lined up, perhaps out of the Country.

Hey Detroiters!! I've been reading your comments on this. I know you have plenty to say. Feel free to say it here.