What is Kwame Kilpatrick?
[[File:Kwame Kilpatrick.jpg|thumb|Kwame Kilpatrick 2006]] '''Kwame Malik Kilpatrick''' (born June 8, 1970) is an [[Americans|American]] politician. He was a [[Michigan]] state representative and [[mayor]] of [[Detroit]]. He is a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Kwame Kilpatrick|publisher=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2008/03/24/us-detroit-mayor-idUSN2431691120080324|accessdate=November 29, 2013|archive-date=February 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140215120804/http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/03/24/us-detroit-mayor-idUSN2431691120080324|url-status=dead}}</ref> Kilpatrick was mayor of Detroit from 2002 until he resigned in 2008. In spring 2013, Kilpatrick was sentenced to almost 28 years in prison after being declared guilty on many criminal charges, including [[fraud]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Corruption No More|publisher=The Detroit Free Press|url=http://www.freep.com/article/20131010/NEWS0102/310100095/ |accessdate=November 29, 2013}}</ref> He went to federal prison in eastern Michigan.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kwame Kilpatrick and Bobby Ferguson in Federal Prison|publisher=Action News WXYZ ABC|url=http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/news/region/detroit/kwame-kilpatrick-and-bobby-ferguson-remanded-to-detention-facility-immediately|accessdate=November 29, 2013|archive-date=March 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130313053906/http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/news/region/detroit/kwame-kilpatrick-and-bobby-ferguson-remanded-to-detention-facility-immediately|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== <references/> {{us-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kilpatrick, Kwame}} [[Category:1970 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:African-American politicians]] [[Category:American fraudsters]] [[Category:American prisoners]] [[Category:Criminals from Michigan]] [[Category:Mayors of Detroit]] [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]]