The AP reports:
A jury ruled in favor of two former Detroit police officers Tuesday, awarding them $6.5 million in a whistleblower lawsuit that churned out allegations of misdeeds by the mayor's staff and extramarital affairs by the mayor himself.Just so you know because the AP "forgot" to tell you, Mr.Kilpatrick is a registered Democrat.
Gary Brown and Harold Nelthrope had sued the mayor and the city, saying city officials made them suffer after they raised questions about alleged wrongdoing within Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's security unit.
The Wayne County Circuit Court jury found after a 15-day trial that Kilpatrick and the city had violated the state's Whistleblower Protection Act in the case.
"I'm absolutely blown away at this decision," said Kilpatrick, adding that the city would appeal. "I know Detroiters are too."
Brown said he's happy with the way it turned out. "I'm glad I had an opportunity to tell my story," he said.
Brown claimed he was fired in 2003 because he was looking into allegations of drunken-driving accidents, falsified overtime records and a possible cover-up of incidents involving members of the security unit. He said he was investigating claims from two former mayoral bodyguards that the mayor used his bodyguards to facilitate and cover up extramarital affairs.
