A federal grand jury today indicted former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, his father and three former top aides on racketeering charges, accusing them of turning the mayor's office into a criminal enterprise to enrich themselves, families and friends.The video down below(from the U.S. Attorney) describes government as a racketeering enterprise.
Besides the now-jailed former mayor, the 38-count indictment names his father, Bernard Kilpatrick, city contractor Bobby Ferguson, former top Kilpatrick aide Derrick Miller and former water department chief Victor Mercado in one of the largest public corruption investigations ever in the City of Detroit.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Kwame Kilpatrick, dad and aides extorted, bribed, took kickbacks, feds charge
The Detroit Free Press reports: