Quote:
Mayor charged with assault
By Crain's Detroit Business
Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox has charged Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick with assault in connection with a confrontation between Kilpatrick and a sheriff's detective. Detective Brian White claims he was pushed while trying to serve a subpoena on the mayor's friend.
In a morning news conference, Cox said there's enough information to charge Kilpatrick with assault.
On July 24, investigators with the prosecutor's office, seeking to serve a subpoena on Kilpatrick friend Bobby Ferguson, stopped at the Detroit home of the mayor's sister.
The officers testified that Kilpatrick burst onto the porch, shouting obscenities and shoving White. The detective also claims he suffered a slight hip fracture in the incident.
Kilpatrick was already out on bond for his perjury case. The next day, Judge Ronald Giles changed the conditions of Kilpatrick's bond, and ordered the mayor to submit to drug testing and post a $7,500 bond. Giles also limited the mayor's ability to travel.
The mayor is also facing legal problems for allegedly violating those conditions when he took a quick trip to Windsor on July 23rd.