More Detroit Police Misconduct

Coming up to the August primary, all local news in Detroit revolves around conduct, or mostly misconduct, of Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, the City Council [base of the Sharon McPhail-Bennie Napoleon mayoral challenge, supported by Maryann Mahaffey, and the Archer Administration [base of the Freeman Hendrix campaign.]

This notice harks back to a highly publicized election celebration party at the Manoogian mansion, which sparked a long series of charges and an investigation by Republican Attorney General Mike Cox, who denied there ever was such a party.

Attorney General Mike Cox Discusses Results of Investigation into Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Below are remarks delivered by Attorney General Cox at a Detroit press conference

A newspaper report of the Greene murder is still available.



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Kilpatrick, aide cleared from suit in cop's transfer
Cover-up case in death of stripper still snares chief

July 9, 2005
BY BEN SCHMITT
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his chief of staff did not orchestrate the transfer of a homicide detective during his investigation into the killing of a stripper linked to a rumored party at the mayoral mansion, a Wayne County judge ruled on Friday.

However, Circuit Judge Michael Callahan said the transfer of Lt. Alvin Bowman to the 2nd (Schaefer) Precinct as a uniformed lieutenant from the homicide unit qualified as discrimination under the Whistleblowers' Protection Act, and the judge refused to dismiss Police Chief Ella Bully-Cummings and the city from a lawsuit.
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Last year, Bowman sued the city, Kilpatrick, Beatty and Bully-Cummings, alleging that they conspired to silence him for investigating the killing of Tamara Greene, a 27-year-old stripper known as Strawberry.

Bowman retired last year after 31 years with the department.

Greene, who was shot to death about 3:40 a.m. April 30, 2003, was alleged to have performed at a rumored wild party at Manoogian Mansion in 2002.

Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox, whose office investigated the case, has said there was no proof that a party ever happened and dismissed the rumor as urban legend.
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Bowman has said that when he asked for a reason behind the transfer, he was told that he had "been asking too many questions about the Strawberry case."

Bowman said that after he began sharing information with Michigan State Police, who looked into the Greene case as part of their Manoogian party investigation, he was called into a meeting with Bully-Cummings and other department leaders.

Bowman said the chief told him to put the case file away. He was soon transferred.