On this day in 2009, former Mayor Kwame M. Kilpatrick emerges from the Wayne County Jail a free man after serving a 99-day sentence for obstruction of justice for shoving a deputy who was trying to serve a subpoena in the text-message case.
Kilpatrick resigned as mayor in September 2008.
Feb. 3, 2009: Kwame Kilpatrick released after 99-day jail sentence for obstruction added by Ken Coleman on
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Ken Coleman
Ken Coleman, the author of On this Day: African-American Life in Detroit, is a native Detroiter and former news reporter. He served on the Detroit Charter Revision Commission. He lives in Detroit with his wife, Kim Trent, and their son, Jackson Coleman.
