"N@#$%*...illegal lynch mob mentality... "My my, Kwame certainly has a way with words.
It's quite sickening to me that this man is still in office, but it seems as though he will cling to the position by using every method and angle possible. In his speech, Kwame used pathos and the "us vs. them" strategy in his defense. He immediately points out what a victim he has been in the past 30 days (who commited the crime again?) and even attempts to win the viewer's sympathy by bringing his family into the mess. In the next line Kwame uses the "us vs. them" argument to show how evil these "attacks" on his family are; "We've never been in a situation like this before. Where you can say anything, do anything, have no facts, no research, no nothing and you can launch a hate-driven bigoted assault on a family." Kwame is practically screaming: "HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO A FAMILY?!?!?! It's not fair!!! *uncontrolled sobbing*" He attempts to shift the attention on his crime to the "suffering" of his family through pathos. By this method, Kwame was once again able to dodge a bullet. This man is able to distract the citizens of Detroit by saying"look how upset you've made my family" while he slyly avoided the conviction of his crimes and hid his mess under the rug.
Here's the link for Kwame's scripted address: http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/15568921/detail.html
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