Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick came to Eastern Michigan University to talk about second chances and redemption, but controversy over his talk for an audience of 600 students on Tuesday night kept the focus on the public’s opinion of his criminal activity.

Characterizations of Kilpatrick’s speech ranged wildly: MLive described a “personal story of education, leadership and incarceration” filled with “observational humor and “trademark flashes of humility,” while the Detroit News reported that Kilpatrick “didn’t sound like a person in search of forgiveness,” who instead blamed “his past foibles on the media, prosecutors, judges and a Michigan populace that he described as too ready to believe the worst about people.”

Kilpatrick addressed his portrayal in the media and negative public opinion about his wrongdoings.

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