Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick delivered his seventh state of the city address in the Orchestra Hall inside of the Max M. Fisher Music Center in Detroit.

At the conclusion of his speech Mayor Kilpatrick protested media intrusion on his family and attacks. The mayor was formally indicted on 8 felony counts on 3/24/2008 due to alleged misappropriations of funds. He also used controversial racial slurs during this speech.

The beginning of the speech was lost due to technical difficulties.