Posted on 07/31/2006 8:16:40 PM PDT by tlb
Atlanta, GA (AHN) - Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) is suing an Atlanta newspaper for libel, after printing comments stemming from her run-in with police at the Capitol building.
J.M. Raffauf, her attorney, has filed charges against the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, editor Cynthia Tucker, and its publisher John Mellott following an article the paper ran on Sunday, July 30, 2006.
According to Raffauf, Tucker's editorial column "was untrue, defamatory and libelous" when it read "'she (the Congresswoman) slugged him (the officer) with her cell phone.' This false allegation is not supported by any witness or any other evidence. Additionally, Tucker is maliciously attempting to spin this into a felony by falsely alleging that she assaulted the officer with a deadly weapon."
The suit alleges that other misstatements were made, including the statement that Congresswoman McKinney "suggested that President Bush had known in advance about the Sept. 11 attacks but did nothing to stop them so his friends could profit from the ensuing war," and "She doesn't have the power or prestige to pass a resolution in support of sweetened ice tea."
Now McKinney wants an "immediate retraction in writing these false and libelous statements" and "demands that your retraction and correction be accompanied by an editorial in which you specifically repudiate your libelous statements."
I hadn't heard that one.
So could we sue her for Libel against Bush? One good turn deserves another...or would that not fit her agenda?
I thought sweet tea was already mandatory in Georgia.
Cynthia tucker ? My gosh she's eating one of her own....
This will be great. Truth is an absolute defense. Grab some popcorn and watch the show.
I think she is worried about her re-election chances.
Is this a joint suit or will her hair be filing a separate suit?
I think McKinney knows who the AJC will endorse in the run-off and is doing a "pre-emptive strike."
Lessee . . . get into a verbal war with an opponent that buys ink by the gallon. That ought to be a real winner. Especially since Cynthia is getting into a battle of wits only half-armed.
I rarely root for the press, but this is one time I'm going to break out the popcorn, and enjoy the fun.
LMAO! Cat fight!
The Tucker column is here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1674570/posts
Well I wonder if the security video of the incident will be entered as evidence, and we will finally get to see it. Cynthia Mckinney better be careful of what she wishes for, she just might get it. Unless of course the Urinal and Constipation buckles and settles "out of court"-maybe just another way for Tucker to slide her buddy McKinney a little more "walkin around money".
She's suing Cynthia Tucker? Oh, that's rich. Even better is the claim that a cellphone is a "deadly weapon." I suppose if you talk somebody to death with it, it is.
OMG McKinney wants this in the headlines some more? She is a glutton for punishment.
Yup. She knows she's goin' down and wants to find a scapegoat (JOOOOs was used last time, the AJ-C is this year's model).
I love to watch liberals eat one another.
I am so sick of having to tell college students that come to the door that I wouldn't have that liberal rag in my house. They always sigh and say "Everyone around here says that."
: )
Judge's considered opinion of the suit.
This is fun! Cynthia Tucker is to the left of Che Guevara and she gets sued by McKinney!
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