Posted on 03/31/2006 4:22:30 PM PST by Cecily
In a Friday afternoon news conference, Georgia Representative Cynthia McKinney (D-4th) said that the altercation between she and a Capitol police officer was started by the officer "inappropriately touching and stopping" her after she walked past a security checkpoint.
Prior to the news conference that, at times, seemed more like a church revival meeting, one of McKinney's lawyers, James W. Myart Jr. said that her problems with police are racial in nature.
Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, like thousands of average Americans across this country, is, too, a victim of the excessive use of force by law enforcement officials because of how she looks and the color of her skin, Myart said. Ms. McKinney is just a victim of being in Congress while black.
McKinneys office on Thursday afternoon, released a video clip from the independent documentary American Blackout, in which McKinney is questioned by a Capitol police officer who does not immediately recognize her. In the clip, she implies that the questioning is because she is black.
(Excerpt) Read more at 11alive.com ...
In a way, she's right. We wouldn't be pounding so hard on her if she wasn't playing the black card in every situation long before this.
If this had happened to some non-descript Congressman from Nebraska, we wouldn't be talking about it much.
But she's black, and we know that because she reminds us of that every time she opens her flippin' racist mouth.
So she's either a) the victim of being black or, b) a racist loudmouth who brought this on herself.
Cast your vote.
Maybe she just realized she's part of the #3 minority and needed some attention.
And their joint message is; "look at what the evil white man has done to us." WHAT??
I guess the trough just can't possibly be big enough for some pigs.
There ya go!
Oops. Did I just insult a friend? Sorry!!
If she can't remember to wear her 'pin', maybe they could get her a chip like they use to find lost dogs?
LOL!
You see, my parents used to fine us if we made grammatical errors, and we'd put the money in a big bank and use it on vacations.
I can't help myself!!
Anyone who wants to let Ms. McKinney know how they feel about her discriminatory sexist, racist remarks can do so at http://www.house.gov/mckinney/guest.htm.
Just trying to help us all get along! :)
Thank you sir/ma'am!!
I'm so out of touch I didn't even know Michael had gone to work for 11 Alive!
Way to go!
It's the hairdo. She looks as if she escaped from the looney bin.
See, now you know a honest newsman!
LOL....there's also the kid that writes Grit Magazine.
Holy crap. I clicked on "A" and the majority of the names there are all middle-eastern!! I knew she was getting Muslim money, but this is ridiculous.
She's already screaming "racist". The announcement was at Howard University and not Capitol Hill.
SHE DIDN'T WANT TO BE RECOGNIZED!
I hope somebody big calls her on it.
Next thing you know she will call for an African American work boycott...just to stir the pot a bit.
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