"I didn't fall, that son-of-a-bitch PUSHED me."
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.”
McKinney’s 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.
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"I didn't fall, that son-of-a-bitch PUSHED me."
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It would be nice to see the Capitol Police stand up and say enough is enough and persue it but I don't think it will happen.
Oh, please. "Touching her" is now a crime? Does this pompus, illiterate, bag-of-wind really believe she's the second coming because she's black?
Is she accusing him of some type of sexual molestation or sexual harrassment???
Man she is out of touch, only illegal aliens from Mexico can claim racism now and push our law enforcement around..didn't she get the memo?
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I'm surprised she took that long...
Maybe the Officer can get off by attending sensitivity training classes.
ROFLMAO!
Re#9 They know she has exposure. Hence the scorched earth preemptive strike. They are setting up a huge "historical profiling by race" defense. It will be a DC jury, after all. Here's hoping the judge does not let them play the game absent compelling proof. Gotta run, have a great weekend....
Oh, yeah. The race card will be played BIG TIME to be sure no charges are filed against her for assaulting an officer.
She is beyond shameful.
If this reporter, a professional writer, can't get the grammar right, it doesn't add to his credibility. Maybe he was a victim of the liberals' "whole language" method of teaching English.
...was started by the officer "inappropriately touching and stopping" her...
And there we have the sexual harassment card. If you can't win on the facts, stir up a lot of emotion, distort the sequence of events, and hope your audience doesn't notice you're lying.
I agree, we need to see the tape.
Her very first statement after the incident happened said she was stopped by "a White Capitol policeman."
I wonder how many congressman do not wear their pins?
The house should pass a procedure rule making it mandatory to wear their pin as not t o confuse the "racist" capital police
That's true and it's also a little strange she came out today with the whole gang. I think she's scared and I think her lawyer knows she could go down on it.
I watched this press conference. After she spoke, and she was just listening to the attorney speak, you should have seen her face. Her eyes were glowing, and she had this thrilled smile on her face.
She looked like she had won lotto. She was SO happy, in this blissful, totally weird kind of way. If someone could post a picture....
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