"Because she was assaulted and placed in impending fear of her safety, she responded," [civil rights attorney James Marts] said. "This case has just begun and we're going to fight, and we're going to use the U.S. Constitution."
Must be a typo in there. I'm sure he said "abuse the U.S. Constitution" and not "use".
All depends on what IS, is.
Racists like McKinney are using the constitution to advance their own agenda of racism.