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McKinney incident referred to U.S. Attorney's Office
AccessNorthGA.com ^

Posted on 04/03/2006 11:16:54 AM PDT by Sub-Driver

McKinney incident referred to U.S. Attorney's Office

The Associated Press - ATLANTA

Capitol Hill police have referred a scuffle between one of their officers and U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington, D.C., a spokesman for the office said Monday.

"We are working with Capitol Hill police to fully understand and appreciate the incident," principal assistant U.S. Attorney Channing Phillips told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. "Pending review, it is inappropriate for us to comment any further at this time."

Phillips would not say whether a warrant was issued for McKinney's arrest.

McKinney spokesman Coz Carson on Monday also acknowledged the investigation.

"We're aware that the wheels are turning in Washington," Carson said. "We have no control over what they decide to do. We will make the appropriate statement and take the appropriate action once we know where they're going."

At a press conference Monday morning, black clergy and lawmakers came the defense of the firebrand congresswoman. McKinney smiled as her supporters heaped praise on her leadership and her new look _ her trademark cornrows replaced earlier this year by a curly brown afro.

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To: Howlin

I'm sick of this. Berger. Rockefeller. They all skate.


21 posted on 04/03/2006 11:26:39 AM PDT by Peach
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To: Sub-Driver

Well, that's the end of that.


22 posted on 04/03/2006 11:27:17 AM PDT by Petronski (I love Cyborg!)
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To: Sub-Driver
trademark cornrows replaced earlier this year by a curly brown afro.

She is definately going for the 'Al Sharpton' look.

23 posted on 04/03/2006 11:28:15 AM PDT by GaltMeister (“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.”)
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To: shiva

Before this weekend, if someone had shown me that photo and said that this is a U.S Representative, I would have never believed them.


24 posted on 04/03/2006 11:28:29 AM PDT by Spruce (Keep your mitts off my wallet)
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To: Sub-Driver
her supporters heaped praise on her leadership and her new look _ her trademark cornrows replaced earlier this year by a curly brown afro.

Maybe that's why the cop had a hard time "recognizing" her.

25 posted on 04/03/2006 11:28:30 AM PDT by mombonn (God is looking for spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.)
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To: GaltMeister

or is it the 'Don King' look?


26 posted on 04/03/2006 11:28:48 AM PDT by GaltMeister (“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.”)
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To: Peach

The officer in question wanted to press charges

IMO .. the top law enforcement people are just afraid of members of congress

I'd like to know why they can't go through medal detectors like the rest of us average joe's


27 posted on 04/03/2006 11:29:16 AM PDT by Mo1 ("Stupidity is also a gift from God, but it should not be abused." Pope John Paul II)
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To: All

I saw her press conference last Friday and thought I'd stumbled across a SNL skit.


28 posted on 04/03/2006 11:30:02 AM PDT by Lacey
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To: SittinYonder

LOL! ping post #6


29 posted on 04/03/2006 11:30:49 AM PDT by prairiebreeze (Censure Feingold!!)
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To: Mo1

And since Cynthia keeps "forgetting" her pin, (deliberately to provoke this kind of incident, I'm positive), there is all the more reason to require them ALL to go through metal detectors.


30 posted on 04/03/2006 11:31:20 AM PDT by Peach
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To: Peach

I'm hoping this is good news only because this isn't the first time Cindy has done this...maybe this time they plan on doing something.....at least, that's what I'm hoping....crossing fingers..


31 posted on 04/03/2006 11:31:59 AM PDT by mystery-ak (Army Wife and Army Mother.....toughest job in the military)
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To: Howlin
It's not quite a frog march but the best I can come up with under short notice.

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32 posted on 04/03/2006 11:32:30 AM PDT by mware (army of amateurs" free to cherry-pick)
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To: Peach

I don't know, I just think that government (except the military)...is made up of a bunch of scaredy-cats!!

They don't want to have to take on the "racial aspects"..and the resulting circus that accompanies it.

My gosh, look at what has already happened?? The one last week with Belafonte and Glover, and now today---when she didn't even talk about this...

OH, BUT, all of a sudden a bunch of Georgia black politicians come out with some story about being stuck in a balconey during the viewing of Coretta Scott King...but they didn't say anything out of "respect"???

PUH-llllllleeeze, we all saw what that place was like then...the audience was ALL black...sheesh.

Anyway...I just sense FEAR from the Capitol Police, and from anyone else.

BTW...I think that is the TACTIC that has been perfected for YEARS by Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton..to make such a stink about anything even remotely racial...and make it so over the top---that people ARE reluctant to do the right thing!!

BTW...I think the DEMS are doing the same thing right now about the immigration thing to a certain extent, by crying racist to the groups that are wanting any thing other than amnesty.


33 posted on 04/03/2006 11:33:12 AM PDT by Txsleuth (~~~~~~FREEPATHON TIME~~~~~~)
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To: Howlin
LOL! I think Cynthia feels an arrest coming soon. Lately all she wears are orange clothes! ;-)

She wants to be dressed for the situation!

34 posted on 04/03/2006 11:33:14 AM PDT by tiredoflaundry (She left suds in the bucket, And the clothes hangin' out on the line)
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To: mystery-ak

I've missed both of her press conferences, but maybe that's just as well. Because anything I would have posted listening to her would have gotten me banned.


35 posted on 04/03/2006 11:33:35 AM PDT by Peach
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To: Peach

I can't believe they don't make all members walk thru metal detectors with nut cases like her in office. She's unstable enough to do most anything.


36 posted on 04/03/2006 11:33:35 AM PDT by jazusamo (Excuse me Helen, I'm answering your first accusation. - President Bush)
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To: shiva

See what happens when you stick your finger in the outlet!!!


37 posted on 04/03/2006 11:33:38 AM PDT by OldFriend (AMERICA WOULD NOT BE THE LAND OF THE FREE IF IT WERE NOT ALSO THE HOME OF THE BRAVE)
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To: mware



38 posted on 04/03/2006 11:34:27 AM PDT by tiredoflaundry (She left suds in the bucket, And the clothes hangin' out on the line)
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To: Puppage

"If she were a white republican it would have been splattered all over by now, IMHO."

My guess is if the tape helped her case it would be all over the news.


39 posted on 04/03/2006 11:34:55 AM PDT by BadAndy (Islam is a religion of submission. YOUR submission.)
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To: Peach

There's an easy solution to this.

Make EVERYONE go thru the metal detector!

However, since Congress appropriates the funds for the Capitol Police, I don't see this happening any time soon.


40 posted on 04/03/2006 11:34:58 AM PDT by MplsSteve
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