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| Warrant to be issued for Cynthia McKinney | |
| 2006-03-31 | |
| WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Capitol Hill police plan to issue an arrest warrant today for Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga.). The warrant is related to the incident Wednesday when McKinney allegedly slapped a Capitol Hill police officer. well, it's a start Charges could range from assault on a police officer, which is a felony carrying a possible five year prison term, to simple assault, which is a misdemeanor. McKinney has canceled a news conference that she had scheduled for this morning to discuss the incident.
she's normally so much more "high class" of course The six-term congresswoman apparently struck a Capitol Police officer when he tried to stop her from entering a House office building without going through a metal detector. Members of Congress wear identifying lapel pins and routinely are waved into buildings without undergoing security checks. The officer apparently did not recognize McKinney, she said in a statement. Asked on-camera Thursday by Channel 2 Action News whether she intended to apologize, McKinney refused to comment. a real class act "I know that Capitol Hill Police are securing our safety, and I appreciate the work that they do. I have demonstrated my support for them in the past and I continue to support them now," she said in the statement on her Web site. Democrats and Republicans, meanwhile, engaged in a rhetorical scuffle over the incident. Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi on Thursday labeled it "a mistake, an unfortunate lack of recognition of a member of Congress." She added that the police officer was not at fault. "I would not make a big deal of this," said Pelosi, D-Calif. nancy...you missed a good opportunity to be quiet. Ron Bonjean, spokesman for House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., responded: "How many officers would have to be punched before it becomes a big deal?" Merle Black, a professor of politics at Emory University, says that while the scuffle was rare for an elected politician, it's unlikely to cost McKinney more than a few votes. Black says McKinney is in damage control -- cutting her losses by not insisting on right or wrong. and she knows she can get those votes back easily by more 9/11 conspiracy mongering. she is the last thing the black community needs as their representative. | |
| Posted by:PlanetDan |
| #5 I'd pay $1,000 to see the Capitol Hill cops ruff and cuff that jerk with a few stick licks to the pumpkin thrown in for good measure. I'd really like to see her ass beat like a drum. |
| Posted by: Phiper Omuns2683 2006-03-31 21:55 |
| #4 Cynthia's innocent becuz she's a girl like Hillary or Mother Cindy, as well as an African-American, an African-Amer woman, plus a politician, ergo she like ZSA ZSA?/EVA GABOR? can slap cops around for not knowing who she was. In Clintonian Amerika, Cops/Judges/Law = Crooks and Mafiosi anyways so she can claim she nuthin' to anybody -like POTUS Bill CLinton, she told the truth = did she ??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-03-31 21:38 |
| #3 takes a lot to combine that psycho-bitch 'tude with invented racial outrage, anti-semitism, anti-americanism, and low intelligence, and package it all in one person - two, counting Dad Billy |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-03-31 18:48 |
| #2 Make it a rule: You don't wear the members pin - you go thru the line just like any other Average-Joe. Doesn't matter if your Cynthia McKinney, Drunken Ted, or Traitor John. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2006-03-31 17:27 |
| #1 Conspiracy theorizing by DU and Kos in 5, 4, 3Â… |
| Posted by: Korora 2006-03-31 16:52 |