~CYNTHIA McKINNEY THE BLACK RACIST~STRIKES AGAIN~
Why in the hell people elect people like this women to represent them I have no clue. This woment has been a trouble maker for years now. She is and alwyas has been totally out of control. She needs to seek help bad ! SHE IS A HATER OF WHITES AND JEWS ! SHE IS WHAT YOU CALL A BLACK RACIST. I wish the country woudl wake up and quit senidng people like this to serve our country. It is embarrasing !
THE POLICEMAN WAS ONLY DOING HIS JOB
WITH ALL THE FACELEIFTS AND NEW HAIR DO'S
WHY WOULD YOU NOT QUESTION WHO THIS
PERSON WAS ! ???
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Republicans, Democrats trade barbs after congresswoman's scuffle with police officer
By LAURIE KELLMAN
ap
WASHINGTON (AP) - Rep. Cynthia McKinney, the congresswoman who had an altercation with a police officer, is speaking out about the episode after saying she regretted it.
She has refused to apologize so far in a written statement and a brief on-camera interview.
The six-term congresswoman from the Southern state of Georgia apparently struck a Capitol Police officer when he tried to stop her from entering a House of Representatives 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 an Atlanta, Georgia, television station whether she intended to apologize, McKinney refused to comment. Her office said she planned a news conference Friday morning. Late Wednesday night, she issued a statement saying she regretted the confrontation.
"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.
Capitol Police were considering Thursday whether to ask the U.S. Attorney's office to file charges against McKinney, a Democrat who represents Atlanta suburbs that make up one of Georgia's two black-majority districts.
Democrats and Republicans, meanwhile, engaged in a rhetorical scuffle Thursday over the incident.
Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi called 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," Pelosi said.
Ron Bonjean, spokesman for the Republican House speaker, Dennis Hastert, responded: "How many officers would have to be punched before it becomes a big deal?"
The dustup is the latest in a series of tangles for the roughly 1,200-officer Capitol Police department.
The department faces a difficult task. It protects 535 members of Congress and the vast Capitol complex in an atmosphere thick with politics and privilege.
The safety of Congress' members became a sensitive issue after a gunman in 1998 killed two officers outside the office of Rep. Tom DeLay, at the time the third-ranking Republican in the House.
More recently, police obeyed an order by an angry House Ways and Means Committee chairman, Rep. Bill Thomas, to remove Democrats from a hearing room. Thomas later tearfully apologized on the House floor.
This year, police drew criticism for its actions during President George W. Bush's State of the Union address, first removing anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan from the House gallery, then evicting the wife of Rep. Bill Young, a Florida Republican.
McKinney Statement
POSTED: 11:48 am EST March 30, 2006
UPDATED: 3:07 pm EST March 30, 2006
WASHINGTON, DC -- Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga.) released a statement today on her web site about Wednesday's confrontation with Capitol Hill police.
In that statement she expresses regret for slapping a police officer who stopped her at a security check point.
McKinney admits she was not wearing a pin identifying her as a member of congress.
Channel 2 Action News has acquired a copy of McKinney's original statement that she decided against posting on her website.
In that original statement she complains that Capitol Hill police officers often fail to recognize her. She calls her treatment by Capitol Hill police being "harrassed at work."
Here's the original statement in its entirety:
McKinney Statement
Statement of Cynthia McKinney Re: Repeated Harassment from Capitol Hill Police
I have served as a Member of Congress for more than 11 years.
Throughout my tenure in Congress, I seem to evoke memory loss, especially from certain police officers who claim not to be able to recognize my face while I go to work everyday, representing the people of Georgia's 4th Congressional District.
Washington, DC and local newspapers, as well as authors of books, have carried my "working while black" stories of such encounters on Capitol Hill. In fact, the movie American Blackout candidly captures just such an encounter in one of its more humorous moments when after a two-year hiatus from Congress, a black police officer recognizes me and welcomes me back to Washington, and then just across the street, a few yards away, a white police officer approaches me to ask me what office I am with. In the film I remark, "Some things never change. That's what Tupac said."
Sadly, there are only 14 black women Members of Congress. And surely our faces are distinguishable. But why my face is continually unrecognizable can only be answered by these offending police officers. Capitol Hill Police are given face recognition instructions as a part of their official training. Capitol Hill Police are required to recognize, greet, and distinguish Members of Congress as a part of their official role and responsibilities. In fact, according to the US Capitol Police, their mission is to protect and support the Congress in meeting its Constitutional responsibilities. The US Capitol Police mission statement makes no distinction about selective application of its mission depending upon whether a Member of Congress is black, woman, or has a new hairstyle.
But, honestly, this incident is not about wearing a Congressional pin or changing my hairstyle.
It is true that I have changed my hairstyle. It is true that at the time I was not wearing my pin. But many Members of Congress aren't wearing their pins today. Just in the last hour at least 8 Members of Congress have been spotted speaking from the well of the House without their pins and even more have been seen on the Hill today not wearing their Congressional pin. How many of them were stopped by Capitol Hill Police? Do I have to contact the police every time I change my hairstyle? How do we account for the fact that when I wore my braids every day for 11 years, I still faced this problem, primarily from certain white police officers.
This morning at approximately 8:57 am, I was going to a Budget Committee meeting due to start at 9:00 am. I was rushing to my meeting when a white police officer yelled to me. He approached me, bodyblocked me, physically touching me. I used my arm to get him off of me. I told him not to touch me several times. He asked for my ID and I showed it to him. He then let me go and I proceeded to my meeting and I assume that the Police Officer resumed his duties. I have counseled with the Sergeant-at-Arms and Acting Assistant Chief Thompson several times before and counseled with them again on today's incident. I offered also to counsel with the offending police officer. I have agreed to try to remember to wear my pin and to notify Capitol Hill police every time I change my hairstyle.
My father was a police officer. After the tragedies on September 11th, recognizing the strain that we all were under, I wrote a letter to Sergeant-at-Arms Livingood reminding him that police officers were operating under great stress while working long hours. I asked that they be allowed to use their cell phones to contact their families to know that they were alright. No one else did this. But I did. I will not let this or any other incident dampen my resolve to support those whose work is vital and supports us. It is, however, a shame that while I conduct the country's business, I have to stop and call the police to tell them that I've changed my hairstyle so that I'm not harassed at work.
McKinney Blames Police For Slapping Incident
POSTED: 4:21 pm EST March 29, 2006
UPDATED: 6:55 pm EST March 31, 2006
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga.) blamed a police officer for a confrontation this week that ended with her slapping the officer.
At a news conference Friday evening McKinney said she was the victim in the incident.
Her lawyer, James Meyer, also spoke at the news conference and said he expects McKinney to be arrested next week for the confrontation.
He blamed the incident on race.
"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. Ms. McKinney is just a victim of being in Congress while black," said Meyer.
Channel 2 Action News has learned that Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-CA.) intervened when word got out Wednesday night that McKinney might be arrested.
She says she approached the House sergeant-at-arms to discuss the situation.
Millender-McDonald sits on the House committee that oversees the Capitol Hill police and the sergeant-at-arms' office.
Millender-McDonald does not believe what she did constitutes “intervention”, said spokeswoman Denise Mixon. “She simply wanted some questions answered,” Mixon said.
Charges against McKinney 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 misdeameanor.
McKinney issued a statement yesterday saying she "deeply regrets" the confrontation with the police officer.
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.
"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.
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?"
The dustup is the latest in a series of tangles for the roughly 1,200-officer Capitol Police department.
The department faces a difficult task -- protecting 535 members of Congress and the vast Capitol complex in an atmosphere thick with politics and privilege.
The safety of its members became a sensitive issue after a gunman in 1998 killed two officers outside the office of then-Republican Whip Tom DeLay of Texas.
More recently, police obeyed an order by an angry House Ways and Means Committee chairman, Rep. Bill Thomas, R-Calif., to remove Democrats from a hearing room. Thomas later tearfully apologized on the House floor.
This year, during President Bush's State of the Union address, police drew criticism for first kicking antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan out of the House gallery, and then for evicting the wife of Rep. Bill Young, R-Fla.
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.
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WASHINGTON (April 3) - U.S. Capitol Police on Monday asked a federal prosecutor to approve an arrest warrant for Rep. Cynthia McKinney after she tangled with a uniformed officer last week.
Cynthia McKinney, 51, scuffled with a police officer on March 29 when she entered a House office building.
"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.
Citing the ongoing investigation, Phillips declined to say whether the referral included a recommended charge against the six-term Democrat or when a warrant for her arrest might be issued.
In a statement, Capitol Police said it "has referred its investigative findings to the U.S. attorney." The department must acquire approval from U.S. Attorney Kenneth L. Wainstein before it can ask a judge to issue an arrest warrant on assault or other charges.
McKinney spokesman Coz Carson 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."
For her part, McKinney said she expects to represent her suburban Atlanta district for many years.
"Rest assured, I am doing the work they sent me to Washington to do. Nothing is going to keep me away from my responsibilities," McKinney told a crowd of supporters in Atlanta on Monday.
McKinney, 51, scuffled with a police officer on March 29 when she entered a House office building without her identifying lapel pin and did not stop when asked. Several police sources said the officer, who was not identified, asked her three times to stop. When she kept going, he placed a hand somewhere on her and she hit him, according to the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
McKinney issued a statement of regret for the incident but no apology. At a press conference Friday, she and her lawyers declared that she was a victim of inappropriate touching and racism and said they were considering pursuing civil action against the officer.
Black clergy and lawmakers came to the defense of the firebrand congresswoman on Monday. 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.
Her supporters tried to minimize the incident - which they called political, not criminal - but they also suggested it was an example of racial profiling. They called publicity surrounding the episode a distraction that is being used by "her enemies" to keep the congresswoman from performing her elected duties.
The Rev. Reverend Darrell D. Elligan, president of Concerned Black Clergy, called McKinney competent, courageous and committed.
"She has our support unconditionally," Elligan said. "She is not a threat to the security of our country."
McKinney Witnesses Called to Testify
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
WASHINGTON — A staff aide to Rep. Sam Farr, D-Calif., will testify on Thursday in a probe that could determine whether to file charges against Democratic Rep. Cynthia McKinney for allegedly striking a Capitol Police officer, FOX News has confirmed.
Farr's office confirmed that the staff aide was subpoenaed as a witness in front of a grand jury. FOX News also confirmed that a second congressional staff aide has been called to testify, but for reasons of confidentiality, the identity of the aide was being kept anonymous.
The aides' appearances mark the first indication that the U.S. Attorney's office is convening a grand jury to determine if an incident last week involving the congresswoman merits prosecution. The U.S. Attorney's office could not discuss any grand jury subpoena, but told FOX News the investigation continues. Spokesperson Channing Philipps said that no warrant has been issued in the matter.
McKinney, the six-term Georgia Democratic congresswoman, was bypassing a metal detector while entering Longworth House Office Building when asked by the officer to stop and go through the checkpoint. She allegedly turn around and beat the officer's chest more than once.
Outgoing U.S. Capitol Police Chief Terrence Gainer said he thinks prosecutors should bring a case against McKinney. Gainer told FOX News on Wednesday that he doesn't think the police officer's decision to stop the congresswoman was an incident of racial profiling as McKinney claims.
"I'm troubled by all the economics going into this, and the U.S. Attorney's office here has a lot of other crimes to look at ... But on the other hand, the member's not acknowledging at all that what she did was incorrect and now she's putting up the smoke and mirrors that we're racist and it was done because she's black, that's wrong," Gainer said.
The officer "didn't see the woman wear the badge that she should have had on, and called out to her, didn't recognize her facially, called out to her, she breezed passed, called out again and reached out and grabbed her hand, her arm. When she came around she hit the officer in the chest," Gainer alleged. All congressional members are given a lapel pin that identifies them as an elected representative. That identification permits them to skip the security checks.
McKinney has not admitted to hitting the officer, and she has rejected claims that the police officer didn't recognize her because she altered her appearance. McKinney recently changed her trademark hairstyle from two tight french braids to looser curls that surround her face.
"What I would say, however, is that (this is) much ado about a hairdo," McKinney told FOX News, saying that the officer should be able to recognize every congressional member.
Officers are required to screen approximately 30,000 people entering the building each day.
Just Monday, Capitol Police had to evacuate the Capitol Building as a result of a power failure that triggered emergency procedures. McKinney, however, said the incident involving her is part of a larger problem of the Capitol Police mistreating blacks.
"We have 39 young people visiting from the state of Georgia, all of whom were African-American. And they had a very, very negative experience with the Capitol Hill Police. Two hundred-fifty black police officers have filed a lawsuit against the Capitol Police," she said.
"What I have suggested and what many other people have, quite frankly, suggested is that the issue of racial profiling needs to be one that is discussed and dealt with by the American people," she said.
Gainer rejected the idea that the incident is one of racial profiling. He said the police had all they need to arrest McKinney last Wednesday at the time of the incident, but police passed the information to the U.S. attorney's office so they could look at the evidence and build a case.
"There would be no reason to go to the U.S. Attorney's office if we didn't want to have an arrest," Gainer said.
Meanwhile, the top House Republican, Speaker Dennis Hastert, said Wednesday that members of Congress should respect the job of the police to protect the Capitol complex.
"This is not about somebody's ego. It's not about racial profiling. It's about making this place safer and working with the people that try to make it safer," said Hastert, R-Ill.
Several Republican members were wearing pins on Wednesday that said "I Love Capitol Police" as part of a campaign to support a House resolution expressing appreciation for the job the Capitol Police do each day. The resolution commends the police for their professionalism toward members of Congress and visitors, even though they "endure physical and verbal assaults in some extreme cases."
"I don't think it's fair to attack the Capitol Police and I think it's time that we show our support for them," said Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., a sponsor of the measure. Ignoring a police officer's order to stop, or hitting one, "is never OK," McHenry said.
Some GOP members have said the McKinney incident serves to underscore Democratic insensitivity to security concerns. Democrats have countered that Republicans are more interested in making an issue of this than looking at their own problems, for instance, the underlying lobbying and campaign finance-related troubles that contributed to Rep. Tom DeLay's announcing his resignation on Tuesday.
Still, McKinney has won little support among her fellow Democrats in the feud. In a press conference last week she was joined by no House members, and instead featured prominent black activists, actor Danny Glover and singer Harry Belafonte.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Tuesday she can't think of a set of circumstances that would justify striking an officer. McKinney denied that she and Pelosi are not on speaking terms, and avoided naming elected officials who have offered her support.
"The most important support that I have is from the people of the 4th Congressional District," McKinney said of the Atlanta district she represents.
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