You have got to be kidding. Slapped a police officer. Isn't that assault?

You KNOW what she'll say next. *sigh*

knowing what stock dc cops are made of, the officer likely made a racist and/or mysoginistic comment - and that's why he got slapped. he got off better than if he were charged with a hate crime (which is what he probably deserves), i'd wager.

Here is a great article on how opposition to the Patriot Act is often a litmus test of anti-Americanism.

Metzger,
Capitol Police are not DC cops.
They are a seperate entity, not in any way connected to the city of DC, aside from the fact that their jurisdiction is within the city limits (but only on capitol grounds)

Slapped a police officer? Shouldn't she be doing the perp walk about now? That's how it works for the rest of us. Too had they didn't mace her and THEN taser her.

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Seems like this is a little nit picky. sounds too much like what the whiney left wingers would yell about.

Pinball,
Slap a Police officer for doing his job is no big deal?? Sounds like you've been hit with a few flippers too many.

knowing what stock dc cops are made of, the officer likely made a racist and/or mysoginistic comment - and that's why he got slapped. he got off better than if he were charged with a hate crime (which is what he probably deserves), i'd wager.

Wholly Cow, are you kidding me? Talk about flippin' indicting the victim WITH NO PROOF.

Liberals always circle the wagons of their crooks with the most twisted crap they can come up with to do it.

If what Drudge is reporting is true, oh what fun it's going to be to see her get arrested!!!!

I can't wait to see that!! High-comedy. So how many times are we going to here about how race played a role in this. Hell, Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton will be fighting each other to get to talk on all the news shows. This is going to be great!

Wholly Cow, are you kidding me? Talk about flippin' indicting the victim WITH NO PROOF.

everyone knows that cops become cops precisely because cops legally get to kick ass on the poor, minorities, women and the LGBT community. god forbid any of those groups defend themselves against the nauseating racism, sexism, violence, etc. inherent in the system.

400 years of such racism is proof enough. google is your friend.

I call BS on bill metzger. If you're going to impersonate a liberal you need to be less obvious.

Gee, why is it taking so long for McKinney to comment?

Is David Gregory and the entire White House Press Corp coming unglued at the 8 hour gap?

And I'm also going to savor all the irony of the fist pounding, hand wringing, baseless accusations over Cheney's accident vs. Cynthia McKinney's utter disregard for security, lack of respect for police, intentional violence and elitism.

Wonder how long it'll take McKinney to play the race card? Or start Jew-bashing, as she did when she lost her seat last time?

More seriously, it's the particular responsibility of people like her to not just be civil to what amount to her servants but to cooperate with the job that she asks them to do. This idea that the rules don't apply to some is completely bogus. And quite frankly, congress persons should not only go through security but should make a *point* of going through security.

I know it won't happen but it's one of the basic tenets of leadership to lead by example. If you take security seriously and *show* you take security seriously then everyone under you will take it seriously too.

If you're just to important to be bothered, then what you can't be bothered with must not be important.

While I am glad to know she will be held accountable, how sad is it that many of our elected officials don't know how to be "civil" civil servants. It used to be considered an honor to get elected to Capitol Hill. Now more often than not they act like they not only deserve their positions but demand even more special treatment.

Slapping an officer? The gall.

That's an excellent point Synova. Well-stated.

Of course, that is exactly what McKinney should say when she finally does speak, but there is no way we'll get a humble apology from this egotistical woman.

Shouldn't she be doing the perp walk about now?

The house has rules on this and that is a good thing. If they allowed members to be arrested at any time then someone could acuse a house member of a crime for the sole purpose of having them arrested before they could debate or vote on some matter. That is a tactic used in other countries with less freedom and it was common for some Kings in England.

It is repeatedly amazing to me how, if you wait long enough (which usually isn't to long), a certain political party will shoot itself in the foot or ass without a single response being necessary.

I bet they try to keep the session open for as long as possible to avoid this hitting the West Coast 6 o'clock news.

Kinda interesting that this fits hand in glove on Drudge's page with the "ferocious" housecat in Fairfield CT, terrorizing local residents...

Update from the following link

http://www.11alive.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=77991

"A statement attributed to McKinney has been released on the Internet, where she allegedly claims to have been harassed by Capitol Hill Police.

The statement's writer says that she has been harassed by white police officers she says do not recognize her due to her recently changed hairstyle.

"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," the statement says.

The writer details the incident, saying, "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."

How long did that take??

Hey, search for utopia, I'm not going to register on your blog to comment but the answer to your question is in my comment above.

Miss Cynthia is obviously not someone who understands nor takes sercurity seriously.

Grab your popcorn and watch the Cynthia McKinney highlight video clips:

FL 2000: was "a scheme that was cooked in a backroom by rich and powerful white people"

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=15172_Cynthia_McKinney_on_Voting&only=yes

DEFENSE: "we need sanctions against Halliburton", we "still don't tell us the whole story about what happened exactly on September 11" (implying Bush/Halliburton conspiracy), Iraq is not being rebuilt - "they have no infrastructure, they have no water, they have no electricity."

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=15246&only

DEFENSE: "we darn had to do what we had to do today to take it to the streets, to fight this administration's War Machine", "we already had some of these crazy, stupid votes...targeting Iran..", "when they (Bush/oil companies) finish with the Middle East, then they're gonna go to China and Russia", "it's being waged for a small clique of people who are making a ton of money off of war!"

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=15228&only=yes

MILITARY RECRUITMENT: "we also need to be in these schools, teaching the juniors and the seniors about making sure they fill out the [Selective Service] forms so that they can document their conscientious objector status now

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=15189&only=yes

A member of Congress discouraging kids from enlisting? Rich and powerful white people conspired to steal the FL 2000 election? War in the Middle East was not to combat terror, but a scam for corporate profits? Iraq is not being rebuilt? How can a person like this be elected to Congress? Have the Democrats no shame?

I don't believe she can be arrested, under current law.

topsecretk9 wrote (March 29, 2006 08:01 PM):

Is David Gregory and the entire White House Press Corp coming unglued at the 8 hour gap?

I wouldn't hold my breath...

The media will have to scramble to keep this from pushing the dem's new and improved national security agenda off the front page. It'll be hard for them to do. A member of Congress shoving a cop, they could probably hush up pretty well. I note that Kerry mouthing off that a Secret Service agent shoved him didn't get much play in the MSM, and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee has quite a rep for bad behavior in public that doesn't get much coverage.

But McKinney - unless Pelosi or SOMEBODY can get to her and convince her to STFU - will play the race card and the media will go after it like hungry trout after a mayfly. Racist cops shoving a black female member of Congress??? STOP THE PRESSES!

I wonder if somebody will ask San Fran Nan if Rep. McKinney should resign? Or press McKinney on whether or not she thinks that she's become a liability to her party and should step down?

I don't believe she can be arrested, under current law.

That's nice. I believed in the tooth fairy from the ages of 4 to 6, but it didn't make her any more real.

In reference to Jay Tea's post (March 25, 2006 05:00 AM) about being a spin doctor:

A CHALLENGE

Imagine that you work for McKinney or the House democrat caucus. How would you spin this event to keep it off the front page?

A) Ignore it and hope it goes away.

B) Quietly point out to the media that there aren't many black members of Congress, and there's just no sense in damaging the reputation of a black Congresswoman over a trifling little incident. Then let them bury the story. It worked with Carol Mosely Braun and some nasty questions about Social Security fraud...

C) Claim that the reports are incorrect. Nothing to see here... Move along...

D) Promise to hold an investigation that will either never happen, or will find "a disturbing pattern" of racism among the Capitol police in general and the officer who "confronted" McKinney in particular.

E) Other

Were it not for Jimmy Carter, Ms. McKinney, with her over-sized mouth and her under-sized brain, would easily qualify as the Stat of Georgia' most noxious living embarassment.

"knowing what stock dc cops are made of, the officer likely made a racist and/or mysoginistic comment - and that's why he got slapped. he got off better than if he were charged with a hate crime (which is what he probably deserves), i'd wager."

1. What stock?? You mean, like, chicken or beef?
2. dc cops? (a) very predominently black force (like the rest of the city government), and (b) NOT in charge of federal buildings.
3. Hate crime? For what? NOT making the racist/mysogynistic comments that you've conveniently put in his mouth, even after having the opportunity to read McKinney's account (ooooo unless she forgot to tell us that)??

That could quite possibly be the most ignorant comment I've ever read at Wizbang.

a) By the "statement" she issued, it appears she's had to "counsel" with the Sergeant at Arms and other officers before. I'd love to see the blotter on all those incidents and see what the pattern is...

b) JR had it right about no apology and arrogant

c) counting down to Jesse et Al weighing in [OK so I am heavy with puns tonight] 3... 2... 1...

You folks are getting way too excited. Nothing will ever come of this... except maybe the cop, who is white (which the media and their like will not be able to emphasize enough in the coming days), will be determined to be a white supremacist/racist because of some Hank Jr. cd's purchased in 1981 and credible witness accounts that reportedly heard him say "the n word" on at least one occasion. McKinney is a no fear communist who has no concept of the truth. There are no limits on how low she will go to make this a racial issue. As I write this, there is a committee of bloodsucking moonbats meeting in some dark room with strategizing on how do devour this fresh meat on their plate ... I feel for the cop, because he is about to be hit by one big sh** storm. That's going to be the story in the coming days.

Dems seem to have a history of this. Remember when Congressman Patrick Kennedy assaulted a (black!) airport security guard? I think there was a monetary settlement that made that go away.

If the cop gets hit with this, the other cops should refuse to work. It's an appropriate response.

It's beyond unreasonable to expect them to do their jobs when they aren't allowed to stop people they don't recognize. I'd love to see some labor solidarity on this.

(And if security is reasonably expected to personally recognize each and every member of Congress... what the heck are the lapel pins supposed to be for?)

No, this isn't a BIG story. It's just an unfortunately typical story.

I'd love to see her try this approach at a military checkpoint (or Langley, as if they'd let her near there).

She has no clue as to what security is all about.

Say, wasn't this related to a presentation of a Security Plan for our nation? Betcha that makes folks feel a lot safer...