A lawyer for Rep. Cynthia McKinney, the Georgia congresswoman who had an altercation with a Capitol Police officer, says she was “just a victim of being in Congress while black.”
Let me straighten it out for him. She is guilty of assaulting a police officer. It had nothing to do with her color, she just broke the law. I do not expect this to mean anything because when ever a prominent black person does something wrong the first thing we hear is that there was only attention because of the person’s skin color. I imagine that the lawyer is trying to tell us it is OK to assault the police if you are white.
McKinney was scheduled to have a conference earlier today but that was postponed until this evening though I have not heard if it was held. Actor Danny Glover was supposed to be by her side I guess to give her some star appeal. I believe that her expectation of star treatment landed her in trouble to begin with. McKinney expected to be noticed and allowed to pass through as other members of Congress are. The big problem is she was not wearing the lapel pin to identify her as a member. She indicates that she showed her ID but the officer stopped her because she bypassed the metal detector. He called out to her three times and she ignored him so he grabbed her by the arm and she turned around and hit him. Maybe in Danny Glover’s world of make believe it is OK to hit a cop but in the real world average people go to jail for that.
I get sick of hearing how someone got in trouble because they are black. Most often people get in trouble because they break the law. I am no big fan of the police as I have witnessed my share of fabricated probable cause and police instigated altercations but this seems to be an open and shut case, especially since it is on the video camera. I think McKinney originally stated she pushed the officer and her story was drastically different than hers. Once they made it known the incident was on video tape her tune seems to have changed.
I remarked earlier that this was going to be fun to watch and with the accusations of being black in Congress this might get down right comical. The funny thing is this could probably have been cleared up if she admitted she was wrong in being aggressive and apologized. Instead she said that the officer was the guilty party because she is a poor defenseless black woman who was harassed by the police. OK, she did not use those words but she might as well have. I don’t think she should get any special treatment but she probably would have if she played it right. My personal opinion is she should get the same due process that any other person (black or otherwise) who struck a police officer would.
Source 1: Breitbart.com
Source 2: 11 Alive.com
[tags]Cynthia McKinney, Congress, assault, Danny Glover, Capitol Police, press conference, race card[/tags]