Whom Did She Mean To Hit?

From today's Hotline Last Call (sub. only): "In a case of mistaken identity, Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) apparently punched a Capitol police officer. No response yet from her office."

Comments

[Queer Conservative]

Please, please, please let her be tried and convicted of a felony and lose her seat in congress! Please, please, please!!!!

(Just FYI: she's the sorry excuse for a congressperson who represents my district.)

[Tom]

Looks like the idiot just played the race card:

An unconfirmed 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."

[Malcontent]

When I worked on Capitol Hill, I once saw Sen. Judd Gregg get into a (non-physical) confrontation at a magnetometer with a Capitol cop who didn't recognize him.

Clearly, that cop was a dirty, stinking racist.