Rep. McKinney Gets Off The Hook

Posted on June 16, 2006

I’m not sure if she was only targeted in the first place because she was black, you know, or if it was that she is getting off the hook for that reason.

A grand jury declined to indict Rep. Cynthia McKinney on Friday in connection with a confrontation in which she admitted hitting a police officer who tried to stop her from entering a House office building.

The grand jury had been considering the case since shortly after the March 29 incident, which has led to much discussion on Capitol Hill about race and the conduct of lawmakers and the officers who protect them.

“We respect the decision of the grand jury in this difficult matter,” said U.S. Attorney Kenneth Wainstein.

McKinney did not immediately comment.

Wainstein’s statement, released late Friday, also included support for the officer involved, Paul McKenna, and the Capitol Police. He said, “This is a tremendously difficult job, and it is one that Officer McKenna and his colleagues perform with the utmost professionalism and dignity.”

With that, Wainstein closed a case that has simmered with racial and political tension.

The encounter began when McKinney tried to enter a House office building without walking through a metal detector or wearing the lapel pin that identifies members of Congress.

McKenna did not recognize her as a member of Congress and asked her three times to stop. When she ignored him, he tried to stop her. McKinney then hit him.

McKinney described the encounter as “racial profiling,” insisting she had been assaulted and had done nothing wrong.

McKinney is black. McKenna is white.

Conspiracy, What Conspiracy?

Truly, did you expect a politican who hit a cop to be charged? For crying out loud, DC police DROVE KENNEDY HOME AFTER HE WRECKED HIS CAR DRIVING DRUNK. Remember folks, we live in a government by the people and for the people, but not in a country where the government gets judged LIKE the people.

Hat tip: Allah Pundit

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2 Responses to “Rep. McKinney Gets Off The Hook”

Draven32 on June 16th, 2006 8:08 pm

grrr…..
kerwin_brown on June 16th, 2006 8:52 pm

I have always heard you can indict a ham sandwich. It looks like someone did not want this ham sandwich indicted.