Part 1 - Truth About McKinney Capitol Hill Police Incident

On March 29, 2006, Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney of Georgia entered the Longworth House Office Building's southeast entrance, after walking around the metal detector at the security checkpoint. She proceeded westward down the ground floor hallway, and about halfway down the hallway was grabbed by United States Capitol Police officer Paul McKenna, who states that he had been calling after her "Ma'am, Ma'am!"
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Two days later, Officer McKenna filed a police report claiming that McKinney had struck "his chest with a closed fist." Members of Congress are not required to pass through metal detectors, but they are asked to wear identifying lapel pins.
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Police officers, during their initial training, are required to undergo training for facial recognition of several members of Congress, but not all 535 as some believe. The members of Congress whose faces are used during "Members Rec." training include those who are in leadership positions, long serving or are known to get loud and voice-full if stopped. Cynthia McKinney was in officers training for recognition. Out of 438 member's of Congress, only about 75-80 are used for this training, including at the time Ms. McKinney.
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Many people claim racial profiling had been a problem with the Capitol Police as well as more serious accounts of severe racism.

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[SerpentScribe7]

Thank you, silohouttes! I"m gald the congressmembers and police officers behind them are coming out and telling it like it is! I'm sure it's not race across the board, but those like Cynthia are both dark-skinned AND threatening to the enshrined doctrines of modern Babylon, so some manipulation has to be done!

[CaughtNTheCrosshair2]

Here is a simple idea to avoid any more confusion, CARRY AN I.D. CARD WITH YOU! IT'S NOT THE POLICE OFFICERS FAULT THAT YOU DON'T CARRY THE PROPER I.D. If you know that you have to move around the capital that quickly, you would think that you would take steps to ensure that you can do it as quickly as possible, without expecting others to go out of their way. Stop at the checkpoint, show your I.D., you're on your way! I know, to makes too much sense, what am I thinking?

[johnsmdm]

watch him!

[CrackerJackLee]

this was simply a political "hit" on a non-elitist congresswoman... she's too vocal on israel...

[GeorgiaIsOnMyMind]

fuck off racist capital hill police, seriously.

[brian8793]

Wow, a Democrat using the race card. NO! LMAO

[TheMercilessEye]

@firefox8192 It gets worse: recently, at a concert in the Pac NW, Stage security failed to recognize BOB DYLAN backstage, and were about to eject him before his appearance onstage...only the intervention of an older stagehand prevented this outrage. Interviewed later, the security guard who nearly ejected Dylan was heard to say "...Now if he'd said his name was George STRAIT, I'd've let him in, no question..."

[firefox8192]

WHO IN THE HELL IN SECURITY WOULD NOT McKINNEY. WOULD ANY ONE MISTAKE MICHAEL JACKSON FOR BILL COSBY IF MICHAEL WAS STILL ALIVE. JUST LOOK AT DR. LOUIS HENRY GATES . Hmmmm! and if OBAMA WERE TO SHOW UP W/O THE SECRET SEREVICE WOULD HE GET A RODNEY KING? the answer is HELL YESS

[Chris1760]

screw that 2nd dreree aslt.... charge her no one is above or below the law .... 

[7beers]

Did anyone bother to ask whether any of the white members of Congress have ever had to show their pin? Because of they have, then that would seem to put to rest any claims of racism.