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McKinney: "In Congress While Black" (Lawyer sez she's a victim)(Abstract)
WXIA-TV Atlanta ^
| 3.31.06
| Michael King
Posted on 03/31/2006 2:11:45 PM PST by mhking
Representative Cynthia McKinney’s lawyer says that she is simply a victim of “being in Congress while black.”
McKinney planned a late-afternoon news conference in Washington to discuss the altercation she had with a Capitol police officer on Wednesday. Her lawyer, James W. Myart Jr. says that her problems with police are racial in nature.
“Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, like thousands of average Americans across this country, is, too, a victim of the excessive use of force by law enforcement officials because of how she looks and the color of her skin,” Myart said. “Ms. McKinney is just a victim of being in Congress while black.”
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: 109th; justdamn; mckinney; racecard
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To: mhking
41
posted on
03/31/2006 2:31:06 PM PST
by
debg
To: mhking
Hey dude, that link rocks! We're watching the room before it goes on television. Get to hear all the pre-press conference chatter.
42
posted on
03/31/2006 2:31:57 PM PST
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: dead
Hey dude, that link rocks!Glad to oblige.
43
posted on
03/31/2006 2:32:46 PM PST
by
mhking
("I make my livin' on the evening news...")
To: dead
McKinney/Naomi Campbell '08
;0D
44
posted on
03/31/2006 2:33:03 PM PST
by
maggief
(and the dessert cart rolls on ...)
To: mhking
Somebody fill me in. I've been busy and don't have a TV. Did she get arrested?
45
posted on
03/31/2006 2:33:23 PM PST
by
FreedomFarmer
(Spooooooon Guaaaaaard!)
Comment #46 Removed by Moderator
To: PittsburghAfterDark
CNN couldn't bother.Yeah, but at least it's Hugh Hewitt that is being interviewed on CNN....
47
posted on
03/31/2006 2:33:36 PM PST
by
mhking
("I make my livin' on the evening news...")
To: mhking
Sounds like she's begging to be charged. It would be interesting to see the security video of this incident.
48
posted on
03/31/2006 2:33:54 PM PST
by
LaineyDee
(Don't mess with Texas wimmen!)
To: LaineyDee; Howlin
Danny Glover and Harry Belfonte to be at the presser.
49
posted on
03/31/2006 2:34:42 PM PST
by
maggief
(and the dessert cart rolls on ...)
To: mhking
I just have a feeling this press conference is going to be one for the ages!
He just announced that Harry Belafonte and Danny Glover are in the house!
Just damn.
50
posted on
03/31/2006 2:35:04 PM PST
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: mhking
"In congress while being", stupid, insane, racist, treasonous and butt ugly!
51
posted on
03/31/2006 2:35:22 PM PST
by
garyhope
(Simplicity is best in everything)
To: mhking
I may be confusing people, but isn't this the same Congresswoman who used her Benz to almost drive over some security at an event and then "explained" her way out of it?
52
posted on
03/31/2006 2:35:29 PM PST
by
Volunteer
(Just so you know, I am ashamed the Dixie Chicks make records in Nashville.)
To: maggief
Danny Glover and Harry Belfonte to be at the presser.Obviously Danny and Harry are there because of the insight they can provide on being a black woman in congress.
I can only the delay is related to Danny's inability to flag down a cab.
53
posted on
03/31/2006 2:37:12 PM PST
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: mhking
Cynthia McKinney, like thousands of average Americans across this country, is, too, a victim of the excessive use of force by law enforcement
Wow, no kidding, did the ninjas get her? Or just the everyday storm trooper?
The skin color?
Just a desperate act by a desperate party.
Jammer
54
posted on
03/31/2006 2:37:24 PM PST
by
JamminJAY
(This space for rent)
To: All
Anyone notice the crescent and someone that looks like a Mohammed in the background on the Fox news screen?
55
posted on
03/31/2006 2:38:26 PM PST
by
debg
To: dead
Dude at the mike: "please be patient"
I'd like to slug him with my cell phone for keeping me waiting. ;)
56
posted on
03/31/2006 2:39:00 PM PST
by
maggief
(and the dessert cart rolls on ...)
To: mhking
Nice mural in the background, huh?
57
posted on
03/31/2006 2:39:11 PM PST
by
cspackler
(There are 10 kinds of people in this world, those who understand binary and those who don't.)
To: mhking
Let's see the tape and then decide where the problem is.
58
posted on
03/31/2006 2:39:19 PM PST
by
The Great RJ
("Mir wölle bleiwen wat mir sin" or "We want to remain what we are." ..Luxembourg motto)
To: LaineyDee
She is about as ignorant as the dumb ass Mexican I saw today in a suburb of Dallas driving down the road with a Mexican flag hanging out the window. I am basically sympathetic to many of the hard working Mexicans who have risked a lot in order to come to America and provide for their families and relatives in Mexico...as compared to the los negroes who are natives of this country and choose a life of being welfare queens and sperm donors...oh I forgot some choose to be criminals as well..
As a matter of interest I wonder how all those children got to the press conference...what a joke!!!
59
posted on
03/31/2006 2:40:16 PM PST
by
RVN Airplane Driver
(Most Americans are so spoiled with freedom they have no idea what it takes to earn and keep it.)
To: mhking
The only victim here is the people who are represented by this POS, and they got what they asked for.
Assimilate? For some, not in a million years.
60
posted on
03/31/2006 2:40:44 PM PST
by
G.Mason
(Duty, Honor, Country)
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