Democrat lawmaker attacks police officer

Remember I am over seas to protect your ability to attack people you disagree with glad to know I'm working so hard for something so important.

Set - Stop being a pompus ass. You should be thanking Baldimo for his service and the fact you disagree with him on everything is irrelavent.

Many of the comments here are just more examples of partisen blindness.

[The woman assaulted a police officer. PERIOD.

Let the law do what it is supposed to do.

woiyo wrote:

Set - Stop being a pompus ass. You should be thanking Baldimo for his service and the fact you disagree with him on everything is irrelavent.

You misspelled pompous. Baldimo had a demonstrated penchant for telling lies in these threads. If you like, i can go through it point by point. I suspect Baldimo doesn't want it dredged up, though. Personally, i have little reason to believe that he is either serving on active duty, or that he is overseas--surely not simply because he says so, given his past history here.

You have no idea whether or not Baldimo and i have ever, or would ever agree--or disagree--on any given topic.

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Many of the comments here are just more examples of partisen blindness.

You misspelled partisan. Yes, there is no doubt that MM and Baldimo both have shown partisan blindness, and have erected strawmen, assuming that they know what other people think before said other people have spoken. Now we have an example of your partisan blindness, in that you are, apparently, unable to recognize this.

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[The woman assaulted a police officer. PERIOD.

I see ! ! ! Judge and jury, are you? She's convicted out of your mouth?

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Let the law do what it is supposed to do.

Good idea. One of the things upon which the justice system decides, is the matter of guilt or innoncence, matters of fact and matters of law. I see, though, that you've alread decided she is guilty.

Let the law do what it is supposed to do.

I see, though, that you've alread decided she is guilty.

The woman assaulted a police officer. PERIOD

I see ! ! ! Judge and jury, are you? She's convicted out of your mouth?

Sometimes McG, I don't think you read things through.

This is what woiyo said

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The woman assaulted a police officer. PERIOD

Which is why Setanta said

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I see ! ! ! Judge and jury, are you? She's convicted out of your mouth?

Woiyo's statement was a declarative statement which left no room for a judge and jury to decide if the woman assaulted a police officer.

Also he has a point, how is fighting in Iraq assuring my freedom to speak out? Saddam Hussien never put my freedom to speak in danger.

The woman assaulted a police officer. PERIOD.

Let the law do what it is supposed to do.

The bear is having computer problems and is unable to log on but asked me to find out where he can buy the Baldimo action figure with king fu grip....he's a naughty bear today.

Wow another perfect example of attacking the thread starter. No one wants to debate. Attack after attack on MM 6 pages worth of attack and very little debate. Good to see nothing has changed in the time I have been gone. Keep up the bad work people of the left. Remember I am over seas to protect your ability to attack people you disagree with glad to know I'm working so hard for something so important.

McKinney: Race sparked tiff with police
Lawmaker faces possible charges after allegedly striking officer

Friday, March 31, 2006; Posted: 9:34 p.m. EST (02:34 GMT)




WASHINGTON (CNN) -- As U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney, D-Georgia, faces possible criminal charges for a Wednesday altercation with a Capitol Police officer, one of her lawyers said Friday that the real issues were "sex, race and Ms. McKinney's progressiveness."

In a news conference featuring actor Danny Glover and singer Harry Belafonte, McKinney said she would be exonerated and that "this whole incident was instigated by the inappropriate touching and stopping of me, a female, black congresswoman."

She had little else to say, citing the ongoing investigation into her allegedly striking a police officer after he failed to recognize her at a security checkpoint and tried to stop her from passing.

One Republican congressman dismissed the star-studded news conference. "Rep. McKinney appearing with the star of "Lethal Weapon"? Not exactly the message you want to be sending," said Ron Bonjean, spokesman for House Speaker Dennis Hastert.

Asked Friday if Capitol Police intended to bring charges against the congresswoman, Sgt. Kimberly Schneider said only, "I know we're still investigating."

The 51-year-old legislator was surrounded by more than two dozen supporters at the Friday news conference, some carrying handwritten placards that read "Recognize our congresswoman" and "Is Cynthia a target?"

During the conference, held at historically black Howard University in Washington, civil rights attorney James Myart said his client was "assaulted" by a Capitol Police officer, whose name the department refuses to release.

"Because she was assaulted and placed in impending fear of her safety, she responded," he said. "This case has just begun and we're going to fight, and we're going to use the U.S. Constitution."

Myart said McKinney would seek a criminal investigation against the officer, and a civil lawsuit against both the officer and the Capitol Police is being explored.

However, McKinney's other attorney, Michael Raffauf, downplayed the possibility of pressing charges against the officer, saying, "Not every assault deserves to be criminally prosecuted."

Myart further called the incident racial profiling and said there was "no excuse" for Capitol Police not recognizing his client, and Raffauf said she was stopped solely because of her race, gender and politics.

"It is the job of the Capitol Police to protect members of Congress. As a part of that job, they are to know who those members are," he said. "Whenever you put a police officer out on the street, he is supposed to know his job."

Members of Congress are allowed to bypass the metal detectors and security checkpoint. They are supposed to wear a lapel pin that identifies them as lawmakers. McKinney acknowledges she wasn't wearing one when she was stopped, but concurred with Myart that police should know who she is.

"The pin is not the issue," the six-time congresswoman said. "The issue is face recognition."

Glover and Belafonte refrained from addressing the facts of the case and said they were there to support McKinney. Belafonte said he did not know what happened during the Wednesday incident but wanted to make sure the matter was handled on "a very fair and very square basis."

"We've watched her be abused in the past, and she's overcome, stood strong," the outspoken Belafonte said. "We're not going to be absent or indifferent to the fact that she may be abused again."

Added Glover, "We're not here to judge the merits of the case, but here to support our sister."

Representatives of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and National Organization for Women also spoke on McKinney's behalf.

McKinney represents a majority black district on the east side of metro Atlanta. She was first elected in 1992, but lost the seat in 2002. She regained it in 2004.

The congresswoman, who said she has had problems with Capitol Police not recognizing her in the past, demanded and received an apology from Bill Clinton's administration in 1998 after White House guards stopped her.

CNN's Brian Todd and Deidre Walsh contributed to this report.

MM started this thread simply to get a rise out of the democrats and there is no doubt in my mind on that one!

I'm sure he doesn't like Blacks or women either, so it could be a combination.

Montana wrote:

MM started this thread simply to get a rise out of the democrats and there is no doubt in my mind on that one!

I'm sure he doesn't like Blacks or women either, so it could be a combination.

Another stupid comment from a lefty on A2K... small wonder that.

Montana wrote:

MM started this thread simply to get a rise out of the democrats and there is no doubt in my mind on that one!

I'm sure he doesn't like Blacks or women either, so it could be a combination.

Another stupid comment from a lefty on A2K... small wonder that.

revel wrote:

Sometimes McG, I don't think you read things through.

This is what woiyo said

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The woman assaulted a police officer. PERIOD

Which is why Setanta said

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I see ! ! ! Judge and jury, are you? She's convicted out of your mouth?

Woiyo's statement was a declarative statement which left no room for a judge and jury to decide if the woman assaulted a police officer.

Also he has a point, how is fighting in Iraq assuring my freedom to speak out? Saddam Hussien never put my freedom to speak in danger.

Take your blinders off for a minute.

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The woman assaulted a police officer. PERIOD.

Is this in doubt? Do you believe she hit the cop?Do you have any reason to believe the story is a lie?

Why bother to have courts with jurries and judges, if a police officer said it is so, then why surely it must always be so. Defense attorney's might as well find other jobs. (sarcasm in case there is doubt)

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Let the law do what it is supposed to do.

Which is to investigate the case and determine guilt or innocence.

Exactly

Set like to ride his haughtiness around like a thoroughbred leaving horse apples in his wake.

Remember what you said about opinions?

So, what's the problem?

McGentrix wrote:

Montana wrote:

MM started this thread simply to get a rise out of the democrats and there is no doubt in my mind on that one!

I'm sure he doesn't like Blacks or women either, so it could be a combination.

Another stupid comment from a lefty on A2K... small wonder that.

Funny how you guys bitch and moan about us, saying that we are constantly attacking you guys and you go and call me stupid

You're a funny guy McG ;-)