Much has been made of the McKinney Incident with the Capitol Police that occured on March 29, 2006. There has been a lot of heat while not very much light on the events of that day. And virtually no context has seeped out of a media machine that managed to produce dozens if not hundreds of stories and interviews about the incident that attempted to portray Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney as having punched, stabbed or struck a capitol police officer.
McKinney, a seasoned House Rep., claimed that the touching by the officer, had been inappropriate. She reminded the country of the racism that existed within the ranks and leadership of the Capitol Police. None of these excuses held water with the establishment media or the general populace, which seemed eager to dispatch the congresswoman. What's the real deal?
Check out this video link where Af-Amer Capitol Hill policemen talk about the realities of race on 'the Hill'.
What was seldom, if ever, reported on by the corporate press was that Congresswoman McKinney, after being approached by Capitol Police officers that heard the General Counsel call a cab driver a nigger, demanded that the General Counsel be fired. She also supported the Black Police Officer Associations class action lawsuit against the Capitol Hill police force on charges of racism.
This is the backdrop to the media assault that ensued, with the obvious aim of smearing her with half-no-one quarter truths, while hoping those not hip to the realities wouldn't ask contextual questions.
To cover all of the angles of this incident would take more time than I have.
1. The Congresswoman was conned by Nancy Pelosi into apologizing. A bad move.
2. Although the Capitol Police claim assault, before deciding to charge McKinney, the Seargent-At-Arms and the Chief came to her DC office and apologized.
3. There is no precedent for the Capitol Police waiting 3 days to file assault charges against ANYONE.
4. Capitol Police built the public opinion case against McKinney by claiming to have video evidence that they later refused to produce.
Watch the video. Think for yourself. Don't believe the hype.
