As reported here, "[a] grand jury declined Friday to indict Rep. Cynthia McKinney in connection with a confrontation in which she admitted hitting a police officer who tried to stop her from entering a House office building."
In case you haven't been paying attention, Rep. McKinney (D-GA) tried to enter a House office building without walking through a metal detector or wearing the lapel pin that identifies members of Congress, and was stopped by Officer Paul McKenna - who was simply doing his job - allegedly by grabbing her arm, at which time she struck him. She was subsequently allowed entry after she provided the DC Police with proper identification.
After the incident, though, McKinney then went on a PR blitz, saying how she was assaulted (but she hit him, remember) by a cop using Gestapo-type tactics (he grabbed her by the arm, as she tried to brush past him, remember), and pulling out the race card at every turn ("I'm just a poor little black - oh, excuse me - African-American woman, who was assaulted by a mean old white, card-carrying member of the Gestapo, male cop! Oh, poor me!"), claiming that the DC Police Department is racist to the core, and that they never, ever show proper decorum towards African-Americans - which of course is a crock of ... well, you know what.
I guess if you're a black woman Member of Congress, you automatically get a free pass for everything, including assaulting a police officer in the performance of his duties.
Shame on the grand jury for bailing on this, and shame especially on Rep. McKinney for not following the rules, and then making false claims about what happened.
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