but you cant take the streets out of the member


so cynthia mckinney (d-ga) punched a capitol hill police officer this evening for not recognizing her at a security checkpoint and attempting to stop her while she was walking by talking on her cell phone

this is the same congresswoman who attempted to use her position as the rep. to an urban atlanta district to attempt to investigate the death of Tupac

[Edited on March 29, 2006 at 6:36 PM. Reason : ps i wonder how long the news cycle will take to pick up on this]

3/29/2006 6:36:25 PM

[Edited on March 29, 2006 at 6:39 PM. Reason : .]

3/29/2006 6:38:54 PM

3/29/2006 7:29:57 PM

god damn black people

3/29/2006 7:35:02 PM

are you implying that she was a member of a gang, because I've never heard that. Not that it isn't true, I just have never heard it

or are you implying that all black people are gang members? or what? i'm confused

3/29/2006 7:52:07 PM

durr, all black ppl are gang members (though i doubt thats what he meant).

did you not notice their crazy version of english, the way they walk, or their strange handshakes... GANG MEMBAZ

3/29/2006 8:03:22 PM

3/29/2006 8:19:31 PM

She's not "from the streets", she's from a wealthy political family and she went to USC.

But she is a fucking moron who accused the Bush administration of knowing about the 9/11 plot beforehand.

She seemed to think the Bush administration wanted to profit from it.

Instead it was her who tried to profit from the attacks by begging a Saudi prince for 10 million bucks after Guiliani rejected it.

stupid bitch.

3/29/2006 8:21:14 PM

that picture is funny because not only is it mike skinner

but there's also a Street Fighter 2 arcade machine in the background

3/29/2006 8:28:34 PM

dg, mootduff is making what is called a joke

he will make many henceforth...so,

enjoy

3/29/2006 9:08:53 PM

oh lord, I didn't even realize it was mootduff, or I would have just shaken my head and moved on

3/29/2006 9:44:07 PM

Quote :

"ps i wonder how long the news cycle will take to pick up on this"

Actually, it was on CNN an hour and a half before you posted this.

3/29/2006 10:40:03 PM

kris, i plan out my shit

[Edited on March 30, 2006 at 12:21 AM. Reason : also i found the size of the picture to be funny]

3/30/2006 12:19:12 AM

Quote :

"Actually, it was on CNN an hour and a half before you posted this."

wow really?

im actually impressed...we dont generally have the news on where i work, so i didnt see it on any of the networks when we flipped it on to see if it was being covered, but i was getting second hand accounts at around 4:50 via email...

Quote :

"Rep. Cynthia McKinney and a police officer scuffled Wednesday after the Georgia Democrat entered a House office building unrecognized and refused to stop when asked, according to U.S. Capitol Police. McKinney, a sixth-term congresswoman who represents suburban Atlanta, struck the officer according to one account, a police official said, adding there were conflicting accounts. The officer, who was not authorized to speak publicly about the incident, spoke only on condition of anonymity. No charges were filed, police said. McKinney issued a statement Wednesday night saying she regretted the confrontation. "I know that Capitol Hill Police are securing our safety, and I appreciate the work that they do. I have demonstrated my support for them in the past and I continue to support them now," she said. Capitol Police spokeswoman Sgt. Kimberly Schneider said only that senior officials have been made aware of the incident and are investigating. Members of Congress do not have to walk through metal detectors as they enter buildings on the Capitol complex. They wear lapel pins identifying them as members. McKinney routinely doesn't wear her pin and is recognized by many officers, the police official said, adding that she wasn't wearing it when she entered a House office building early Wednesday. By one police account, she walked around a metal detector and an officer asked her several times to stop. When she did not, the officer tried to stop her, and she then struck the officer, according to that account. In her statement, McKinney said most members of Congress expect Capitol police to recognize them. "I was urgently trying to get to an important meeting on time to fulfill my obligations to my constituents. Unfortunately, the police officer did not recognize me as a member of Congress and a confrontation ensued," she said. "I did not have on my congressional pin but showed the police officer my congressional ID." McKinney was defeated in 2002 after she implied on a talk radio program that the Bush administration might have had advance notice of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. She won back the seat two years later with 64 percent of the vote. Republicans circulated an e-mail noting that McKinney's party the same day announced an election-year "affirmation" of their commitment to shoring up the nation's security. "On a day when the Democrats unveil their national security agenda, it's probably not a good idea to allegedly strike a police officer," said Ron Bonjean, spokesman for House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill. Hank Johnson, a DeKalb County, Ga., commissioner who is running against McKinney in this year's Democratic primary, said voters "must hold Ms. McKinney accountable for her continued pattern of irresponsible and reckless behavior. "For years, it's the people of the Fourth District who have suffered and been shortchanged because of our representative's behavior in Congress," Johnson said. "It's why she is ineffective in Congress." "

http://www.forbes.com/business/feeds/ap/2006/03/29/ap2632568.html

here's the forbes article, google says it was posted about 8 hours ago




what a loon

3/30/2006 8:23:18 AM

Quote :

"McKinney in fracas with officer By Josephine Hearn and Jonathan E. Kaplan A U.S. Capitol Police officer is considering filing assault charges against Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga.) following an altercation yesterday in which she allegedly hit him after he asked to see identification, according to a source familiar with the incident. The incident occurred at approximately 8:50 yesterday morning at the New Jersey Avenue and C Street entrance to the Longworth Building. As McKinney was entering the building, the officer stopped her and asked for identification. McKinney allegedly hit him before identifying herself as a member of Congress and walking away, the source said. McKinney’s office would not comment on the incident yesterday afternoon. Sgt. Kimberly Schneider, spokeswoman for the Capitol Police, was unable to confirm the details of the account, saying, “The matter has been brought to our attention and is currently under investigation.” Members of the House do not typically display their congressional ID cards around the Capitol complex, as staff do, but many wear the official lapel pin for the 109th Congress. It was not known whether McKinney was displaying the pin yesterday. With or without the pin, many Congress members pass through security with merely a nod or hello to security officers. They are not required to pass through metal detectors. Capitol Hill publication Hotline reported a witness’s account on its blog. According to the blog, the witness recounted that the officer pursued McKinney after she failed to pass through the metal detector. As the officer took McKinney by the arm, she swung around and punched him in the chest while still holding on to her cell phone. The incident is likely to have been caught on videotape, since all Capitol Hill entrances are monitored by cameras. Republicans wasted no time pouncing on the events. National Republican Congressional Committee spokesman Carl Forti tied the altercation to Democrats’ unveiling of their security agenda yesterday. “Today’s ironic one-two punch from national Democrats trying to look tough on security finds Cynthia McKinney attacking a member of the law-enforcement community,” he said. “When we said Democrats were all talk and no action on security, we did not mean to provoke them to take matters into their own cell-phone-clutching hands.” The incident yesterday was uncannily reminiscent of a scene in a recent documentary about McKinney, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus. Filmmaker Ian Inaba followed her around Capitol Hill for “American Blackout,” about African-American voting rights and McKinney’s 2002 reelection bid. In one scene, McKinney is walking into the House side of the Capitol with Inaba when a white Capitol Police officer stops her. McKinney informs him that she is a congresswoman, prompting an immediate apology. She then told the filmmaker that she is often challenged when entering the Capitol. The documentary debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in January. First elected in 1992, McKinney, 51, has a history of lashing out at government security guards: • In 1993, after she complained about being stopped by security guards, Capitol Police posted a photo of her on an office wall so that officers could remember who she was. • In 1995, McKinney reportedly contacted the sergeant at arms after a white Capitol Police officer asked her to consent to a security check. • In 1996 and 1998, she complained that White House security officials failed to recognize her and did not give her the same treatment as other members of Congress, at one time mistaking her 23-year-old white aide for the congresswoman. “I am absolutely sick and tired of having to have my appearance at the White House validated by white people,” she said at the time. Those comments and others have earned McKinney a reputation as one of the most outspoken and controversial members of Congress. Shortly after Sept. 11, McKinney apologized to a member of the Saudi royal family after New York’s then-mayor, Rudy Giuliani, rejected the family’s $10 million contribution to recovery efforts on the grounds that the Saudis had said the attacks had been provoked by U.S. support of Israel. Later, McKinney argued that President Bush may have ignored warnings of the impending attacks to buoy defense stocks. McKinney drew a challenger in her 2002 primary, African-American Judge Denise Majette. The race focused on Middle East issues, juxtaposing McKinney’s sympathies with Arab causes with Majette’s support from Jewish groups. Majette won with a 16 percent margin, a rare and embarrassing defeat for an incumbent. Majette later ran unsuccessfully for the Senate, and McKinney won back her old seat. When she returned to the House, Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) broke with tradition and denied her the seniority her previous service would have allowed her in committee rankings. Jackie Kucinich and Karissa Marcum contributed to this report. "

and the hill article...which gives a much better insight into her delierium

3/30/2006 8:51:04 AM

I'd probably do the same thing.

I can't stand going through the same hassled everyday

3/30/2006 10:46:02 AM

3/30/2006 11:48:19 AM

^^ if she'd wear her congressional members' pin, she would never have this problem.

she creates the problem.

3/30/2006 12:38:03 PM

Call me crazy

But If I'm a congressmen

and have been for a long long time

Then the security d00ds better know my name.

3/30/2006 12:46:52 PM

even the new ones? security that got hired last week?

every day, all the time? white house staffers/security should know your face?

over 500 people should be recognized instantly?

got it.

3/30/2006 12:48:52 PM

word up here is the cop was new to the cap hill force

regardless, she doesn't LOOK like a member of congress, and you have to see her on a day to day basis like mootduff does to understand

3/30/2006 2:23:48 PM

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"regardless, she doesn't LOOK like a member of congress, and you have to see her on a day to day basis like mootduff does to understand "

What the hell does that mean?

3/30/2006 3:52:16 PM

you want mootduff to mean that "she doesn't look white" but thats not what mootduff means

you just have to be in the environment to understand it

3/30/2006 5:10:27 PM

^Just a bit, but I actually was wanting to see what you meant.

3/30/2006 10:46:30 PM

Elaborate more

I'm curious.

3/31/2006 10:25:14 AM

http://www.brooksbrothers.com

3/31/2006 10:30:20 AM

she was a republican, right?

3/31/2006 10:35:21 AM

i think there has been one black republican member of congress in the last 20 years, and he now does infomercials for some credit relief service

i could be wrong though

3/31/2006 10:42:15 AM

her hair looks like cree summers from a different world


between tourists and folks petitioning government, there are ALOT of people up here. mckinney is a fairly insignificant member, and she doesnt show up at many meetings or anything like that, so she is not "high profile" except in her actions, so it would be pretty easy for a new cop to not recognize her. especially lookign like she does, that picture is not representative of her current look...she could easily pass for someone with a random interest group visiting the hill or member offices...she also purportedly wasnt wearing her pin, so even more so, she doesn't exactly scream "MEMBER OF CONGRESS"

[Edited on March 31, 2006 at 4:05 PM. Reason : ...]

3/31/2006 3:59:14 PM

On the March 31 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio program, Neal Boortz said that Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) "looks like a ghetto slut."

http://mediamatters.org/items/200603310005

4/1/2006 4:02:24 AM

GIVE US US FREE

http://www.rollcall.com/issues/51_104/news/12760-1.html

Quote :

" McKinney: ‘I Will Be Exonerated’ April 3, 2006 By John McArdle, Roll Call Staff Even as lawyers for Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga.) confirmed Friday that warrants could be issued for her arrest following her alleged assault of a Capitol Police officer, they vowed that “this fight has just begun.” Speaking Friday evening at a press conference at Howard University, McKinney and her attorneys argued it was the Congresswoman who was assaulted and said they would await the completion of a Capitol Police investigation and then consider filing civil charges against the officer involved. In a brief statement at the press conference, McKinney said, “Let me be clear, this whole incident was instigated by the inappropriate touching and stopping of me, a female black Congresswoman. I deeply regret this incident occurred and I am certain after a full review of the facts, I will be exonerated.” Actors Danny Glover and Harry Belafonte were on hand to show their support for the Congresswoman, along with Hale Pressley, president of the Coffee County, Ga., chapter of the NAACP, who called the incident “a tragedy of national proportion that points to the vigor and outright disrespect for women and people of color.” McKinney attorney James Myart said that in the course of the incident, which occurred Wednesday morning when McKinney walked past the metal detector at a House office building and was stopped by the officer, “My client was assaulted and placed in impending fear of her safety and she responded.” Myart promised a “far-sweeping investigation” into the matter and added that “it is part of the job of a Capitol Police officer to know who the Members of Congress are. There is no excuse” that the police officer involved, who is white, did not immediately recognize McKinney. McKinney confirmed on Friday she was not wearing her Member’s pin at the time the incident occurred. “I do wear wear the pin when I remember to wear the pin, but the issue is face recognition,” she said. On Friday, Capitol Police officials would not comment on the incident, stating that it is under investigation. But Capitol Police Labor Committee Chairman Andy Maybo said: “The officer involved acted appropriately and responsibly and he carried out his duties well. We support him 100 percent. ... As Capitol Police officers, we will challenge anyone we don’t immediately recognize. That’s part of our duty, and part of the oath we took to protect this campus.” Maybo said that McKinney could possibly be charged with anything from felony assault on a police officer to misdemeanor simple assault. The incident has also reverberated far outside Washington. Jim Pasco, executive director of the National Fraternal Order of Police, said that at Friday’s meeting of the national board of the FOP in Nashville, the incident was a topic of discussion and a motion was passed unanimously “reflecting our support for the officer involved and the degree to which we were repulsed by McKinney’s actions. ... She’s trying to make this an issue of respect and her history has been one of disrespecting police officers. There’s an abundance of evidence to suggest that this woman assaulted a police officer.” The controversy began Wednesday morning, when a Capitol Police officer asked McKinney to go through a magnetometer more than once at a House office building security checkpoint and she refused, according to a senior police source. Members are not required to pass through magnetometers, but according to reports the officer did not recognize McKinney, who, in addition to not wearing her Member’s pin, had abandoned braids for a short hairstyle. McKinney’s refusal prompted the officer to grab her arm and restrain her, the source said. McKinney then yelled: “Don’t touch me” and hit the officer in the chest with her mobile phone, the source added. Sources on both sides of the aisle confirmed that the officer involved has met with outgoing Capitol Police Chief Terrance Gainer and House Sergeant-at-Arms Bill Livingood to discuss the incident. McKinney remained mum about the confrontation until after midnight Thursday morning, when her office released a statement claiming she was “urgently trying to get to an important meeting” when she was stopped by the officer. McKinney also expressed regret that the confrontation occurred, although she did not go into specifics about it. “I know that Capitol Hill Police are securing our safety, that of thousands of others, and I appreciate the work that they do. I deeply regret that the incident occurred,” the statement said. But McKinney also sent members of the media a video clip from an upcoming documentary in which she is seen hugging a black police officer but asked for ID by a white officer. Meanwhile, Republicans had a field day with the incident, pointing out it took place on the same day the Democrats rolled out their national security agenda. “It is just ironic that on a day that they were trying to gather for a media stunt on the issue of security, one of their Members struck a Capitol Police officer, who puts his life on the line every day to secure this building, Members and staff,” said Sean Spicer, communications director for the House Republican Conference. “I don’t care what day of the week it is, you don’t ever treat a law enforcement officer with that type of treatment.” Many Members, meanwhile, urged the two parties to work together to find a solution. “No one benefits from disputes between the police whom citizens depend upon for security and protection and the people the police are sworn to protect,” Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) said in a statement released late Friday. Elizabeth Brotherton contributed to this report. "

4/3/2006 11:19:46 AM

WHAT THE FUCK

4/3/2006 6:54:47 PM

Quote :

"McKinney Admits "Error" With Taxpayer Money POSTED: 4:21 pm EST March 29, 2006 UPDATED: 7:20 am EDT April 4, 2006 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rep. Cynthia McKinney admits that she broke government rules by spending money to fly a celebrity to Atlanta. Channel 2 Action News has uncovered documents showing McKinney, D-Ga., spent about $1,000 of taxpayer's money to fly singer Isaac Hayes to Georgia to help dedicate a new office in Atlanta. The money came from a fund members of Congress are supposed to use for office supplies. Using the money to pay for Hayes' airline ticket and hotel expenses is a violation of strict congressional rules. Those rules state that taxpayer money can only be used for "travel by Members, Members' employees and vendors. A vendor is an employee of a private company that provides maintenance and support for equipment and software..." Watchdog groups call taxpayer-funded celebrity travel a blatant waste of taxpayer money. McKinney staffers say they will reimburse the congressional fund for the cost of Hayes' flight and hotel room. Copyright 2006 by WSBTV.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed."

4/4/2006 10:01:58 AM

Didn't know this topic was in here - but here's this :

http://thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=398946

4/4/2006 10:15:14 AM

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"McKinney staffers say they will reimburse the congressional fund for the cost of Hayes' flight and hotel room."

which i'm sure they were going to do before it was discovered

that is 100% proven fact

4/4/2006 10:32:31 AM

mootduff and woodfoot unite bipartisanly to agree that she is an embarrasment for any association, not just because she is a democrat

4/4/2006 10:35:46 AM

amen

4/4/2006 10:48:25 AM

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"McKinney is distraction, say the Dems By Josephine Hearn The bizarre scuffle Wednesday between Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga.) and an unnamed U.S. Capitol Police officer is winning the spirited congresswoman few new friends in her caucus. In fact, some Democrats are trying to distance themselves from her. McKinney has been aggressively publicizing the incident, calling press conferences on each of the past two business days and even attracting a mention on the front page of The New York Times, something that the dozens of House and Senate Democrats combined couldn’t match when they unveiled their homeland-security plan last week. Now, with McKinney facing a possible arrest warrant, the media frenzy is set only to escalate. The U.S. Capitol Police referred the issue to the U.S. District Attorney’s office for prosecution yesterday. All of the attention has some Democrats concerned that McKinney is drawing the limelight away from their policy goals and Republicans’ ethical missteps to focus on a momentary, disputed encounter in a Capitol Hill hallway. “There’s been a lot of eye-rolling,” said an aide to a moderate Democrat who spoke on condition of anonymity. “The national attention it’s been getting has been unfortunate. It’s becoming a distraction.” A Democratic strategist concurred. “This isn’t the view of Democrats that we want to project in the tough races, one of victims and race-baiting,” the strategist said. McKinney often elicits strong opinions, even within her own caucus. She has a history of making controversial statements that delight progressives while irking moderates, yet even some of the caucus’s more progressive members have had disagreements with her. She and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) no longer speak, not even to exchange greetings when encountering each other in the Capitol hallways, said two House Democratic sources. Pelosi twice turned down McKinney’s request to regain her seniority after she was defeated and then reelected in 2002 and 2004. McKinney first came to Congress in 1992. McKinney spokesman Coz Carson said his boss is an effective member of Congress. “She’s a gutsy leader who gets out in front of important issues,” he said. “She demonstrates bold and responsible leadership for the people who elected her to office.” McKinney raised some eyebrows when she attended hearings of the select committee on Hurricane Katrina even after Democratic leaders had decided that only three Democrats — Reps. Gene Taylor (Miss.), Bill Jefferson (La.) and Charlie Melancon (La.) — would participate. At her news conference Friday, organizers originally expected to have members of Congress join McKinney in a show of support. None ultimately appeared, although Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) sent a statement saying that “the most responsible and useful course for all involved would be to seek a resolution that would be satisfactory to both parties.” Meanwhile, Republicans have had a field day with the allegations. Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) called the incident — in which McKinney allegedly struck the officer after he stopped her at a security checkpoint — “disgraceful” and “horrible.” McKinney has said the officer inappropriately touched her. “I recognize that there are 435 members and I look like a staffer — sometimes an intern — and sometimes memory fails,” said McHenry, who is the youngest member of Congress. “And anyway, I don’t think it’s smart for any member to tussle with a Capitol Police officer. They’re well-trained.” McHenry and Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.) plan to introduce a resolution today to show appreciation for the Capitol Police. Other members were more willing to give McKinney the benefit of the doubt. “It’s a question of fact and whether the officer put his hand on her first or whether he asked her to stop first and asked for ID. The facts will determine who was in the right and who was in the wrong,” said Rep. Al Wynn (D-Md.). “I would be offended and upset if [an officer] put his hands on me prior to asking for ID.” A House Democratic aide sided with McKinney. “The notion that they would charge her is just beyond ludicrous, regardless of what happened. It sounds like a misunderstanding. She clearly wasn’t intending to assault a police officer.” "

http://www.hillnews.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/040406/news4.html

4/4/2006 12:25:02 PM

patrick mchenry reppin' for the young folks

4/4/2006 12:34:04 PM

Quote :

"She clearly wasn’t intending to assault a police officer.”"

clearly

4/4/2006 12:42:05 PM

^^salt and peppa

(hair)

4/4/2006 12:55:16 PM

^ha

Quote :

"patrick mchenry reppin' for the young folks"

haha, he's such a douche, but then again, most in Congress are (McHenry is my district's rep.)

4/4/2006 2:06:51 PM

anyone who gets elected off of the homeschool vote scares mootduff

and mootduff isnt scared of ANYTHING

4/4/2006 2:13:37 PM

4/4/2006 4:55:54 PM

Quote :

" Capitol Police chief faults McKinney for escalating incident Grainer: 'Even the high and haughty' should identify themselves WASHINGTON (AP) -- U. S. Capitol Police Chief Terrance Gainer said Wednesday that Rep. Cynthia McKinney turned an officer's failure to recognize her into a criminal matter when she failed to stop at his request, and then struck him. "He reached out and grabbed her and she turned around and hit him," Gainer said on CNN. "Even the high and the haughty should be able to stop and say, 'I'm a congressman' and then everybody moves on." "This is not about personality," added House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Illinois. "It's not about racial profiling. It's about making this place safer." For her part, McKinney wasn't backing down from the argument. She charged anew that racism is behind what she said is a pattern of difficulty in clearing Hill security checkpoints. (Watch Soledad O'Brien's interview with Rep. McKinney -- 10:46) "This has become much ado about hairdo," she said Wednesday on CBS's "The Early Show." McKinney, a Georgia Democrat, recently dropped her trademark cornrows in favor of a curly brown afro. The police aren't the ones who are racist, one Republican said. "Cynthia McKinney is a racist," Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, said on Fox News Channel, a day after abandoning his reelection bid under a cloud of ethics charges. "She has a long history of racism. Everything is racism with her. This is incredible arrogance that sometimes hits these members of Congress, but especially Cynthia McKinney." Last Wednesday's incident in a House office building has caused a commotion on Capitol Hill, where security in the era of terrorist threat is tighter than ever and where authorities had to order an evacuation just Monday because of a power outage. Capitol Police have turned the case over to U.S. Attorney Kenneth Wainstein, who must decide whether to clear the way for any charges against McKinney. An official in his office said no announcement was expected Wednesday. McKinney has garnered little support among fellow Democrats in her feud with the Capitol police. No one in her party chose to join her at a news conference last Friday to discuss the situation. Republicans, meanwhile, presented a resolution commending Capitol police for professionalism toward members of Congress and visitors -- even though they "endure physical and verbal assaults in some extreme cases." "I don't think it's fair to attack the Capitol Police and I think it's time that we show our support for them," said Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-North Carolina, a sponsor of the measure. Ignoring a police officer's order to stop, or hitting one, "is never OK," McHenry said. Some GOP members have said the McKinney incident serves to underscore Democratic insensitivity to security concerns. Gainer said that racism, however, was not a factor. "I've seen our officers stop white members and black members, Latinos, male and females," he told CNN. "It's not an issue about what your race or gender is. It's an issue about making sure people who come into our building are recognized if they're not going through the magnetometer, and this officer at that moment didn't recognize her." "It would have been real easy, as most members of Congress do, to say here's who I am or do you know who I am?" Gainer added. Police also have said that McKinney was failing to wear a pin that lawmakers are asked to display when entering Capitol facilities. But she said Wednesday: "Face recognition is the issue .... The pin doesn't have my name on it and it doesn't have my picture on it, and so security should not be based on a pin ... People are focused on my hairdo." "Something that perhaps the average American just doesn't understand is that there is a heightened sense of a lack of appropriateness being there for members who are elected who happen to be of color," McKinney said, "and until this issue is addressed by the American public in a very substantive way, it won't be the last time." Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. "

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/05/mckinney.scuffle.ap/index.html

4/5/2006 12:22:57 PM