why McKinney is being targeted...

[cap]

it's an election year... and she's up for re-election! that's what this "arrest" is about... a swiftboating of Cynthia!

[MissMarple]

1. Well, that certainly makes sense.

It really looks like a set up...from the beginning. The capitol police don't know her. Oh, please. :eyes:

[Twist_U_Up]

2. THIS IS WHY <graphic>

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=125x49022

[Jade Fox]

3. They used to be able to dismiss her as a kook....

but as, more and more, the things she has said turn out to be true, she's become a threat.

[bowens43]

4. Has she denied hitting the cop?

If she DID hit the cop she should be arrested just like you or I would be.

[pitohui]

5. not necessarily

i would need to see a tape

i'm not going to share the stories because it's too long but i've had a couple of acquaintances arrested for assault in cases where security set it up, security can surround someone or get so close to someone and then if you accidentally bump into them or raise a hand in instinct to keep from bumping into them then you have hit them and can be arrested even though you were NEVER any threat to the officer

in both cases the individuals were cleared and the charges dropped, the charges were just filed in the first place to harass the individual

she should not be arrested if the officer was actually the aggressor and if there is a tape which for some reason they don't want to show the public, hmmm, that does bother me

i'm leaning toward a set-up situation here, of course, anything is possible, but you bet your ass that they've been trying to provoke and discredit this lady to keep her from being heard

[cap]

6. historically, the police were required to know members of Congress

by site.... A black Congresswoman shouldnt be too hard to recognize...it's not like she'd be lost in a sea of similar faces.

[anitar1]

7. So the guards were instructed to stop her? Were they lying

aout her not having her ID pin on? This sounds like a conspiracy that the capital guards are in on.I saw that she is claiming the guard "touched" her inapproiately. what nerve , in full view of everyone. Sarcasm-- Sounds like this woman has a big problem of some sort.Someone posted yesterday that she has been in a bit of trouble previously. I don't know as I am not familiar with her past.

[Solomon]

8. At least you admit you are ignorant of the situation. But if so, why

weigh in on it? I see you bought the "she didn't wear her pin" bullshit the press is spinning.

Not wearing your pin is an arrestable crime if you're black and called the president out when it was not popular to do so. A whole lot of congressman don't wear their pin, but somehow it's not a crime if THEY don't.

Sorry, I just can't get past the irony. The cop has a right to put his filthy hands on a woman because he has a steenkin badge. The woman had no right to not be harrassed because she DIDN'T have a steenkin badge.