Alright, screw you Cynthia McKinney. Because you are an elected official, a person voted into office by the people of the district in which you live, you are automatically held to a higher standard. Being an elected official does not in any way shape or form grant you rights that are above and beyond that of an ordinary citizen. If a police officer asks you to stop, you stop, simple as that, whether he fails to recognize you or not. It is his duty to protect the members of Congress as well as citizens who are visiting Capitol Hill. In asking someone he did not recognize, and someone who was not wearing the lapel pin that members of Congress are supposed to wear, he was doing his job. Also her failure to stop increased his suspicion of her actions.
Cynthia McKinney turned what could have been a simple misunderstanding into a national incident. All she had to do was stop give the cop her ID and then be on her merry way, but no, she is Cynthia McKinney a "female, black, congresswomen" and she should be allowed to assault people whenever she feels threatened.
She also has to play the race card. I am so sick of every time a white cop stops a black person its because he is racist. White people are always being blamed for the black peoples woes. You know what that sounds like? Nazi Germany. The Nazi's blamed the Jewish people for all of the blond blue eyed German problems. And where did that lead us? It lead us to the extermination of six million Jews and World War 2.
Why don't you take a little responsibility for yourself and your predicament. Rosa Parks did, Martin Luther King did. They asked for and fought for equality not reparations. That's another thing, I didn't own any slaves, maybe my ancestors did but I didn't, why should my tax dollars be given to people that are as far removed from slavery as I am. Besides it has been well documented that the money would be wasted. Look what happened in New Orleans. People are trapped in the city, houses destroyed, and they are stealing televisions. What the fuck? Then FEMA and the Red Cross give them credit cards and they spend the money on strippers and jewelry and other non essential items.
So, Cynthia McKinney, you get the "Poor Baby" of the week award for failing to do what every other citizen in the United States is supposed to do!
