Congresswoman assults Capital Police Officer

Cynthia McKinney, D-GA, was attempting to enter a House office building and was not recognized by the Capital police officers on duty. They challenged her and attempted to get her to stop, which she refused to do. An officer grabbed her in a further attempt to get her to stop and she struck him with her cell phone.

As if that wasn't enough, this woman who has been elected to one of the most important jobs in the United States then made a comment to news programs that the incident was, "instigated by the inapropriate touching and stopping of me, a female, black congresswoman."

You've gotta be kidding! First off, she was not wearing the identification necessary for the officers to know who she is. Second, if an officer does not recognize someone, it is their sworn duty to stop the person and determine if he/she is a threat to the people who legitimately work there. The officer was working to protect her and her fellow congress members. How can this be construed as rasism? What does her gender and race have to do with anything? Why is she attempting to fan the flames of rasism with her statement?