Should Congress woman Cynthia McKinney be charged with assault ?
439843
Only if the Capital Police officer that assaulted her is charged also. It is their job to recognize members of Congress. He failed to do his job and laid his hands on her first.
614154
Write your Congressman/woman and get some help!
971241
No on all accounts and accusations.  Remember when you point a finger at someone there are three more pointing right back at you.  \n\nLet's see if the democrats can do anything better.
649348
Snopes\nhttp://www.snopes.com/inboxer/pending/voting.htm\n\nWon't Happen.  But if it did, Cynthia McKinney would never get re-elected, and there would be a whole lot less Democrats in office.
815259
She's not automatically the Speaker.  SHe is currently the minority leader, which makes her a clear choice to be elected once the Congress meets in January.  It is unlikely that they will choose anyone else.
238107
Protesting the rotunda of the US Capital is illegal, whether silent or not. It is considered a non-partisan forum, and all such things are stopped there.  That is why she was arrested.\n\nIf you look at stories, you will see that the wife of a governor was arrested too, for wearing a shirt that supported the war in Iraq.  But that gets less press.
243354
Probably not. Unless they can prove she molested her own children. \n\nIt sounds like they took the children away from her as a result of her sex offense conviction. So since she was already convicted of that... she can't be tried for it again.
883501
File a complaint.  It's bad enough that she's disturbing everyone but if she's going to act stupid... why even listen to her?  Call the MPs and let them handle the situation; I'm sure that there are rules and regulations for everyone to follow.  Good luck and best wishes.
771488
Yeah, sure, call the police and press charges. There's a good idea!
903873
I once put a guy in prison for 5 years for raping me(he only got statutory). WIt was a very traumatizing time for me and the sentance isnt so brief. With this in mind Id have to say I think a woman like this should get the minimum sentance for a rape charge seeing how she rtried to force that jail term on an innocent man. He couldve been found guilty and wouldve had that label for his whole life,getting registered and not allowed in some housing/apartment complexes bc of it,job issues,time lost of his life. She deserves the same sentance, They were too easy on her.
395314
Yes, it was her fault for not wearing her Congressional ID. Ms. High and Mighty McKinney, shut your fat trap, quit complaining about racism, and belly up to the bar to get a heapin' helpin' of EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER THE LAW.
930611
Yes.  I would break that little gay boy's hand if he tried to put it near my face.  You don't ever touch someone's face in that manner; it's not only rude and disrespectful, I believe that she could have charged him with assault.
625611
I’ve wondered about that for years.  \n\nIt seems like it is a case of, “Like father like son.”\n\nOf course it could just be a matter of being in elective office too long, look at the members of congress:\n\n36 of them... Have been accused of spousal abuse !\n7 – Have been arrested for fraud !\n19 – Have been accused of writing bad checks !\n117 – Have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least 2 businesses !\n3 – Have done time for assault !\n71 – Repeat, 71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit !\n14 – Have been arrested on drug-related charges !\n8 – Have been arrested for shoplifting !\n21 – Currently are defendants in lawsuits !\n84 – Have been arrested for drunk driving in the last year !
399664
yes if her parents press charges
353464
She was taken out and charged with disorderly conduct. The charges will probably be dropped. I think Bush was secretly pleased for Hu Jintao to be embarrassed like that.
972240
This sitting U.S. Congress is by far the most incompetent, contemptible, cowardly, arrogant, corrupt ever to occupy the Capitol Building. These people are common whores.   \nIt's time to blow up the Capitol Building and start over.\n___________________________________________________\nCheck out the new blog: BUSHWACKER!\nwww.blogger.com\nhttp://al-aback.blogspot.com\n___________________________________________________\n\nCongress is full of pedophiles, wife beaters, homosexuals, liars, cheats, petty thieves, alcoholics, drug abusers, adulterers, shoplifters, white collar criminals, bribe-takers, cross dressers, prescription-drug abusers, maniacal psychopaths, rapists, and probably even a murderer or two. There is no such thing as an "honorable" member of Congress. \nEveryone in Congress, and all members of the moronic Bush administration, should be tried in an international tribunal for high crimes against humanity. If convicted, they should face a public firing squad. For those not convicted, they should then be tried for treason, and - if convicted - should be shot without benefit of appeal. These people are repugnant sub-humans without any regard for their fellow countrymen (except, of course, for those among their peers: the pedophiles, rapists, alcoholics, and drug abusers I've already mentioned).            -RKO-
280657
hell no . . . unless it is to beat the daylights out of her . . . then you should go to jail.