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Originally posted by TonyB06
From what I've read, McKinney was not wearing the Congressional lapel pin, identifying her as a member of Congress and entitling her to walk past the security unchecked. That being the case, she, like anybody else, was subject to being stopped.
That should have been the end of it, but I read that words were exchanged and she may have been grabbed as she tried to go past. In the days post Sept. 11, security being what it is, I have to side with the officer (unless other conflicting information emerges).
As for the resolutions, that's politics (shrug). Any side will do what it can get any advantage it thinks it can. <---that's why the general public has so little respect for politics now.
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Hmmm, I've heard quite a bit about this on the news since it occurred. It was noted that it is the responsibility of the Capitol Hill police to know the members of congress by face, so they are not required to wear their pins at all times. I'm not sure if this is true, but it was noted in one of the news reports so
take it for what its worth.
It think that the issue came in with the altercation that occurred after she was stopped and the continued pursuit of this issue by the cops. I think that it probably isn't likely that they do know every member by face, but it probably is likely that they don't press the issue once the member identifies them self. They could have been excessive with questioning her, but then sometimes 'we' act up at the hint of racism, so maybe she was carying on too. Who knows?