Arrest Warrant Requested for McKinney

Rep. Cynthia McKinney may soon have a visitor to her office bearing an arrest warrant:

Capitol Hill police on Monday asked a federal prosecutor to approve an arrest warrant for Rep. Cynthia McKinney for her role in a scuffle with a police officer last week, the prosecutor's office confirmed.

Capitol Police had no immediate comment so it's not yet known whether the intent is to file felony or misdemeanor assault charges against McKinney, a DeKalb County Democrat.

Coz Carson, a spokesman for McKinney, said the requested warrant should be dismissed if "this is a prosecutor who's not a politician."

"Any prosecutor with any sense can look at this thing and understand that it's not something that should be blown out of proportion any further," Carson said.

McKinney brought this on herself. Had she apologized and shown any inkling of humility or dignity in this process, this would all have likely blown over. However, she decided to play the race and victim card with no less than two press conferences, and basically forced the hand of the Capitol police (as predicted here).

One wag said today that McKinney was not the victim of "being in Congress while black" as alleged in one of her press events, but in fact was the victim of "walking while arrogant".

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