Reply #17: I think they should make a good faith effort to do so. [View All]

[Gold Metal Flake]

I also think that in such a sensitive position, the folks on duty should have certain demonstrable talents at being able to recognize faces, especially those of congresspeople.

Personally, I am not sure I am in a position to judge the actions of a black woman who has a lifetime's experience of living in a largely (and often unpredictably) racist country who is unexpectedly physically accosted by a police officer in a place where she should not have to be subjected to such treatment. I kinda get the feeling, knowing my own personal emotional temperament, that if I were her I would not have exhibited any patience whatsoever.

As for Rep. McKinney, if her actions have suggested a certain personal sense of entitlement that may be deemed beyond "normal", I suggest that Tom Delay has demonstrated far, far worse. If people are faulting Reps with "inflated personal senses of entitlement", I suggest we start the tarring a feathering with the worst offenders.

This is a Corporate-owned Media diversion, nothing more IMO.