U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney, D-Ga. will not be indicted in connection with an incident in March where she was seen on video striking a Capital hill police officer after he tried to stop her from avoiding a metal detector at entrance to the House office building.

Apparently the fact that McKinney's own admission that she hit him is not enough evidence to indict her.

Grand jury declines to indict McKinney

A grand jury declined Friday to indict Rep. Cynthia McKinney in connection with a confrontation in which she admitted hitting a police officer who tried to stop her from entering a House office building.

The grand jury had been considering the case since shortly after the March 29 incident, which has led to much discussion on Capitol Hill about race and the conduct of lawmakers and the officers who protect them.

"We respect the decision of the grand jury in this difficult matter," said U.S. Attorney Kenneth Wainstein.

His statement, released late Friday, also included support for the officer involved, Paul McKenna, and the Capitol Police. He said, "This is a tremendously difficult job, and it is one that Officer McKenna and his colleagues perform with the utmost professionalism and dignity."

With that, Wainstein closed a case that has simmered with racial and political tension.

McKinney publicly played the race card and claimed the officer struck her. It's always about race, not about taking responsibility for your actions.


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UPDATE: Police group wants McKinney scuffle probed

Police labor officials, angry over a federal grand jury's refusal to indict Rep. Cynthia McKinney for assaulting a police officer, said Monday said they want the House ethics committee to review her conduct.

And they said the grand jury's decision last week sent the message that "it's okay to hit a police officer."

"We hope that members of Congress will review her actions in light of their rules within their own ethics committee," Andrew Maybo, chairman of the U.S. Capitol Police Labor Committee, told reporters Monday at a news conference in Washington.