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So, does she get off, or will she be charged with assulting an officer, or similar?<p><i>U. S. Capitol Police Chief Terrance Gainer said Wednesday that Rep. Cynthia McKinney turned an officer's failure to recognize her into a criminal matter when she failed to stop at his request, and then struck him.<p>"He reached out and grabbed her and she turned around and hit him," Gainer said on CNN. "Even the high and the haughty should be able to stop and say, 'I'm a congressman' and then everybody moves on.............She charged anew that racism is behind what she said is a pattern of difficulty in clearing Hill security checkpoints"</i>