Why is the FBI calling me?
by Cynthia McKinney
November 10, 2011
What in the world would the FBI want with me? First of all, at 4:56 p.m. today they called me at my mother’s home while I was there, so I was able to speak with them. Then I was told that the four men indicated in the story below, which broke in the metro Atlanta news today, had listed me as a target for assassination.
Let me be clear: I am not afraid of these men listed below. I do, however, have concerns about the activities of the FBI that had on its payroll a so-called radio “shock jock,” Hal Turner, who announced to his listenership in 2006 that I should be lynched on my way to vote. Only in 2009 did I find out that he was on the FBI payroll at the time of his incendiary remarks, because that was his defense in another case where Mr. Turner made similarly incendiary remarks, but against White elected officials so he was prosecuted! The Connecticut State Capitol Police initiated the prosecution:
“‘Mr. Turner’s comments are above and beyond the threshold of free speech,’ Capitol Police Chief Michael J. Fallon said in an e-mail announcing the warrant. ‘He is inciting others through his website to commit acts of violence and has created fear and alarm. He should be held accountable for his conduct,’” according to “White Nationalist Radio Host Hal Turner Arrested in New Jersey on Connecticut Warrant for Publishing ‘Harassing Communications’ on His Blog.”
Sadly, the U.S. Capitol Hill Police, lumbering under the weight of several lawsuits filed by its own Black police officers, could never think of protecting me even after a direct threat had been made against me. My untold story is that I struggled in the Congress with mean-spirited threats all of the time. Nasty name calling, racial slurs, even stalking and bomb threats. I tried to deal with it as best I could and with grace.
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