Former United States Congresswoman and current Green Party Presidential nominee dropped a bomb that has garnered a small mention in the MSM, Bloggers, and a following on You Tube.
Former Congresswoman and current Green Party Presidential nominee Cynthia McKinney had quite a mouthful to say at the Critical Resistance conference at Laney College. The conference was for reducing the instances of prisoner abuse and ideas to revamp the justice system. In front of 3000 people McKinney leveled an accusation that National Guard members executed 5000 prisoners in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and dumped their bodies in the Louisiana swamps.
"In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, I had a woman, I've never really said this in public, out loud, in front of a lot of cameras, and there's a lot of cameras in this room now. But I had a mother call me, because her son had a very gruesome task.
"Her son's charge by the Department of Defense was to process five thousand bodies that had received a single bullet wound to the head. And these were mostly males. And her son was afraid to talk, because he had signed a silence agreement. So he only complained to his mother. But the data about these individuals was entered into a Pentagon computer. And then, reportedly, the bodies were dumped in the swamp in Louisiana. This is the result of the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina. And I have verification from insiders who wish to remain anonymous, and the Red Cross. This is true.
"I suspect that these were prisoners. So, you know, this investigation of the whole prison industrial complex is extremely important. And it should end with just the nature of prisons in our country, but these five thousand souls also need some justice too."
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East Bay Express
While some believe that Cynthia McKinney may be a few fries short of a Happy Meal, others feel that these accusations should be investigated thoroughly.
A 'Say What?!' Moment from Cynthia McKinney
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