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Black clergy, lawmakers offer support"
Black clergy and lawmakers came the defense of the firebrand congresswoman on Monday. McKinney smiled as her supporters heaped praise on her leadership and her new look — her trademark cornrows replaced earlier this year by a curly brown afro...(aka Buckwheat)
Her supporters tried to minimize the incident — which they called political, not criminal — but they also suggested it was an example of racial profiling....(HUH
They called publicity surrounding the episode a distraction that is being used by “her enemies” to keep the congresswoman from performing her elected duties....(embarrass her state)