Cynthia McKinney Executions

Green Party presidential candidate and former Democratic Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney claims the Department of Defense executed 5,000 prisoners and then disposed of the bodies in a Louisiana swamp. McKinney claims the government used Hurricane Katrina to cover up the alleged executions. A Defense Department spokesperson called McKinney's allegations "outrageous."¹

Fast Facts

1. Cynthia McKinney is a Green Party presidential candidate in the 2008 election
2. McKinney made her allegations in a news conference in Oakland, California, on September 28, 2008
3. McKinney alleges the Pentagon ordered mass executions of 5,000 people and dumped their bodies during Hurricane Katrina¹
4. McKinney claims she learned of the alleged executions from a National Guard soldier's mother¹
5. Soldier's mother claimed her son was involved in disposing of the bodies after the alleged executions¹
6. McKinney said she verified the story but refused to name her sources¹

Quotes

"I suspect that these are prisoners. ...So this investigation of the whole prison industrial complex is extremely important and it should not end with just a question of the nature of prisons in our country. These 5,000 souls also need some justice too."--Cynthia McKinney¹

"The claim is outrageous on the very face of it and doesn't merit any further consideration. It would be inconceivable that 5,000 people would go missing in America without anyone noticing it prior to this."--Lt. Col. Les Melnyk¹

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