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DEL.ICIO.USMcKinney aide involved in scuffle
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
DeKalb police are investigating an altercation outside Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney’s would-be victory party Tuesday night.
According to a police report, a member of McKinney’s security team got into a scuffle with a photographer from WXIA-TV.
Steve Muhammad, 67, alleges that photographer Gary Stillwell, 24, hit him in the eye outside the Omega Psi Phi Center on Snapfinger Road about 11:25 p.m., according to a police report released Wednesday morning by DeKalb County police.
However, Stillwell contends Muhammad bumped his camera and later struck him, according to the report.
Although the police report indicates Muhammad was charged with battery, DeKalb police spokesman Herschel Grangent said Wednesday afternoon that no one had been arrested, and the incident remained under investigation.
Neither Stillwell nor Muhammad could be reached for comment Wednesday. McKinney’s campaign manager John Evans did not answer his cell phone.
WXIA-TV general manager Bob Walker did not immediately respond to an interview request.
McKinney lost her spot on the Democratic ticket to former DeKalb County commissioner Hank Johnson. He will face Republican Catherine Davis in the November general election.
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