Capitol Hill handshake leads to unexpected arrest of foster care advocate
A simple meet-and-greet at Capitol Hill turned into a police matter when foster-care advocate was arrested after interaction with congresswoman. Different accounts emerge about what really happened at the Rayburn building
The head of a foster-care group disagrees with claims about a tuesday-night incident between Rep Nancy Mace and one of its members at the Capitol Hillʼs Rayburn building
Capitol Police took James McIntyre (age 33) into custody — the co-founder of Illinois Foster Care Alumni chapter faces charges for supposedly assaulting a government official. The police didnt share specifics about what happened
The advocacy groupʼs leader says the interaction was just a friendly hand-shake: both parties seemed to have a nice chat at the reception. However law enforcement saw things differently and moved to arrest the foster-care representative
The event which took place at a regular Capitol Hill gathering shows how different people can have opposing views of the same situation; the police spokesperson only gave a short statement without any details about why they thought an assault occurred
