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...Times Magazine that he donated the handcuffs to the new National Museum of African American History and Culture. Gates' arrest last July by police investigating a report of a possible break-in at his home near Harvard University sparked a national debate over...
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Stop Racial Profiling and Police Brutality! Prof. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Was Right! The Cambridge Cops Must Apologize! Youth Need Jobs & Schools - Not Jails! Demand a Justice Department Investigation of Racial Profiling Across the US Wednesday, July 29 Rally, Press Conference, Police Review and Advisory Board Special Meeting Cambridge City Hall, Sullivan Chamber 795 Mass. Ave., Cambridge (one block from Central Square Red Line T) The arrest of Prof. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. by a Cambridge police officer after showing two forms of identification after he, along with a Black limo driver, had unjammed the lock to the front door of Gates' own house in a predominantly white, upscale neighborhood known as "Harvard Square" has brought the struggle against racism to the front pages of newspapers throughout the US and around the world. The Cambridge Police Department and their racist allies have worked overtime to slander and vilify Prof. Gates. But his only crime was in fact to resist the racist arrogance of the Cambridge Police and not acquiesce to their racist and unjust treatment of him. The torrent of racist vitriol targeting Prof. Gates as well as the absolute racist arrogance displayed by the Cambridge Police Department in demanding that Pres. Obama and Gov. Patrick apologize for expressing support for Prof. Gates, cannot go unanswered! It is time for all poor and working people, and particularly whites, to come out against these racist attacks and stand foursquare in 100 ...
Stop Racial Profiling and Police Brutality! Prof. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Was Right! The Cambridge Cops Must Apologize! Youth Need Jobs & Schools - Not Jails! Demand a Justice Department Investigation of Racial Profiling Across the US Wednesday, July 29 Rally, Press Conference, Police Review and Advisory Board Special Meeting Cambridge City Hall, Sullivan Chamber 795 Mass. Ave., Cambridge (one block from Central Square Red Line T) The arrest of Prof. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. by a Cambridge police officer after showing two forms of identification after he, along with a Black limo driver, had unjammed the lock to the front door of Gates' own house in a predominantly white, upscale neighborhood known as "Harvard Square" has brought the struggle against racism to the front pages of newspapers throughout the US and around the world. The Cambridge Police Department and their racist allies have worked overtime to slander and vilify Prof. Gates. But his only crime was in fact to resist the racist arrogance of the Cambridge Police and not acquiesce to their racist and unjust treatment of him. The torrent of racist vitriol targeting Prof. Gates as well as the absolute racist arrogance displayed by the Cambridge Police Department in demanding that Pres. Obama and Gov. Patrick apologize for expressing support for Prof. Gates, cannot go unanswered! It is time for all poor and working people, and particularly whites, to come out against these racist attacks and stand foursquare in 100 ...
President Obama recently stated that in the arrest of Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., that the Cambridge Police Dept acted stupidly. Did Sgt. James Crowley bring race into the issue or did Prof. Gates? Does the recorded 911 phone call description of the suspect match the Police report filed by the Officer Crowley ? Should the President have gotten involved? Should he have apologized ?.Is this country really ready for a discussion on race and policing in communities of color. Are we just cowards like Attorney General Eric Holder stated? Watch as host Maurice Carver discusses the issue with his guests..
ROUGH CUT - Dante Higgins gets Harlem's voice on the recent arrest ofafrican American Harvard Henry Louis Gates and racial profiling in NY. Councilman Robert Jackson, NY State Civil Rights Bureau Chief Alfonso David and Harlem residents tell allthingsharlem.com what they think about these situations. Cordie Piper explains how he's been racially profiled in NYC. Jackson and David advise you to report police misconduct.
CHILMARK — The man who is helping Americans trace their roots also wants them to think about racial profiling in the wake of his highly publicized arrest in his home by Cambridge police last month. Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. plans to do a documentary from the points of view of the police and victims of racial profiling "so Americans can understand how you have two equally valid perspectives of the same event," he said yesterday at the Martha's Vineyard Book Festival. Other than his surprise over his own July 16 arrest, Gates said his views about racial profiling haven't changed — racial profiling is a fact of life. What happened to him is small potatoes, he said, but hugely symbolic. "The people to be concerned about are the anonymous brown and black men — and women — who are victims of racial profiling," he said. Similarly, "those in the black community and brown community need to be sensitive to the risks and benefits of the police." The media attention over his arrest "shows that the issues of race and class are profoundly deep and not resolved at all," even after the election of Barack Obama as the first African-American president, Gates said. Gates drew a standing-room-only crowd during his candid, joke-filled talk about his life and research for his latest book, "In Search of Our Roots: How 19 Extraordinary African Americans Reclaimed Their Past." "I am in awe of your sense of humor," one man said during audience questions. "Yeah, I should have been ...
According to Gen Colin Powell Harvard Professor Henry Louis "Skip" Gates could have avoided arrest & the ensuing controversy by just talking calmly to Cambridge, Mass., Police Sgt. James Crowley & coming outside of his his house. Gen Powell, in your interview with Larry King, quote: "I'm saying Skip, perhaps in this instance, might you have waited a while, come outside, talked to the officer & that might have been the end of it." Gen Powell, police brutality is at an all time high. You were a victim of profiling yourself. To your credit at the time of your comments you possibly had no idea that Sgt Crowley fabricated his police report. Crowley was undoubtedly vituperated by Prof Gates & that may be a blot for Prof Gates; but not a green light to pompously state that "anger is best controlled." Dr. Gates does not deserve to be publicly berated by any high profile persona, especially since it has been clearly established that Crowley LIED! I am indeed curious as to what it was that motivated you to speak out against Dr. Gates. Why is the media suffering from inertia when Crowley said: "I've never been accused of being a racist before, to this degree." I'd say Crowley admitted that indeed, he HAS been accused, just not to this degree! Why, Gen Powell do you think this comment gets no air time, yet, the "Beer Summit" had a count-down? I found that quite a "teachable moment", General.
This is me reading the entire gates police report so people know exactly what happened. If you rather just read it yourself then click on the link below. www.thesmokinggun.com
Again, here we have a broken American who was thrown down by obama's minions and called a racist for doing what was right. She never even reported to the police that there was a black man involved. Only that 2 men were breaking into a home. FUCK YOU liberals all for dividing a nation. Have you people ever heard of an "African-Canadian"? "Asian-Canadian"? www.foxnews.com The woman who made the 911 call that launched America into a national debate on race said Wednesday that she was unfairly called a "racist" after she reported a possible break-in at the Cambridge, Mass., home of black Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. A clearly distressed Lucia Whalen addressed reporters at a press conference in an effort to clear her name after the city released the 911 tape. It revealed that Whalen did not identify either of the men she thought she saw trying to break into Gates' home as black, even though an initial police report said she did. "When I was called racist and I was a target of scorn and ridicule because of the things I never said, the criticisms hurt me as a person, but it also hurt the community of Cambridge," Whalen said. "Now that the tapes are out, I hope people can see that I tried to be careful and honest with my words," she said. "It never occurred to me that the way that I reported what I saw be analyzed by an entire nation." Whalen said repeatedly in the July 16 call that she didn't have a good vantage point and could not see what the two men trying to get ...
Now that Lucia Whalen ( who was not the woman who observed these men to begin with ) has made her statement, there is more than enough evidence that the police officer fabricated the entire conversation in the police report that he claims he had with her - prior to the "encounter" with professor Gates. Police Incident Report ow.ly "As I reached the door, a female voice called out to me. I turned and looked in the direction of the voice and observed a white female, later identified as Lucia Whalen. Whalen, who was standing on the sidewalk in front of the residence, held a wireless telephone in her hand and told me that it was she who called. ( end of reality ) She went on to tell me that she observed what appeared to be two black males with backpacks on the porch of xx Ware Street. She told me that her suspicions were aroused when she observed one of the men wedging his shoulder into the door as if he was trying to force entry. Since I was the only police officer on location and had my back to the front door as I spoke with her, I asked that she wait for the other responding officers while I investigated further." None of this happened, and Lucia Whalen stated that she said nothing to the officer except to identify herself as the caller. The rest is obviously fabricated for "probable cause." There is no reason to believe the rest of this officers account either. If he could "mis-remember" having an entire conversation with someone he has never met, I'm not going to believe ...
Last week President Obama invited Harvard Prof Henry Gates & police Sgt Crowley to the White House in an attempt to save Obama's dire approval ratings that fell drastically since his "stupidly" comment. However, 2 days later we find out the truth about Sgt Crowley, who has falsified his police report. He embellished & lied about his supposed interaction with Ms. Whalen, the 911 caller. Ms. Whalen stated through her attorney Wendy Murphy that she never spoke with Crowley other than pointing her finger upwards to signal that it was she who called 911. But prior to the bogus police report disclosure Police Associations went berserk, rallying on stage, demanding Obama apologize. After all, Crowley is an intelligent & outstanding police Sgt, not a blemish on his record, said they. We could tell by Crowley's simper that he is well aware his superiors would stand by their man! If he were truly intelligent, he would have managed at least not to smirk. Sorry, Cambridge, not only did your Sgt act stupidly, but every one who spoke out on his behalf! Never mind the fiction Crowley wrote in the police report; does anyone have the audio of what he actually asked Dr. Gates when he first arrived? Crowley's belligerent response that an apology would never ever come from him spoke volumes as to how he might initially treated Dr. Gates. Considering he is being coached heavily, Crowley's IQ is far from impressive. Cambridge Police Union President Stephen Killion, whose union does not ...
Now we know that the Sgt who arrested a Prof is a liar & fabricated his police report, yet - where is the outcry? Ms. Mrs. & Mr. Public, you allow this alarmingly authoritarian situation to stand, the implications will be horrific. "To Bob Healy, City manager of Cambridge: instead of Robert Watson & Chuck Wexler convening a committee to facilitate an analysis & develop recommendations that the Department can use as guidance in the future" - I have another idea: Why not give Sgt Crowley the same preferential treatment he forced on a distinguished Scholar, Professor Gates? I am certain Crowley will still lie explaining his fairy tale report, but at least he'll get his lesson. Ms. Whalen never actually spoke with Crowley, according to Wendy Murphy her attorney, yet 1/3 of the police report detailed his supposed interaction & spoken words with Ms. Whalen. Lets give him a chance explaining the discrepancy & after all this hoopla, America is entitled, Mr. Healy! Crowley wrote in his police report: "These actions on [the] behalf of Gates, ouch, Crowley is an instructor, correct? Ok, one more time, & ..caused citizens passing by this location to stop & take notice while appearing surprised & alarmed." Just how much truth is in that sentence, Mr. Healy? Crowley also describes Ms. Whalen as "white" when she is, in fact, Portuguese. How can a person who can't tell a Portuguese apart from a white female be qualified to teach classes on "racial profiling"? Any idea Mr. Healy? My ...
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...the white officer to arrest Gates. The officer didn't simply bungle an investigation of a reported break-in. He arrested Gates, I'm convinced, to put an uppity black man in his place. Think about it. The police sergeant showed up at Gates' front door after...
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The Newark Advocate
http://newarkadvocate.com/article/20090728/OPINION02/907280326/1014/rss04
Police report and taped calls prove Professor Henry Gates Jr. was a victim of false arrest. Yelling at a cop is NOT illegal. From Countdown Lawrence O'Donnell and John Ridley.
You heard the 911 call from Lucia Whalen. Here are the ensuing radio transmissions from the Cambridge Police Department in response to that call.
The attorney representing Lucia Whalen, who made the 911 call that led to the arrest of Professor Henry Louis Gates, tells Greta Van Susteren the fact that people suggested Whalen reported seeing "two black men" is "utterly ridiculous," because Whalen "couldn't tell their race," Wendy Murphy says. "She had no idea." Murphy also says of Whalen's thoughts on the Cambridge cops: "She does not believe the police acted inappropriately... There was only one person she heard screaming, and that was Professor Gates." Greta actually opens the segment by announcing that Gates, Sgt. James Crowley and President Obama will meet at the White House on Thursday at 6 PM ET for a little "brewski diplomacy."
bit.ly Police dispatch audio - The woman who called 911 to report a possible break-in at the home of black Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. makes no mention of race. Cambridge police released a recording of the call Monday after more than a week of controversy over Gates' arrest on a disorderly conduct charge on July 16. The caller, Lucia Whalen, says she saw two men pushing on the door of the house. She tells police she is not sure if the men live there or not. When pressed for a description by a dispatcher, she says one of the men may have been Hispanic.
911 OPERATOR: 9-1-1, what is the exact location of your emergency? FEMALE WITNESS CALLER: Hi, I'm actually at (inaudible) street in Cambridge, the house number is 7 Ware Street. 911 OPERATOR: OK ma'am, your cell phone cut out, what's the address again? FEMALE WITNESS CALLER: Sorry, it's 7 Ware Street. That's WARE Street. 911 OPERATOR: The emergency is at 7 Ware Street, right? FEMALE WITNESS CALLER: Well no, I'm sorry. 17. Some other woman is talking next to me but it's 17, 1-7 Ware Street. 911 OPERATOR: What's the phone number you're calling me from? FEMALE WITNESS CALLER: I'm calling you from my cell phone number. 911 OPERATOR: All right, tell me exactly what happened? FEMALE WITNESS CALLER: Um, I don't know what's happening. I just had an older woman standing here and she had noticed two gentlemen trying to get in a house at that number, 17 Ware Street. And they kind of had to barge in and they broke the screen door and they finally got in. When I had looked, I went further, closer to the house a little bit after the gentlemen were already in the house. I noticed two suitcases. So, I'm not sure if this is two individuals who actually work there, I mean, who live there. 911 OPERATOR: You think they might have been breaking in? FEMALE WITNESS CALLER: I don't know 'cause I have no idea. I just noticed. 911 OPERATOR: So you're saying you think the possibility might have been there? What do you mean by barged in? You mean they kicked the door in? FEMALE WITNESS CALLER: No ...
Twitter: twitter.com FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com From the HUFPO There are several reports that the beer diplomacy between President Obama, Cambridge police sergeant James Crowley and Henry Louis Gates Jr. will take place on Thursday. The Boston Globe reports: Charles Ogletree, one of Gates's lawyers, tells the Globe that the meeting will be on Thursday and that both Crowley and Gates can bring family members. The White House would not immediately confirm those details. ****************************************************** When President Obama said last week that the whole incident involving Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Sgt. James Crowley of the Cambridge police department could be worked out over a beer at the White House, he wasn't speaking figuratively. CNN is reporting today that the White House has confirmed that the president is to meet with the two men this week to do just that. As Press Secretary Robert Gibbs explained on "Fox News Sunday," "the president believes this can be a teachable moment." And what better way to begin putting things in perspective in the dog days of summer than to serve a cold beer. As for drink orders, CNN says Obama will be having a Bud and Crowley a Blue Moon. No word yet on Gates' beverage of choice. article mentioned in video:Obama Was Right About the Gates Arrest On Thursday, President Obama weighed in on the arrest of African-American Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, saying a Cambridge police officer "acted stupidly" when he arrested ...
A police sergeant who responded to a 911 call about a possible break-in at the home of black Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. can be heard calling Gates uncooperative during a radio communication with a police dispatcher. Sgt. James Crowley said he was with a man who claims to live in the house and with identification showing he was Gates. Crowley said the man was not cooperating and told the dispatcher to "keep the cars coming." Another voice can be heard in the background of the transmissions, but it is unintelligible and unclear if it is Gates.
www.youtube.com 911 Audio - The woman who called 911 to report a possible break-in at the home of black Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. makes no mention of race. Cambridge police released a recording of the call Monday after more than a week of controversy over Gates' arrest on a disorderly conduct charge on July 16. The caller, Lucia Whalen, says she saw two men pushing on the door of the house. She tells police she is not sure if the men live there or not. When pressed for a description by a dispatcher, she says one of the men may have been Hispanic.
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...Gates is a professor a Harvard. He came home, found the door to house jammed,... Boston Globe Scrubs Henry Louis Gates Arrest Report From Website newsbusters.org 4 days ago — A little tip for anyone who gets stopped by a police officer for a possible traffic...
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I agree the actions of the police was not right. I do not know the whole story only what was shared on the news and you can not believe everything you hear.. however know this.. We as Blacks have to learn how to deal with people like this.. because if we do not thing like this will happen over and over.. like it always do. I deal with people like this all the time and I had to learn how to control what happens in all situations so that I will not become another victim .. If you can not control your emotion someone else will and believe me it will not be a pretty sight to see or to hear. It took me years to learn how to do this however you have to start somewhere or you may end up in jail or on the news or even dead. You can not control anyone thinking however you can control the outcome only if you control your self.. If any one hate you that is there problem they have to deal with that not you.. When the police or anyone else treat you unfairly say to your self .. they have a problem how will I deal with this so it will not be my problem too. Control your emotions and after the police leave report it to the chief of police or even to a lawyer if you have to. My sure you white down everything that happens. Do not and I repeat do not ask them for there name at that time.. there will be a report at the police department. Call later and ask for the officers name or you can write down his or hers name if it is on there shirt after its all over. The police car number will also ...
The Cambridge police officer at the center of the controversy over the arrest of a black Harvard professor says he will not apologize for the incident, the Boston media report. Henry Louis Gates Jr., was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct at his home near Harvard last week after a neighbor called in a report of a possible break-in. Gates, who was returning from a trip abroad, and his driver, had been trying to force open a front door. The professor eventually got inside, by using a back door, when police arrived. The police report indicates that a heated exchange occurred although Gates showed his Harvard ID police allege that Gates initially refused to identify himself. In any case, Gates was handcuffed and arrested, although charges were later dropped. Gates, 58, who charges that the arrest was racially motivated, has demanded that the police officer, Sgt. James Crowley, apologize for the incident. USA TODAY reports that the incident has ignited a long-simmering national debate over racial profiling. Crowley, in an exclusive interview with the Boston Herald, says he harbors no ill feelings toward the professor but will not apologize. I just have nothing to apologize for, he tells the Herald. It will never happen. The Boston Globe reports that Crowley says Gates' arrest was not racially motivated. "I am not a racist," The Globe quotes the officer as saying. The paper says Crowley had no comment to President Obama's statement last night that the policeman acted ...
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...is what the absurdist, typically stilted police language of Sergeant James Crowley's official report on his arrest of Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates really means: Gates: You're not the boss of me! Crowley: I am the boss of you. Gates: You are not the...
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Today's Headlines * Zelaya Arrives Near Honduran Border in Bid to Return * Iraqi PM: US Troops Could Stay Beyond 2011 * US Held Talks with Iraqi Militants * UN Debates Responsibility to Protect Doctrine * US Silent on Alleged Kyrgyz Vote Fraud * Report: 91% of Terror Cases Result in Convictions * Dems: No Senate Healthcare Vote Before Recess * Mayors, Legislators Among 40 Arrested in NJ Corruption Probe * Cambridge Police Wont Apologize for Gates Arrest * Report: Abortion Providers Routinely Targeted in Six States * Consumer Group Criticizes Food Safety Picks * Minimum Wage Rises to $7.25
In a national press conference Barak Obama called Sgt. James Crowley "stupid" for arresting Henry Louis Gates, Jr. for disorderly conduct in an incident where the Harvard victimologist agressively played the race card against a police officer who was dutifully protecting Gates home. The reality is that had Sgt. Crowley (an exemplary officer as evidenced from years of positive evaluations) been a black officer instead of white, this situation would never have occured. Read the police report and you will see that Crowley refused to comply with the officer's requests from the first moment. "No I will not," in response to the officer's request to step outside; "Why because I'm a black man in America" in response to the officer telling Gates why he was there. Immediately Gates, picked up the phone to call the Chief of Police and accuse the officer of racism, stating over and again, "you have no idea who you are messing with" and at one point saying to the officer, "your momma." So what happened here? Gates is a professional racists of the politically correct variety and has been peddling in Black Victimology for his whole career. All he knows how to do is play the race card to get what he wants. He just over played his hand and the officer called him on it. However, it didn't stop there. Obama was asked about the incident. He said three things: 1. That Gates is a personal friend and so he might be biased. 2. He doesn't know all the facts of what happened. At this point he ...
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...the white officer to arrest Gates. The officer didn't simply bungle an investigation of a reported break-in. He arrested Gates, I'm convinced, to put an uppity black man in his place. Think about it. The police sergeant showed up at Gates' front door after...
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Baxter Bulletin
http://baxterbulletin.com/article/20090725/OPINION01/907250352/1014/rss03
Fear and anger too often define encounters between black men and police. Bill Whitaker reports on why the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates has caused such outrage.
Fear and anger too often define encounters between black men and police. Bill Whitaker reports on why the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates has caused such outrage.
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...Police Superior Officers Association, said Obama's remarks were misdirected, and that race was not a factor in Gates' arrest. Crowley and at least one other officer went to Gates' home July 16 in response to a call from a passer-by, who reported that two black...
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Obama, not knowing the particulars of an arrest involving a friend , Prof. Henry Louis Gates Jr., interjects his racial bias and chastizes the Cambridge Police Dept. and in particular Sgt. James Crowley for acting "stupidly" in responding too a burglary in progress call. In otherwords, you can't arrest a black person without being a "racist!"
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...Gates. She called the police and Sgt. James Crowley responded. Crowley found a man who turned out to be Henry Louis Gates in the house. According to the arrest report, Crowley's request of Gates for identification elicited belligerent behavior and accusations...
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Associated Content
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1981680/henry_louis_gates_arrest_controversy.html
Cambridge Police Henry Louis Gates Arrest
Officer: "I'll never apologize'////////// The commissioner of the Cambridge, Massachusetts, police department said Thursday he "deeply regrets" the arrest of prominent black Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., but stands by the procedures followed by his department. "I believe that Sgt. [James] Crowley acted in a way that is consistent with his training at the department, and consistent with national standards of law enforcement protocol," Commissioner Robert Haas said ...
(7.23.09) -- Barack Obama, in our opinion, unnecessarily and unpresidentially injected race into a situation about which he admitted he did not fully possess the facts. His lack of knowledge, however, did not prevent him from wantonly smearing the actions of Cambridge police Sergeant James Crowley. We feel strongly that Obama abdicated his role as president in making his comments. Instead of allowing his lack of factual knowledge on the matter guide him towards a "no comment," Obama allowed ...
www.sfgate.com - zennie2005.blogspot.com - It's all over the Internet: Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates was arrested by Cambridge police officer Sgt. James Crowley after trying to pry open the lock, which was already damaged, to his own Cambridge home with the help of his driver, who picked him up from a trip to China. President Obama, in a press conference on his health care initiative, chimes in by saying "the Cambridge Police acted stupidly." President Obama's totally right. Here's why ...
Obama with terry moran on the arrest of Gates, speculates on what happened, says he's surprised by the controversy, remains dug in on the race issue...
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...In the course of further berating the officer for his racism as well as referring to his “mama,” according to the police report Gates dropped a version of aggrieved celebritydom’s favorite line: Don’t you know who I am? Crowley, a 42-year-old father of three...
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National Review Online
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When will idiots like Henry Gates learn to cooperate with the Police, and when will Obama learn to stop acting stupidly, or stupid? The answer to both of these questions is never. As for the Professor, or anyone else for that matter, you need to do as the Police say whether you think they are right or wrong. Of course if they tell you to jump off a cliff, then no, you should not do what they say, but in the normal course of them investigating something, just do as they say. I am 99% sure that this Professor dude mouthed off to the cop without provocation; I'm sure it was due to the gigantic chip on his shoulder. I'm also sure that the only one who brought a bad attitude to this situation was the Professor; he wanted to provoke the cop into arresting him for some sort of publicity or something. I can see this so clearly in my mind, I can see the cop being antagonized on his every move. Professor Henry Louis seems like a real jerk to me, who as I said before was just making the most (to stir things up racially) out of a bad situation. We can expect something like that from a man like Louis, but to have things stirred up by the President is another thing. What was Obama thinking when he said that the Cambridge Police acted stupidly? Did he momentarily forget the position that he holds, did he think for just a moment that he was back on the Chicago streets organizing communities? I guess you could say that he was not thinking, or he would have just made a very general ...
When will idiots like Henry Gates learn to cooperate with the Police, and when will Obama learn to stop acting stupidly? The answer to both of these questions is never. As for the Professor, or anyone else for that matter, you need to do as the Police say whether you think they are right or wrong. Of course if they tell you to jump off a cliff, then no, you should not do what they say, but in the normal case of them investigating something, just do as they say. I am 99% sure that this ...
Obama made racially charged comments & ignited a firestorm of controversy last night in his prime time Presidential Press Conference by stating that while admitting he "didn't know all the facts," "Everbody knows the police unfairly target African Americans & Latinos" & the Cambridge Police "acted stupidly" in arresting his personal friend Henry Louis Gates. Really? Well, we weren't there & can't say for sure either way, BUT NEITHER WAS PRESIDENT OBAMA! For him to say that definitively & ruin the reputation of those respected police officers without knowing the facts is unconscionable. Moreover, as the facts come out the seem to support the statements of the arresting officers at this time. Here is an article detailing Obama's comments & includes video of the press conference: www.myfoxboston.com Also please examine this FULL police report that the liberal Obama loving Boston Globe REMOVED from it's website (gee, I wonder why they did that?). It paints a damning picture of Gates behavior: www.thesmokinggun.com Police Sergeant James Crowley whom Obama smeared is a highly respected officer who it turns out tried to save Reggie Lewis' life by giving him CPR AND was hand picked by an African American former police commissioner to teach a class FOR FREE at the police academy on racial profiling. That is understanding & respecting different cultures, etc. & being fair & anti-racist in the line of duty. Here are some articles detailing him & that: www.boston.com wbztv.com Obama ...
[My apologizes for any unseen spelling errors] Hello America Today I will express what I think about the whole incedent where the professor was arrested at his house. According to the news,the gentleman wen't to his house after coming home from a vacation in China and had trouble getting in his house, so his cabbie helped. A bystanard called the police,and Mr.Gates was questioned. According to the police report,Mr.Gates refused to step out and speak with the officer while the officer was ...
President Obama stood by his criticism of the Cambridge police department's arrest of Harvard University Prof. Henry Louis Gates Jr., telling ABC News's Terry Moran he was "surprised" by the controversy sparked by his comment during a prime-time news conference Wednesday that the department had behaved "stupidly." "I have to say I am surprised by the controversy surrounding my statement because I think it was a pretty straightforward commentary that you probably don't need to handcuff a guy ...
denounced the arrest of Henry Louis Gates as "stupid," E. Denise Simmons, the mayor of Gates' city of residence, Cambridge, MA, gave an interview with CNN. She says once "we find out all the facts" related to the arrest, there may be a "procedural change." She also agreed with Obama's sentiment that race is still a factor in America - but not necessarily in the Gates arrest. ... cambridge mayor denise simmons henry louis gates james crowley sergeant apology facts arrest own home following ...
(7.23.09) -- Monica Crowley fills in for Bill. Earl Ofari Hutchinson and Bob Parks square of on the appropriateness of Barack Obama's remarks on the arrest of his friend, Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates.
(7.23.09) -- Bret Baier and Wendell Goler take a look at the fallout from Barack Obama's controversial "stupidly" remarks regarding police officer Sgt. James Crowley and the Cambridge Police Department pursuant to the arrest of Obama's friend Henry Louis Gates of Harvard.
when reached by phone. The arrest of such a prominent scholar under what some described as dubious circumstances shook some members of the black Harvard community. He and I both raised the question of if he had been a white professor, whether this kind of thing would have happened to him, that they arrested him without any corroborating evidence, said S. Allen Counter, a Harvard Medical School professor who spoke with Gates about the incident Friday. I am deeply concerned about the way he ...
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