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Television movies for the week of Aug. 29Pittsburgh Post Gazette5:45 AM (CC) • Beyond the Gates '05. John Hurt. In 1994 Rwanda, a priest and a teacher at a secondary school get caught up in the genocidal conflict between ...
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The GuardianTaxi driver: fear and loathing in New YorkThe GuardianJust as the arrest of Henry Louis Gates at his own home was (or was, at least, perceived as) an act of racism, there should be no doubt that President Obama ...and more »
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Martha's Vineyard TimesIn Print : Ogletree explores presumption of guilt in his new bookMartha's Vineyard Times"The Presumption of Guilt: The Arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr., and Race, Class and Crime in America" by Charles Ogletree, Palgrave Macmillian, ...
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Our View: Obama should learn to pick battlesWayne IndependentA year ago, he answered a reporter's question about Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates' arrest by local police in Cambridge, Mass., when Gates was mistaken ...and more »
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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.
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.
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% solidarity with Professor Gates and against racial profiling and police brutality. Cambridge, Harvard University and Boston are seen around the world as bastions of liberalism, hotbeds of progressive ideas and prestigious places from which cutting-edge research emanates. But the racial profiling and arrest of Prof. Gates have re-raised the question of how much has changed since the 1970s when, in the wake of court-ordered busing for desegregation, white racist mobs were stoning buses carrying Black school children and attacking Black people on the streets and in their homes. Gates was Right! The Cambridge Police Department was Wrong! Racial profiling is another expression of institutionalized racism. In the US, racial profiling and police brutality have become an unfortunate reality of life for people of color, especially youth. It doesn't matter whether it occurs in the inner city, a small town, or an upper-middle class suburb. In a 2004 report entitled "Threat and Humiliation: Racial Profiling, Domestic Security and Human Rights in the United States," Amnesty International documented that in a year-long investigation, an estimated 32 million people had been racially profiled--the vast majority of them from nationally oppressed groups. One can only imagine how much these numbers have increased over the last five years, not only for those born in the US but also for immigrants. Since 9/11 there has been a corresponding increase in racial profiling targeting the Arab and Muslim communities. The police have been, by far, the most feared perpetrators of racial profiling, and understandably so. Police harassment and brutality is an epidemic. According to a 2008 report by the Washington, DC based Campaign for Youth Justice entitled Critical Condition: African American Youth in the Justice System African American youth make up 30 percent of youth arrested while they represent only 17 percent of the overall youth population. Additionally, African American youth are 62 percent of the total number of youth prosecuted in the adult criminal system and are nine times more likely than white youth to receive an adult prison sentence. One only needs to remember how the Somerville 5 (5 Black youth from Somerville who were arrested on racist frame up charges by the Medford Police) or the Jena 6 were treated. Not to mention the racism that followed the devastation of the 9th Ward in New Orleans as a result of hurricane Katrina. As the economic crisis deepens the ruling class will use all means at its disposal to foster artificial divisions between white workers and Black, Latina/o, and immigrant workers. It is our responsibility to build a movement based on anti-racist, class-wide solidarity--as workers of all nationalities are losing their jobs, homes, health care and pensions in rapid numbers; and as the economic crisis becomes even more acute.
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% solidarity with Professor Gates and against racial profiling and police brutality. Cambridge, Harvard University and Boston are seen around the world as bastions of liberalism, hotbeds of progressive ideas and prestigious places from which cutting-edge research emanates. But the racial profiling and arrest of Prof. Gates have re-raised the question of how much has changed since the 1970s when, in the wake of court-ordered busing for desegregation, white racist mobs were stoning buses carrying Black school children and attacking Black people on the streets and in their homes. Gates was Right! The Cambridge Police Department was Wrong! Racial profiling is another expression of institutionalized racism. In the US, racial profiling and police brutality have become an unfortunate reality of life for people of color, especially youth. It doesn't matter whether it occurs in the inner city, a small town, or an upper-middle class suburb. In a 2004 report entitled "Threat and Humiliation: Racial Profiling, Domestic Security and Human Rights in the United States," Amnesty International documented that in a year-long investigation, an estimated 32 million people had been racially profiled--the vast majority of them from nationally oppressed groups. One can only imagine how much these numbers have increased over the last five years, not only for those born in the US but also for immigrants. Since 9/11 there has been a corresponding increase in racial profiling targeting the Arab and Muslim communities. The police have been, by far, the most feared perpetrators of racial profiling, and understandably so. Police harassment and brutality is an epidemic. According to a 2008 report by the Washington, DC based Campaign for Youth Justice entitled Critical Condition: African American Youth in the Justice System African American youth make up 30 percent of youth arrested while they represent only 17 percent of the overall youth population. Additionally, African American youth are 62 percent of the total number of youth prosecuted in the adult criminal system and are nine times more likely than white youth to receive an adult prison sentence. One only needs to remember how the Somerville 5 (5 Black youth from Somerville who were arrested on racist frame up charges by the Medford Police) or the Jena 6 were treated. Not to mention the racism that followed the devastation of the 9th Ward in New Orleans as a result of hurricane Katrina. As the economic crisis deepens the ruling class will use all means at its disposal to foster artificial divisions between white workers and Black, Latina/o, and immigrant workers. It is our responsibility to build a movement based on anti-racist, class-wide solidarity--as workers of all nationalities are losing their jobs, homes, health care and pensions in rapid numbers; and as the economic crisis becomes even more acute.
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.
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.
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 funnier in the kitchen on (July) 16," Gates said. Yesterday's talk was Gates' first public session since his arrest on a disorderly conduct charge last month by Cambridge police Officer Sgt. James Crowley sparked a national debate about racism and racial profiling. The charge was dropped quickly. Neither man has apologized for his conduct during a subsequent barrage of media coverage. Police said Gates was belligerent and uncooperative when they showed up after a report of a possible break-in at Gates' home. Gates accused police of racial profiling for not leaving after he showed his ID. The two met again Thursday for a highly publicized beer at the White House as arranged by Obama after he escalated the national debate by saying Cambridge police had acted stupidly. When the two families met during White House tours before the beer, Gates stuck out his hand to a relieved Crowley and said, "I thought you were 6 feet 8 inches tall. He said, 'I've lost 2 feet in the last two weeks.' How can you be mad at a guy like that? When he's not arresting you, Sgt. Crowley is a nice guy." capecodonline.com
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.
Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates and his arresting officer Sgt. James Crowley sat down for a beer with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden. Chip Reid reports on the so-called beer summit.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson gives his comments Barack Obama Comments on Henry Louis Gates Arrest .
July 29: Lucia Whalen claims shes received threats on her life since making the 911 call leading to the arrest of Harvard Prof. Henry Louis Gates. The Chicago Tribunes Clarence Page discusses.
Lucia Whalen broke the silence at a press conference Wednesday on her 911 call to report a possible break-in at the home of black Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. Her husband, Paul Whalen, stood beside her. (Video by Bianca Vazquez Toness/WBUR)
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 him when he says a Black Harvard Professor ( who in this country has cause to fear for his life in such situations ) was talking about the officer's "mama." But you can bet everyone else ( including apparently, Colin Powell ) will continue to believe it. The statements this officer made about Gates behavior can likely be found on the arrest reports of any black man in this country. It's not a new excuse for arresting Black Men by any stretch of the imagination. I suggest that Gates and Obama demand an apology from the Cambridge police for the stereotypical false representation on the police report... and apology or not, Gates need to sue for a variety of reasons. The Obama Problem: ow.ly Glen Beck is just a product of American "Reality" Listen: 911 'Gates' Call To Cambridge Police ow.ly Cambridge Police Radio Calls In Gates Case ow.ly Lucia Whalen on Gates Arrest: Press Conference ow.ly -------------------------------------------------------------------
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 ...
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 represent Crowley added that Obama's comments were disgraceful, etc.
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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 ...
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.
After sensationalizing this story for days with only one side being reported, CNN finally allows the arresting officer to give the official account of why Gates was arrested. This is the first full interview of Sgt Crowley on CNN, a full week after the arrest of a disorderly Gates was performed. CNN has saturated their airwaves with Gates' audio, video, and his side of the story for many days by this point. They have done their best to persuade the average CNN viewer with a mostly sympathetic portrayal of Gates before the arresting officer, or his fellow African American officer who was present, are even heard from. CNN first focuses on disagreement and friction between the parties before trying to report calmly and even-handedly. As the country disolves into racial hatred and strife, CNN counts their advertising dollars and looks for more ways to shade the truth and make a scandal where there isn't one.
After sensationalizing this story for days with only one side being reported, CNN finally allows the arresting officer to give the official account of why Gates was arrested. This is the first full interview of Sgt Crowley on CNN, a full week after the arrest of a disorderly Gates was performed. CNN has saturated their airwaves with Gates' audio, video, and his side of the story for many days by this point. They have done their best to persuade the average CNN viewer with a mostly sympathetic portrayal of Gates before the arresting officer, or his fellow African American officer who was present, are even heard from. CNN first focuses on disagreement and friction between the parties before trying to report calmly and even-handedly. As the country disolves into racial hatred and strife, CNN counts their advertising dollars and looks for more ways to shade the truth and make a scandal where there isn't one.
After sensationalizing this story for days with only one side being reported, CNN finally allows the arresting officer to give the official account of why Gates was arrested. This is the first interview of Sgt Crowley on CNN, a full week after the arrest of a disorderly Gates was performed. CNN has saturated their airwaves with Gates' audio, video, and his side of the story for many days by this point. They have done their best to persuade the average CNN viewer with a mostly sympathetic portrayal of Gates before the arresting officer, or his fellow African American officer who was present, are even heard from. CNN first focuses on disagreement and friction between the parties before trying to report calmly and even-handedly. As the country disolves into racial hatred and strife, CNN counts their advertising dollars and looks for more ways to shade the truth and make a scandal where there isn't one.
After sensationalizing this story for days with only one side being reported, CNN finally allows the arresting officer to give the official account of why Gates was arrested. This is the first interview of Sgt Crowley on CNN, a full week after the arrest of a disorderly Gates was performed. CNN has saturated their airwaves with Gates' audio, video, and his side of the story for many days by this point. They have done their best to persuade the average CNN viewer with a mostly sympathetic portrayal of Gates before the arresting officer, or his fellow African American officer who was present, are even heard from. CNN first focuses on disagreement and friction between the parties before trying to report calmly and even-handedly. As the country disolves into racial hatred and strife, CNN counts their advertising dollars and looks for more ways to shade the truth and make a scandal where there isn't one.
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 "stupidly" in arresting Gates in his own home. The Globe also reports that a Cambridge police union expressed "full and unqualified support" for Crowley. Update at 10:20 am ET: Crowley gives a long interview this morning with WEEI, a Boston sport radio station, in which he offers more details about the incident. Click here to listen to the entire interview. He tells The Dennis & Callahan Morning Show that Gates refused to answer whether there was someone in the house with him. He also says he asked Gates to step outside for the officer's "own safety." Crowley tells WEEI that Gates was very upset from the beginning. "It's not just what he said, but how he said it. It was somewhat peculiar." The police officer says he asked Gates for a driver's license even after seeing his Harvard ID because the university document does not include an address, which would have verified that Gates was, in fact, in his own home. Crowley says that Gates followed him outside and continued to speak loudly and that the officer twice warned him about possible arrest, the second time while holding a pair of handcuffs. He tells WEEI that arresting Gates was "something I really didn't want to do." As for President Obama's comments on the incident, Crowley says it is "disappointing that he waded into what should be a local issue."
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Watch this version edited to include relevant info from both storylines with ALL racial remarks removed, true or false. So what is left over when you take race out of the picture: the state coming into your home, uninvited, refusing to answer your legal questions of them, you prove this IS your 'castle', they are unhappy because you 'yelled' at them, you follow them outside to insist on answers to your legal questions, your are arrested for disorderly conduct on your own property just because you raised your voice or yelled in "public" during non sleeping hours demanding answers from the state and that's not THE STORY!!! Think that sums it up. DO NOT CONSTREW THIS TO MEAN THAT WE SUPPORT OBAMA, AFTER ALL HE IS A DEMOCRAT; AS BUSH WAS A REPUBLICAN. EITHER PARTY = SAME MESS This certainly constitutes FAIR USE of any copyrighted material contained within.FAIR USE NOTICE: We are making this material available in our efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a "fair use" of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 USC Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.
Watch this version edited to include relevant info from both storylines with ALL racial remarks removed, true or false. So what is left over when you take race out of the picture: the state coming into your home, uninvited, refusing to answer your legal questions of them, you prove this IS your 'castle', they are unhappy because you 'yelled' at them, you follow them outside to insist on answers to your legal questions, your are arrested for disorderly conduct on your own property just because you raised your voice or yelled in "public" during non sleeping hours demanding answers from the state and that's not THE STORY!!! Think that sums it up. DO NOT CONSTREW THIS TO MEAN THAT WE SUPPORT OBAMA, AFTER ALL HE IS A DEMOCRAT; AS BUSH WAS A REPUBLICAN. EITHER PARTY = SAME MESS This certainly constitutes FAIR USE of any copyrighted material contained within.FAIR USE NOTICE: We are making this material available in our efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a "fair use" of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 USC Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.
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.
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 ...
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 has been strongly criticized by many for these racially charged comments including many Boston/Mass residents: www.reuters.com The Fraternal Order of Police: thehill.com Republicans: politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com Even Bill Cosby has slammed Obama for his stupid comments: www.myfoxboston.com Obama needs to apoligize for jumping the gun & unfairly ruining the reputation of these fine respected officers (who included a White officer, a Hispanic officer, and an African American officer) before knowing all the facts! This coincides with a troubling pattern of this administration that was supposed to be "post racial" & in fact seems the opposite. Obama is directly tied to: Rev Wright - "chickens coming home to roost" Michelle Obama - "first time proud of my country" Attorney General Eric Holder - "US still coward on race" Judge Sonja Sotomayor "Wise Latina would reach a better decison than a white man" Obama himself - "grandmother = "typical white person"" & Gates comments Etc., Etc.. Hmm, not very "post racial!" By:John D. Villarreal (174 IQ), founder of Conservative New Media, a real-life super genius and former host of gamespot TV & KSFO (political talk radio)! www.johndvillarreal.com Subscribe to my videos now! Also subsribe to the Conservative New Media You Tube Channel here www.youtube.com Join the Villa Army today! Sign up now @: Facebook = John D. Villarreal (add me as a friend) Also be sure to add the Conservative New Media group! www.myspace.com (add me as a friend) Be sure to check out the Conservative New Media website! www.conservativenewmedia.com
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