Thursday, July 23, 2009

Obama Calls Police Prejudiced/Racist -- UPDATED (BTW -- I was ahead of the curve with this one, *patting myself on the back as I write*)

Obama on the Incident




Impromptu Interview with Police Officer



Here it is, UPDATE:


JULY 23--Here are the police reports detailing the confrontation last week between Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Cambridge cops, who were condemned last night by President Barack Obama for acting "stupidly" in arresting the African-American scholar. Cops responded to Gates's house after neighbor Lucia Whalen reported spotting "two black males with backpacks" trying to gain entry to the home (Gates, returning home from a trip overseas, and his driver were contending with a stuck front door). The Cambridge Police Department reports, authored by Sergeant James Crowley and Officer James Figueroa, quote an incensed Gates yelling, "This is what happens to black men in America!," and, when asked by Crowley to speak with him outside the residence, Gates replied, "ya, I'll speak with your mama outside." A disorderly conduct rap was filed against Gates, but quickly dropped by prosecutors. Gates is reportedly considering legal action against the Cambridge police. (3 pages)


UPDATED AGAIN -- DRUDGE HEADLINES




BLACK AND WHITE: PRESIDENT SAYS COPS ACTED 'STUPIDLY'


UPDATE AGAIN!! Sgt. Crowley tell his side of the professor Gates story


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