Racist Cambridge Cop Responds to Obama

[JudyInTheHeartland]

Crowley maintained he had done nothing wrong in arresting Gates.

"I support the president of the United States 110-percent," he told WBZ Radio.

"I think he's way off base wading into a local issue without knowing all the facts, as he himself stated before he made that comment. I don't know what to say about that. I guess a friend of mine would support my position, too."

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0709/Crowley_on_Obama.html

[cleveramerican]

1. "without knowing the facts"....

and "I may be biased" are the parts of his answer being widely ignored... here and elsewhere.

[Solomon]

14. What don't you get? He condemned himself in his own

police report. It doesn't matter what the other evidence is. That's why they dismissed it.

His own words condemn him but somehow, you think that if you can prove Gates yelled at him loud enough, then it was okay for the cop to violate his duty.

By the way, why is everybody overlooking the fact that the cop committed a crime in not giving his name and badge number?

The guy really fucked up. Just stop trying to justify it someway. I hate to think that all those people that got dogs sicked on them, waterhoses blasted at them, bricks thrown, billyclubbed, shot, because they didn't bow to a cop in the exercise of their constitutional rights. It was their fault too right? If they had just kept their mouths shut, it wouldn't have happened.

I get it.

[alcibiades_mystery]

2. Calling the cop a racist is dumb

Racism is far more complicated than that.

[vaberella]

37. Obama NEVER called the cop racist. n/t

[emilyg]

3. I don't like your headline - so UNREC.

[opihimoimoi]

4. Crowley represents a sick percentage of our pop....and he seems stuck on ignorance

[Dreamer Tatum]

31. Yeah, the sick percentage of the population that try to save the lives of black men

There is no greater FAIL in the universe than trying to fit a square peg in the racist hole. That dog won't hunt here.

Observe:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reggie_Lewis

[MercutioATC]

5. I still don't see the "racism"...especially after reading the police report.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/17512830/Gates-Police-Report

Gates' account of the event contradicts the reports of two officers at the scene.

[jehovas_waitress]

6. Reading the arrest report takes some effort.. no effort required to shout RACISM N/T

[Chakab]

34. You people who keep citing the police report

as if it were some neutral, unbiased representation of what really happened are quite amusing.

[brendan120678]

7. I really doubt that there was any blatant racism.

However I think that if people want to see racism in what happened, they will see it that way, no matter what the evidence shows.
There's no changing their minds.

Just like there will be no changing the minds of the people who think that Prof. Gates acted arrogantly, no matter what the evidence shows.

It's hard to find people who would concede that both sides acted inappropriately.

[Raschel]

8. From what I've read Gates said the police report is innaccurate.

So I guess Crowley makes the facts as he goes along.

[Mike Daniels]

9. Or Gates is misinterpreting his account

Since I wasn't there I can easily see instances where both sides overreacted to the overall situation.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

10. Yeah, both sides may have overreacted, but only one side abused their authority.

[Spazito]

11. Bingo! n/t

[polmaven]

29. That still does not make

the cop a racist.

[LiberalFighter]

12. The officer should keep his mouth shut at this point.

[BlooInBloo]

18. Nooooo! Keep talking! MOAR!!!

[quiller4]

23. The more he says the better a lawsuit Gates has. n/t

[jsamuel]

13. Anyone else think that the most glaring case of prejudice here is the person who made the call

in the first place?

[MercutioATC]

16. What would you do if you saw two men trying to force a door open?

I'd be concerned enough about it to call police...regardless of their race.

[jsamuel]

17. If I remember correctly, all he did was open his back door, not force it open.

But I may be misinformed.

[MercutioATC]

19. In a statement by Gates:

"He was wearing a blue blazer and leather shoes, he said. The driver, dressed in a black uniform, began to lean his shoulder into the door to try to force it open. They pushed for 15 minutes and got the door free. The driver then left."

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=14234

[jsamuel]

20. well, I could see that being suspicious

[quiller4]

24. If I recognized one of the two as my neighbor, I'd offer to help. n/t

[MercutioATC]

27. Granted...but Ms. Whalen didn't recognize Gates or his driver.

[jeffrey_X]

36. That depends. Did I also see the limo out front? Did also see they had sport coats on?

Did they also notice that Gates entered the back of the house with his own set of keys?

[MercutioATC]

43. "Limo" is a generic term. It was likely just a car.

...and she saw two men trying to force open a door. Sport coat or not, there's nothing wrong with making a call to have it checked out.

If it had been my house, I'd certainly have wanted a neighbor to call police.

[Karenina]

35. ***LAY OFF THE PERSON WHO SUMMONED THE POLICE IN GOOD FAITH***

NOTHING is relevant up to the point that Professor Gates established his identity. Once he did so, the officer was ALREADY over the line, having followed him into the house UNINVITED and apparently TAKEN A SEAT. At that point his investigation was OVER and he needed to leave an exhausted, grumpy, testy, older gentleman ALONE. HE DID NOT DO SO, RATHER HE ARRESTED THE MAN ON TRUMPED-UP CHARGES
Focus, people, focus. :eyes:

[Starry Messenger]

15. I'm starting to get "Joe the Plumber" vibe.

Although, this guy was actually employed as a cop. But my spidey senses are all a-tingle.

[burning rain]

21. Certainly appears that it was wrong to arrest Gates.

Arresting a goy in his own home that way just doesn't pass the smell test. But so far as we know, it could have been a case of self-important cop syndrome -- "How dare you disrespect me, lowly civilian?" -- and not racism. It bears investigating, but it's prmature to conclude racism was in play. So you get an unrec for the race-baiting headline.

[wowimthere]

22. As is often the case people have huge egos... and this is what this was perhaps on both sides

[BlooInBloo]

25. Breaking: White folks don't see the racism after reading report written by white cop.

Astonishing, I know.

[vaberella]

42. Your statement reminds me of the disconnect between Blacks and Whites

My friend is English and bi-cultural or Black and White parents. Mum is Black, Da is White. I remember having a conversation with them at one point about traveling and racism. And the dad was talking about this trip they had in the Northern part of England and he said, there was no racism. The area was brilliant and they had a great time. Then his wife and my friend (both her and brother are Black with just their Father's features) kept saying that it's not true. They were like, because he's White he didn't pick up on the treatment his wife and daughter and son on other hand received. It was interesting to see that dynamic, especially since I figured he'd be more away due to his family. But he's actually excluded from reading the nuances in treatment. Plus my friends mum is someone who's not about to say White's are to blame for anything. She believes in hard work and thinks that you can surpass any obstacle to get ahead, racism is one of them.

[Rebubula]

26. Racist....

...the more this term is used in situations like this - it loses its meaning. I see this situation as a time where two men with large egos butted heads and one overstepped the bounds due to his position.

Anyway...we are ALL a little racist. Deny and I call you a liar. It is not simply a black\white thing and it is NOT uniquely American or Western.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

28. So you're saying that Gates was uppity.

"Anyway...we are ALL a little racist. "

Yeah, some more than others, apparently.

[Aramchek]

30. so you know exactly why Gates was viewed as a suspect rather than a law-abiding citizen, don't you?

[Rex_Goodheart]

39. Bingo

[Thrill]

32. What facts need to be known? You arrested an old ass man in his own home

for breaking into it. Wake up. Thats stupid

[depakid]

33. +1

WTF is wrong with people. This is not a complicated situation.

[Rex_Goodheart]

40. That's not why he was arrested

[SeattleGirl]

38. Uh, dude, racism is NOT a local issue.

Given that you teach about diversity, you should know that.

[cliffordu]

41. F*ck him.