in defense of the white racial profiling expert cop who arrested a black man in his own home, ...

[unblock]

... sorry, i got nothing.

[havocmom]

1. Exactly!

:thumbsup:

Best summation of the event yet.

[PetrusMonsFormicarum]

2. He may or may not have been

racial profiling, but it continues to sound like he had some bone to pick.

[baldguy]

3. "White racial profiling expert cop"

Another word for bigot.

[liberalmuse]

4. What the Fuck?

I guess I'm missing those threads, thank god. Please tell me people here on DU are not defending a cop arresting a man for trying to get into his own home??? I'm glad I was frequenting the kinder, gentler forums earlier, because every time I respond to that type of nonsense, I get closer to getting kicked off of DU.

[HughMoran]

7. Not to tempt you, just FYI

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3983077

[vaberella]

16. You're showing the nice ones....my personal faves below:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x8546933

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x8546290

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x8546976

Ugh, and post no.# 20 on this thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=8546172&mesg_id=8546172

[HughMoran]

18. Amazing

I've seen some other posts from the starter of the 1st 2 - I just don't get these folks.

[TheKentuckian]

14. There have been several defending the cop or trying to make it a "two wrongs don't make a right"

thing of it.

Why people aren't pissed at the cop's actions even completely ignoring the racial issues, I can't really guess either. I think the police state fans should seek relocation to say North Korea or China, either would be happy to receive them.

[vaberella]

15. What? Should I list some threads for you? They've polluted this section. n/t

[angee_is_mad]

5. Thank you

but MSM got a lot of defenses.

[HughMoran]

6. Thanks

You said it just right.

[Cha]

8. We should all just listen to the whining officer crowley..

tj2001 (296 posts) Thu Jul-23-09 09:33 PM
Original message
Crowley: It was Gates' tone of voice
http://www.mercurynews.com/nationworld/ci_12902510

'Crowley, a native of Cambridge, told a local sports radio station Thursday that Gates... "seemed that he was very upset, very put off that I was there in the first place. Not just what he said, but the tone in which he said it, just seemed very peculiar — even more so now that I know how educated he is." ...

After getting in and calling Harvard's maintenance department to fix the door, Gates said, he saw Crowley on his porch. The sergeant was disrespectful from the beginning, the professor said, asking him to step outside without explanation and demanding identification while refusing to provide his own name or badge number.

But Crowley said Thursday that he was only protecting himself when he asked Gates, whom he did not recognize, to come out and identify himself. Daytime break-ins are not unheard of in the neighborhood, he said.

Crowley described the woman who reported the possible break-in — who works at Harvard Magazine, on Gates' street — as "reliable," and said that while the professor did not "look like somebody who would break into a house," his tone was troubling."


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6134956

To get a real sense of his egomania.

[FrenchieCat]

9. Gates got arrested for his "tone"....which seemed "Peculiar".....

Geeze, that's like living in a police state!

[firedupdem]

11. You know what was peculiar.....

Let him keep talking...just keep talking asshole cop.

[Cha]

12. Gates' "tone was troubling"..after

he just got back from a long trip to China and couldn't get into his place at first.. and then there was a policeman asking for his ID when he was in his own house.

The officer should have diffused the situation after he got Gates' ID.

[vaberella]

17. When does a Harvard professor say, "Ya, take me to your mother"

or something like that. I thought that was bullshit.

[angee_is_mad]

10. Uppity Negro

is what he wanted to say and that he why he put his old, crippled ass in handcuffs!!!

[Cha]

13. He of the "racial profiling" seminars

that are reeking of .."do as I say..not as I do".

[AspenRose]

19. Bwahahahahaha

:spray:

[TexasObserver]

20. There is no defense, is there?

Once he determines the guy lives there, it's time to apologize and leave.

The officer was in the wrong, and he should be fired.