Henry Gates Jr. 911 Tape released from Cambridge Police Department (Subtitled)

[question everything]

Run time: 02:48 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p9FgmU1jL0   Posted on YouTube: July 27, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: July 27, 2009 By DU Member: question everything Views on DU: 1599

 
"Two Gentlemen... with suitcases" "I think that one is Hispanic, I cannot see the other."

[madaboutharry]

1. You know, I think that this really shows how poorly

the police handled this entire incident. The woman said at least three times that the men could very well live in that house.

[merh]

2. Crowley did a bad job on this call.

There aren't any two ways about it.

[question everything]

4. Apparently someone from the 911 dispatch "summarized" the call

saying there were two black men..

I think that the bottom line is that both over reacted.

Of course, if I were coming home after a long flight from China with probably not much sleep and then not being able to enter my own house, I would be irritated at the world, too.

[Kahuna]

6. Bull! Gates was in his own house. It's impossible that he over-reacted. All the

cop had to do was look around and see that there were pictures of Gates in the house. I'm sure there were picture in there. The cop was just being a jerk because he could be.

[SkyDaddy7]

11. THANK-YOU!!!

It is nice to see some people fully understand that in America one has every right to be pissed off at a cop in your house, PERIOD! Especially, when the cop knew there was no crime and the house was in fact gates home! What Gates was saying to the cop really does not matter at all once the cop knew it was his house! Plus, this cop was suppose to understand racial profiling and should have known why a elderly African American Man would be upset with cops in his house!

The cop wanted the last word as they always do! It is extremely hard today to find a true professional "Police Officer"...Just "cops"!

I can understand those on the right who simply hate African Americans and anything they do is wrong but to see so many people here on DU defending the cops in this case really surprised me!

[Stellar]

13. I was watching Andrea Mitchell's show today

and a reporter was telling Mitchell that at one point in the call you could hear Srg. Crawley saying to keep the 'units' coming, *AFTER* Crawley had reported that "the individual had given the ID that says he is Henry Louis Gates Jr."

I bet the President knew as much when he used the term 'stupidly' when referring to the policeman. He can pick up the phone and get all the info he needs as POTUS.

[merh]

8. Apparently? Where do you get that information.

Crowley is the only one that appears to refer to two black men and he attributes that to talking to the complaining witness, Whalen, when he arrived on the scene. She denies she talked to him.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6161559

Where are you getting your information.

BTW - citizen Gates has no duty to the police, Policeman Crowley has a duty to Citizen Gates.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=6150586&mesg_id=6152508

[question everything]

16. Here

n an interview last night, Cambridge Police Commissioner Robert C. Haas said it was accurate that Whalen did not mention race in her 911 call. He acknowledged that a police report of the incident did include a race reference. The report says Whalen observed “what appeared to be two black males with backpacks on the front porch’’ of a Ware Street home on July 16.

That reference is there, said Haas, because the police report is a summary. Its descriptions - like the race of the two men - were collected during the inquiry, not necessarily from the initial 911 call, he said.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/07/27/gates_caller_didnt_cite_race_police_say/

[merh]

19. And read what I provided you

Whalen denies talking to Crowley.

Go read the article and Whalen's resent public statement at the link I provided to you.

[question everything]

20. You asked from where I got the information

that the police "summarized" the call and I provided the link and the paragraph. This can explain why Crowley used the "black men" description if it was part of the summary. For someone to flame it by saying that "Crowley lied" - that's just the typical exaggeration and flaming on DU.

We both agree that Whalen did not say there were "black men" in her call.

I was not there, you were not there. You can speculate how Crowley should have reacted but this is just that: speculations.

[merh]

21. The police summarized was the defense of Crowley's report

not any reference to what the 911 dispatchers told Crowley.

It is you that is speculating and distorting things

[JDPriestly]

10. Especially if you had to use a cane at the age of 58 -- and had

suitcases to deal with. A cane, the suitcases, the long trip, the airport (a nightmare in itself). You feel dirty. You just want a shower. And then you can't get the door open without ruining the screen. I would have been very irritable today. Now what is Officer Crowley's excuse. Or is he always that easily ticked off?

[JTFrog]

22. The dispatcher told the officer "unkown on the race, or one may be hispanic, not sure".

*edit to add link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITl55WTyIRY

[marshall]

3. Talk about a nosy neighbor

She gave a play by play description of every move the two men made. And if she thought they might live there why even call in the first place?

[Sanity Claws]

7. Because her neighbor wanted her to call

She said she wouldn't have even noticed anything if the upset neighbor hadn't pointed it out.

[BeyondGeography]

5. Too bad she helped out the old neighbor

Made her life into a living hell for a week or so there. Last time she does that, I'm sure.

[Sanity Claws]

9. The 911 Operator

didn't sound too swift and sounded a bit rude, IMHO.

[proReality]

12. I agree with you, and...

...what difference does it make to dispatchers if someone is black, white or Hispanic? To even ask that sounds to me like each race will be "handled" differently.

[NOLALady]

15. For identification, not discrimination.

...what difference does it make to dispatchers if someone is black, white or Hispanic?

[proReality]

18. Having two cops in my family, I wouldn't be so certain it was

for identification. Not after the stories I've heard them tell.

[PretzelWarrior]

14. this woman sounds like she knows it's a borderline call she's making.

I seriously wonder how 911 dispatcher sends this across to field units. Does he say, "Investigate a possible break in"? Does he mention anything about ethnicity? It is curious.

[mzteris]

17. so did she see it or not?

She says at the beginning that the OTHER woman saw it and told her, then she describes seeing it herself. At least that's the way it came across to me.

[stlsaxman]

23. "She's a concerned neighbor, i guess.."

Helpful people are a nuisance.