A first for a black-centered (Gates) story?

[question everything]

Neither Jesse Jackson nor Al Sharpton held court at the "scene of the event" expressing their opinion, calling for... whatever.

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[Taverner]

1. Well its really not a "black" issue but a civil rights one

I mean, does it really matter what race a guy is if they can prove ID and are arrested anyway?

Fascism is fascism.

[geckosfeet]

2. So are you disappointed or just expressing your feelings for Sharpton and Jackson?

[Eric J in MN]

3. 'Al Sharpton rips Cambridge cops'

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http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1186039

Sharpton, who said he has spoken with a “shaken” Gates, said Gates did identify himself to police. Sharpton said the incident was witnessed by a Harvard University police officer, and called that officer’s failure to intervene on Gates’ behalf “unthinkable and intolerable.”

“I think it’s indicative at best of an overreaction by police,” Sharpton said. “At worst it could be profiling. Either way, it’s wrong.”

Even more disturbing, he said, is that such an incident would occur in the nation’s progressive bastion, popularly known as the People’s Republic of Cambridge.

“If this can happen at Harvard, what does it say about the rest of the country?” Sharpton said. “Henry Louis Gates is the pre-eminent African-American scholar in the country. If they can do this to him, imagine what they can do to a kid in Roxbury.”
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[question everything]

4. Thanks. Was too much to hope, I suppose

It was disgusting the way he talked during Michael Jackson's funeral.

[Life Long Dem]

5. Just for President Obama.

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[question everything]

6. LOL. With a black president and a black governor

Deval Patrick of MA, they really would need to step back.

[Karenina]

7. Your slip is showing...

[bobbolink]

8. .

:rofl:

:applause:

[Uzybone]

9. it sure is

this Gates incident is bringing a lot of them out of the woodwork.

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10. The real reason the charges were dropped...

The Rev. Al Sharpton is taking up the banner of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. accusing Cambridge cops of racism for arresting Gates, vowing to stand by his side at an arraignment next month.

Even Gates must have winced and face palmed himself when he heard that one.

[question everything]

11. And a sigh of relief that charges were dropped

and he will be spared this embarrassment.

[EFerrari]

12. This thread should get the Black Leader Bashing Duzy for the Week.

I volunteer to PM it to JeffR.