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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Police Report
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Posted on 07/23/2009 8:37:45 AM PDT by COUNTrecount

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Police Report

"I'll speak with your mama outside," Harvard prof told Cambridge cops

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)


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KEYWORDS: cambridge; henrygates; leo; mrskippy
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To: COUNTrecount
The only stupid thing this cop did was give a darn about a possible robbery. I support the cop in this case, he was doing what they are supposed to do, trying to catch a bad guys in the act. He was not out playing revenue agent. I would like to see the charges reinstated.
21 posted on 07/23/2009 8:55:09 AM PDT by Mark was here (The earth is bipolar.)
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To: ChocChipCookie

You know, in one blow, Gates managed to make a fool of himself, expose himself as a racist, and do the same for Obama on national TV. Not a bad day at all.

not to mention their common friend the Governor of Massachusetts.
I’d like to see exactly what Gates disputes in this police report and point out where the racism lies.


22 posted on 07/23/2009 8:57:08 AM PDT by sox_the_cat
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To: ChocChipCookie

Gates is a bigot who abused cops. He needs to be in jail.

(And I generally dislike cops, and have had my own run-ins with Cambridge cops in my life.)


23 posted on 07/23/2009 8:58:39 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: rovenstinez

Here’s a link to the coverage in the online mag The Root. Oh, and by the way, the editor is Skippy Gates.
http://www.theroot.com/blogs/skips-gates-arrest/obama-says-officer-acted-stupidly-arrest-skip-gates


24 posted on 07/23/2009 8:58:43 AM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: ChocChipCookie
It is now patently clear that 0bama at his very core is a racist.

Gates is the WEB DuBois Black studies scholar.

WEB DuBois was a committed Marxist racist.

WEB DuBois was a member of the Communist Party.

My take on Gates is that he is a Marxist racist agitator.

These seem to be the tactics of Chicago street thugs and Acorn.


25 posted on 07/23/2009 8:58:46 AM PDT by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your law is my delight.)
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To: COUNTrecount

So glad you posted this. Everyone should read it before spouting off about this case (i.e. Obama).

What’s so ironic to me is at the end...where Gates says he can’t close the door properly because someone had recently tried to break in!

This police officer needs all the support he can get. It’s gonna get ugly for him, I’m afraid.


26 posted on 07/23/2009 8:59:24 AM PDT by AUJenn
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To: COUNTrecount

Maybe it’s just me - but his ‘neighbor’ didn’t know him on sight?

Strange - and a piece of the wnole puzzle. I may not be buddies with the all folks on the street, but I at least know them by sight. HOw about you?

If this were a big apt complext with a large turnover rate, this would be understandable.

But them again, since the neighbor was mentioned briefly so we don’t know how long they had been neighbors or oif either party was ‘new’ to the neighborhood. I guess we will never know.


27 posted on 07/23/2009 8:59:38 AM PDT by ASOC (Who is that fat lady? And why is she singing???)
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To: UriÂ’el-2012

When Gates said “You don’t know who you’re messing with” most of the officers I have known & worked with would have said: “Yes I do, you’re a self-important jackass with a big mouth”! And of course, they would be right!


28 posted on 07/23/2009 9:02:11 AM PDT by Batman11 (Chicago, Land of Lincoln who freed the slaves and Land of Obama who enslaved the free.)
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To: COUNTrecount

He’s a friend of the president and as such may do whatever he wants to whomever he chooses to do it to. AND we all know that white males, particularly any in positions of authority, are bad bad bad. /s


29 posted on 07/23/2009 9:02:36 AM PDT by Hi Heels (Now here at the Rock we have two rules. Rule #1 obey all rules. Rule #2 no writing on the walls...)
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To: 9YearLurker
This man is no scholar. He got his prof.credentials by intimidating and yelling racism and being soothed by the white guilt purveyors at Harvard.

I have seen some of Gates' pronouncements through the years, and he makes the white KKK look like Girl Scouts for racial hatred.

I totally disrespect Harvard for allowing this man to spew his hatred to PAYING students in the name of academia.

vaudine

30 posted on 07/23/2009 9:02:42 AM PDT by vaudine
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To: ASOC

I’m a white middle aged guy. From as early as I can remember I was taught always treat a policeman with respect and do what he says becuase you don’t want a confrontation.
If I was forcing my door and the PD showed up I would provide ID and thank them for being on top of things.


31 posted on 07/23/2009 9:05:18 AM PDT by ozdragon
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
Obama's remarks had the authority of a lawyer who knew the specifics of the applicable law, and it gave him the chance to spotlight an initiative he worked on ardently while in the Illinois state senate, where he wrote a bill to deal with racial profiling by police officers. But his comments also carried special resonance because he is a black man in America.

Stop! You're killing me!

32 posted on 07/23/2009 9:05:49 AM PDT by Walmartian
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To: Conservative_Jedi

I believe it was Mr. Gates DRIVER!!


33 posted on 07/23/2009 9:06:08 AM PDT by Texas4ever (God is in control!)
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To: COUNTrecount

As with most of black America, Gates has a huge chip on their shoulder. His good friend B.Hussein Obama is no different.


34 posted on 07/23/2009 9:10:24 AM PDT by Reagan Man ("In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.")
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To: COUNTrecount

I think most of us would have been thankful for the police response to a possible break in at our home. Gladly we would have proved we were the homeowner breaking in for whatever reason. But from all appearances, and for whatever his excuse, Gates was obviously posed for a confrontation.

Now, imagine if Gate’s home had actually been broken into while he was abroad. His valuables stolen by thieves who just happened to be black. But a neighbor, who witnessed the break-in, didn’t call the police because the perps were black, and the neighbor knew Gates might perceive them as being racist if they called the police since it was black men breaking into his home.

Now that would be hilarious.


35 posted on 07/23/2009 9:10:51 AM PDT by takenoprisoner (Freedom Watch: fight for freedom with everything you have.)
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To: ASOC
Maybe it’s just me - but his ‘neighbor’ didn’t know him on sight?

According to what's been posted here, he had just moved in and that is why no one recognized him.

36 posted on 07/23/2009 9:11:33 AM PDT by freespirited (Honk if you miss Licorice.)
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To: AUJenn
Everyone should read it before spouting off about this case (i.e. Obama).

Well since you decided to "spout off" apparently solely on the basis of a police report by a government functionary (police never distort such reports do they?, let me ask if you read Gates' account?

37 posted on 07/23/2009 9:13:18 AM PDT by Captain Kirk
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To: COUNTrecount

why oh WHY could COPS have not been shooting in Cambridge that day?


38 posted on 07/23/2009 9:14:15 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: OldNavyVet

bttt


39 posted on 07/23/2009 9:17:29 AM PDT by Guenevere
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To: Jewbacca

Gates is a bigot who abused cops. He needs to be in jail.

You don’t clearly understand the situation. Da won the lection and now it be “dare turin”.


40 posted on 07/23/2009 9:20:40 AM PDT by dusttoyou (Remember the Alamo Tea Party - PALIN 2012)
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