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Cambridge cops support Crowley 2:56CNN's Don Lemon speaks with several Cambridge police officers who pledge their support for Sgt. Crowley.

Mayor Simmons’ Response To Charges Against Professor Gates Dropped I am very pleased that the charges of disorderly conduct levied against Harvard University Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. have been dropped. The City of Cambridge, the Cambridge Police Department, and Professor Gates have released a joint statement that acknowledges “….the incident of July 16, 2009 was regrettable and unfortunate.” As the parties involved have placed this matter behind them, it seems appropriate for our community to do the same. The incident did illustrate that Cambridge must continue finding ways to address matters of race and class in a frank, honest,...

President Obama, Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. and Vernon Jordan weigh in on the Henry Louis Gates Jr. incident.

The police associations voiced their unanimous support for Sgt. Crowley today in a press conference, stating that President Obama "used the right adjectives, but directed (them) to the wrong party" and asked for both President Obama and Governor Patrick to "make an apology to all law enforcement officers." Consequently, due to the "unfortunate" "media frenzy" ignited by his own words, President Obama made a surprise appearance in today's daily press briefing to inform America that he just spoke with Sgt. Crowley. Obama stated that this is a "teachable moment" for all to take more time to listen however he "continues...

'Scofflaw' Obama has history with 'stupid' Cambridge police Condemns action of officer at department that ticketed prez 17 times while a student -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: July 24, 2009 2:00 pm Eastern © 2009 WorldNetDaily President Obama, who targeted the Cambridge, Mass., police department with his comment that one of its officers acted "stupidly" in the arrest of a black man, has a history with the department dating from his college years to as recently as the launch of his presidential campaign. Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. was arrested July 16 by Cambridge police Sgt. James Crowley, who responded when a...

The commissioner of the Cambridge, Massachusetts, police department said Thursday he "deeply regrets" the arrest of prominent black Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., but stands by the procedures followed by his department. "I believe that Sgt. [James] Crowley acted in a way that is consistent with his training at the department, and consistent with national standards of law enforcement protocol," Commissioner Robert Haas said, referring to the officer who made the July 16 arrest at the professor's home. "I do not believe his actions in any way were racially motivated," Haas said at a news conference. Gates was...

According Boston.com July 23, 2009 the President is ‘surprised’ by the controversy surrounding his remark that the Cambridge police acted ‘stupidly’ in the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. No one could be more surprised at the president’s choice of words than the rest of us. The President is among other things the chief law enforcement official in the land. It is un-nerving if not completely mind boggling to hear him refer to the actions of a police department as ‘stupid.’ Even if their actions were completely asinine couldn’t we expect a little more self control and reserve...

The Cambridge and area police unions voiced their support Friday for Sgt. James Crowley and called for an apology from President Obama for saying officers "acted stupidly" for arresting black Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. at his home. "His remarks were obviously misdirected but made it worse yet by suggesting somehow this case should remind us of a history of racial abuse by law enforcement," Dennis O'Connor, president of the Cambridge Police Superior Officers Association, said at a news conference. O'Connor also referred to statements made by Governor Deval Patrick -- the state's first black governor -- who called...

From the moment a police officer dons that uniform, he/she becomes a symbol of authority, and it becomes obvious very quickly that most people in a free country resent authority. It could be the guy who gets pulled over for speeding or passing a red light; it could be the guy who's clobbering his wife during a family dispute, or it could be a guy who breaking into a residence that turns out to be his. Although these are situations in which the police must take action, their authority will usually be resented. It's the type of job in which...

The police sergeant who arrested Harvard University Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. last week in his own home may be considering a defamation lawsuit against Gates who has implied his arrest was racially motivated. Alan McDonald, who represents Sgt. James Crowley, said the veteran cop who teaches a racial profiling class for rookie police officers has not ruled out filing a defamation of character or libel lawsuit. "He is exploring all of his options,'' McDonald told ABC News. Though...

Holway: President's Remarks Regarding "Gates Incident" Totally Inappropriate July 23, 2009 IBPO National President David J. Holway released a statement today responding to President Barack Obama’s remarks regarding the Henry Louis Gates, Jr. incident in Cambridge, Mass., calling Mr. Obama’s remarks “totally inappropriate.” He also wrote a letter to Mr. Obama, seeking an apology for those remarks. President Holway's Statement: The President’s comments on the situation regarding the interaction between a personal friend and the Cambridge, Massachusetts, police were totally inappropriate. Mr. Obama’s use of the bully pulpit of the presidency, and his choice of verbiage on a matter about...

One reason Barack Obama may think the Cambridge Police Department is "stupid" is that he has a grudge against the law enforcement agency. Obama, who attended Harvard Law School from 1988 to 1991, lived in Cambridge, and apparently didn't like the fact he was frequently hit with parking tickets. In all Obama received 17 tickets for parking violations -- and never paid 15 of them until he was exposed by a local Massachusetts newspaper as a scofflaw.

One reason Barack Obama may think the Cambridge Police Department is "stupid" is that he has a grudge against the law enforcement agency. Obama, who attended Harvard Law School from 1988 to 1991, lived in Cambridge, and apparently didn't like the fact he was frequently hit with parking tickets. In all Obama received 17 tickets for parking violations -- and never paid 15 of them until he was exposed by a local Massachusetts newspaper as a scofflaw. According to a 2007 Associated Press story, Obama was a parking ticket deadbeat for more than a decade -- and only felt the...

Was on at the top of the hour on the Gates/Obama fiasco.

The Cambridge police commissioner said today his department is “deeply pained” by President Obama’s comments about the arrest of a prominent Harvard University professor a week ago today. “It deeply hurts the pride of this agency,” said Commissioner Robert Haas. ‘’This department is deeply pained.”

Really? Truly this must be a mistake! With an economy in crisis and unemployment projected to worsen, does mentioning an incident in Cambridge, MA really solve any problems? Or does it instead escalate a story onto the national stage that should have been buried days ago, adding fuel to the fire of race relations. After doing diligent investigation, Obama recited the story to the American public in the following fashion. "My understanding is that Professor Gates then shows his I.D. to show that this is his house and, at that point, he gets arrested for disorderly conduct, charges which are...

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,...

The Cambridge cop prominent Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. claims is a racist gave a dying Reggie Lewis mouth-to-mouth resuscitation in a desperate bid to save the Celtics [team stats] superstar’s life 16 years ago Monday. “I wasn’t working on Reggie Lewis the basketball star. I wasn’t working on a black man. I was working on another human being,” Sgt. James Crowley, in an exclusive interview with the Herald, said of the forward’s fatal heart attack July 27, 1993, at age 27 during an off-season practice at Brandeis University, where Crowley was a campus police officer.

[‘I said, are you doing this because I’m a black man in America? Are you doing this because you’re a white police officer and I am a black man?” - Prof. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. recounting a conversation with his arresting officer in Cambridge.] - italics So what if the cop had been BLACK? What if Sgt. James Crowley happened to be one of Cambridge’s 41 black police officers rather than bearing as he does the affliction of whiteness? If a black police sergeant responded to the call of a possible breaking and entering, and asked Gates for some form...

Henry Louis Gates Jr., director of Harvard University's W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research, retained a lawyer. Why? He claims cops in Cambridge, Mass., racially profiled him. Here's what happened. Gates, "one of the nation's pre-eminent African-American scholars," writes The Boston Globe, was arrested about 1 p.m. at his home near Harvard Square by Cambridge police investigating a possible break-in. "The incident," says the Globe, "raised concerns among some Harvard faculty that Gates was a victim of racial profiling." "Friends of Gates," writes the Globe, "said he was already in his home when police arrived. He...