Posted on 07/25/2009 5:22:15 PM PDT by justkate
Sorry for the vanity but...
This morning (7/25) while watching America’s News HQ on Fox News, 2 guests were interviewed by Kelly Wright & Jamie Colby about the Gates/Crowley confrontation. One of the guests, a female prosecutor, clearly said,
“…he (meaning Gates) showed him (Crowley) his butt...”
At that point, Kelly Wright cut the woman off abruptly saying, “Now, we’re not going there.” The woman looked clearly perplexed & appeared to attempt a response. Wright , scowling, simply spoke over her until the camera moved to his other guest. I don't think the woman was heard from again during the segment.
Question: Did Gates used some obscene gesture (aka “mooning”) or perhaps pointed to that part of his anatomy, suggesting the officer kiss it? And is that why Crowley's Union lawyer said that the tapes might pick up Gates' tone and volume, "But it will not be the whole picture." (Boston Herald, "'Gates Tapes' May Reveal Angry Rants", By Richard Weir & Laura Crimaldi Saturday, July 25, 2009)
Kelly Wright’s somewhat hostile reaction to this guest left us stunned. It would have been far better had he let her finish the sentence so I didn't have to waste an entire Saturday trying the figger out what she was going to say before he cut her off.
I have looked all over hell n' gone for any reference to this exchange & found nothing. I never even got the names of the guests.
So, just hoping someone out there has this exchange recorded. Thanks.
Maybe Skip Gates has early Alzheimers? Or maybe he is just an angry old professor.
..if it wasn’t in the police report it didn’t happen
2 ways that could be taken- where I come from, “to show your butt” doesn’t necessarily mean to engage in the act of “mooning” but rather means you’re acting like an ass.
Maybe that’s what that legal gal meant and Kelly took it the other way!
Creating racism for a profession could drive him crazy.
Nah, our TOTUS is just an over spoken idiot.
Otherwise this whole scenario wouldn't be so overblown in the first place.
Never knew that...thanks.
I’m from CA and showing your butt means...showing your butt:)
It’s done quite a bit.
YEA!!!!!
I just relieved I am not alone in the universe
The PG-13 version is called "showin' out".
OK, so what if there is some dialogue on the tapes made during the arrest?
Ever hopeful here
It means "asking for a fight" and is used on the street for that meaning.
Kelley was very dismissive when he cut the Lady off and told her "we're not going there" ... he stated at that time he had experiences and stopped in mid sentence (alluding to he may have had unfavorable encounters with cops). Then went to the other guest very quickly! The woman was given more time later!
Jamie Colby looked perplexed and uncomfortable after that.
I watched this segment, and that is exactly what happned. Kelly Wright was merely protecting Fox News from a potential controversy.
How is it that the media has FAILED to interview a single person WHO WITNESSED this arrest? I haven’t even seen the neighbor interviewed.
I have been arrested in my life and the reason invariably was “showin’ my butt”. Sometimes folks grow up, sometimes they don’t.
I think that has already been taken care of....(silenced)....the officer did have his radio “on”...that is why Gates wants to “move on”
If he literally mooned Crowley, or even turned his back to him , and bent over to expose his (clothed) backside, it’s not good. BOTH suggest someone either drunk or way too full of himself and too provocative. Probably , along with the ranting and racist talk, the perfect candidate for handcuffs. I do hope the details of this come out.
Judging from Kelly Wright’s reaction...something is NOT supposed to be discussed.
He looked just like my Dad did when I asked why Uncle Frank never got married.
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