He is lying about the Prof Gates thing!!!
He lies about everything. It’s pathological.
Something tells me the Skip Gates arrest was created for media consumption. He needs to inject the race issue into the debate to get what he wants.
And why would he call the Cambridge police “stupid?” This question was set up at the end so he could pull the race card and get blacks and Hispanics to support him. This is brazen nonsense. Sweet is not a reporter.
The proff got ARRESTED for disorderly conduct
NOT FOR a B&E
This wasn’t profiling...it was that the PROFF acted like a jackhole
So much for post-racial.... He could have answered that much more diplomatically without stirring up racial tensions.
From the police report by Officer Figueroa:
“The Sgt., along with the gentleman, were now on the porch of __ Ware St. and again he was shouting, now to the onlookers (about seven) “THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS TO BLACK MEN IN AMERICA”! The gentleman refused to listen as to why the Cambridge police were there. While on the porch, the gentleman refused to be cooperative and continued shouting that the Sgt. is racist police officer.”
It appears Gates was trying to provoke the gathering crowd of onlookers against the police officers.
At that point, when Gates is trying to incite others against the police, it was completely appropriate for police to nip that in the bud immediately for the safety of all present.
All it takes is one ACORN-type in the crowd to react to Gates and try to physically confront a police officer for the situation to quickly get out of control, with the potential for serious injury to someone.
The police should be commended for putting the safety of all present first and foremost.