Posted on 07/22/2009 11:19:01 PM PDT by myknowledge
PRESIDENT Barack Obama said police had acted "stupidly" in arresting a prominent black Harvard University scholar at his own home, weighing in on escalating debate over the treatment of minorities by US law enforcement officers.
Mr Obama acknowledged at a prime-time White House news conference, he did not know all the facts about the arrest last week of Henry Louis Gates at his residence in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
But reciting details from news reports, Mr Obama left little doubt he felt Mr Gates had been wronged in the incident, which has created a media furor.
Mr Gates, a renowned expert on race whom Mr Obama described as a friend, was detained for alleged disorderly conduct - a charge that was quickly dropped - after a confrontation with a white police officer inside his own house.
"I don't know - not having been there and not seeing all the facts - what role race played in that, but I think it's fair to say, number one, any of us would be pretty angry," Mr Obama said when asked about the case.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailytelegraph.com.au ...
To hell with race and skin color when you're being arrested by cops.
Mr Obama joked that if he ever tried to "jimmy the lock" at his current address - the White House - "I'd get shot."
Bwa hah hah hah. Very funny, Zero.
I don’t think this will play that well in Mass.
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Somehow, I don't think the Secret Service finds words like these uttered by the _resident particularly funny.
whether it be OJ Simpson, Michael Jackson, Marion Barry, or any corrupt black politician or Obama...they will resist and ignore overwhelming empirical observation that insists something is wrong and continue to support, nay applaud the black individual in question to the bitter end.
such loyalty to one skin kinsmen could arguably be deemed noble in harder times but is still intellectually dishonest and endears no one outside that race
but being soft as putty about race like most whites are and willing to fall on any race sword available isn't very helpful either
wonder how all this will turn out one day?
bad
Wait a minute, Obamarx says he doesn’t know all the facts but the cops acted stupidly?
Who’s the stupid one??? And did I mention classeless? Imbecile? All that.
I wonder if Obama has any idea what he has started with his stupid remarks.
Thank God the Idiot weighed in.
He’s not even smart enough to know where the door is, no way he could “jimmy” a lock.
BO just continues to step on his own crank at every opportunity.
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Never in the history of the nation has there ever been a more uncouth, low brow, classless, demeaning, hypocritical, divisive, disingenuous, smug, arrogant, and rude occupant in the White House.
Relatively safe bet there, actually. After all, the cop is likely a member of a union, unions got The One elected, and libtards never have been shy about insulting their supporters.
The police should release a statement, vowing never to question anyone (much less arrest anyone) for breaking into the racist professor’s house. That should make everyone happy.
He’s inciting racial hatred of whites.
Yeah, when the police saw someone breaking into a house, that really was stupid. And so was the comment that if
BO tried to jimmy the lock at the White House he’d get shot. What an irresponsible class-less comment. Talk about victim mentality, here he is the Prez and he is still whining about being black. Well, WAA-WAA-WAA. Put on your big boy pants and quick acting like an imbecile.
BO = a$$clown
The real racists are the ones that continue over and over to play the victim. This prof has it down to a science, too.
And that is how they will ram everything down our throats and that is why the media panders to them. Because if they question ANYTHING they are beating up on poor Bambo.
Oh, yeah, and that “I won, so I’ll trump you on that” What a JERK. Oh, but glory hallelujah!!! We have a black dude in the WH so all is well.
Good grief!
oops! folks, there's a bullsh!t flag on the play.
I guess he is an expert at pontificating that all white's are racist.
Color me tired of this crap but since the alleged election of Barak I thought that race relations had improved in the States, or is it just that these renowned experts can't stand on their own merits and have to play the race card when the proverbial pooch gets screwed.
I’d be surprised if the majority of police officers voted for this guy. I only know of a few that I work with and some of them already regret it.
I told them he was a moron/socialist.
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