Obama Remark on Black Scholar's Arrest Angers Cops Nationwide

FoxNews ^ | July 24, 2009

[Sammy67]

BOSTON — Many police officers across the country have a message for President Barack Obama: Get all the facts before criticizing one of our own. Obama's public criticism that Cambridge officers "acted stupidly" when they arrested black Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. could make it harder for police to work with people of color, some officers said Thursday.

It could even set back the progress in race relations that helped Obama become the nation's first African-American president, they said.

"What we don't need is public safety officials across the country second-guessing themselves," said David Holway, president of the International Brotherhood of Police Officers, which represents 15,000 public safety officials around the country. "The president's alienated public safety officers across the country with his comments."

Gates was arrested July 16 by

[Chet 99]

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Police have to die protecting Obama but he doesn’t give a shit about them.

My son’s a cop and a combat veteran of Iraq. Now he has to protect Obama’s band of lunatics and possibly die for it. He’s a professional. Obama is not.

What is wrong with this situation?

[Jet Jaguar]

[R0CK3T]

Like the song goes...

"Every cop is a criminal, and all the sinners saints"

[gov_bean_ counter]

Is Stupidity an impeachable offense???

[carumba]

acted stupidly

The cosmic boomerang of justice is returning. Life reflects what we say and do. It reveals what is inside.

[R0CK3T]

Given 0bama get to select enough new Supreme Court Justices, Stupid Liberals could some day become a “legally protected” class.

[Red Steel]

Sgt. Joe Friday: just the facts Obama just the facts.

[knarf]

Notice to all police ...

No, you DON'T have to protect zero.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

My son is in the first line of police defense in DC. You wouldn’t believe the nuts has sometimes has to protect. Can’t give you any specifics.

One of the few people he was protecting to thank him was former British PM Tony Blair. Some of the Obama people treat him like a rent-a-cop.

Gen. Tommy Frank’s thanked him for his service in Iraq.

Obama only does it to our soldiers on ocassion when its a photo-op.

I got more respect from North Vietnamese POWS, VC defectors, and senior NVA defectors in Nam than I have gotten from the mainstream media and the Obama voters.

As George Kennedy in the police movie of many years ago would say, “Thumpers Up”!

[truthguy]

The public should be outraged but they won't be. At least not the majority of them will be outraged. Here we have a president who says he doesn't know the facts of the case but the cops acted stupidly. Well why did he comment if he didn't know all the facts. How reckless can you get?

I hope some of the fools that voted for him are starting to realize how stupid they were. I hope it bothers them soon, to a VERY great degree and for a VERY long time. The Obama voters deserve every bad thing that happens to them but the rest of us do not.

[Bellflower]

Typical Ob MO, race bait and cause divisions with wanton disregard for truth.

[rawcatslyentist]

INDONESIAN GO HOME!

[jonrick46]

Zer0 is making political capital with the myth of racial profiling. He is using it to stir up a new round of racial conflict. Marxists like it when there is there is social tension and conflict. Lawyers like it when they can make big settlements on bogus racial profiling lawsuits. Black organizations like the NAACP like it when their lawyers make big settlements on bogus racial profiling lawsuits.

Zer0 has sent a warning shot across the bow of every municipal police department that they're coming after them for racial profiling. In the case of racial profiling, one will have to use huge resources to prove that it did not happen. Groups like the NAACP know that Jesse Jackson style shakedowns will be going their way.

[Blind Eye Jones]

Obama tries to sound reasonable and that is his big plus with the media. But he isn't and indirectly you can see the cronism at work. Black oppression is what he cut his teeth on in church and it comes back to bite his ass. As much as he tries to qualify his statements they should be held against him as he has held remarks against Bush. It cuts two ways.

[Dov in Houston]

Obalama has finally “officially” crossed the line from a scam artist President elect to a racist fool. This statement he has made will haunt him for a long time.

[xtinct]

Obambi was seriously out of line here. And, how did he know so quickly that this local event happened? huh huh?

It has been glaringly obvious that whenever Obambi senses he's in trouble (poll numbers) something idiotic happens to distract the public from the REAL problem.

I believe that the Crowley/Gates incident was an intentional set up. The ONLY thing wrong with this picture is that it backfired big time.

Obambi and Gates picked on the wrong white cop. Crowley is an expert on profiling. He teaches a course to other police personell on the subject. He gave mouth to mouth resuscitation to Reggie Lewis in the 90s.

Health Care Reform is failing. Obambi is in crisis mode. Rahm Emmanuel said, "Never let a crisis get in the way."

This incident is straight from the Democratic playbook... create a problem... solve a problem

[freeangel]

Ha! Wait until they find out 0’s plan for replacing them with his own brand of “civil servants”. LOL Didn’t they support him as he ran for POTUS?

[DeaconRed]

"This incident is straight from the Democratic playbook... create a problem... solve a problem

If Zero apologizes then he wins. Look for Zero to apologize for speaking without knowing the facts.
This complete incident was 100% planned from the start to get zeros poll numbers up^. - GUARANTEED