Sometimes you have to give the Devil his due. Obama was dead on right about the stupidity. Gates is dead on wrong about it being about race. The cop was stupid and when he knew Gates wasn’t a burglar, he should have left the premises, not lure Gates outside where he could perform an arrest without a warrant.
The cop just got his panties in a wad because someone was giving him grief and over reacted and illegally arrested Gates to show Gates who the boss was. Go read the arrest report.
There isn’t a cop in the country who doesn’t know what went down because it happens all the time. Same as the out-of-control Oklahoma cop who choked the emt, because he thought someone flipped him the bird.
parsy, who says again, IT ISN’T ABOUT RACE - IT’S ABOUT BEING IN THE COP’S FACE
Which is what got him arrested.
The cop was looking ofter Gate's safety, Gates yelled a racist epitaph at him and insulted his mother.
Being that irrational when police are investigating what may be a home break in isn't very smart.
Gates acted "stupidly."
I am sorry. I can't agree.
The next time your house is being broken into by robbers or rapists, and someone calls the cops, then tell me they over reacted.
All the man had to do was show an ID and be cooperative. The Cambridge PD (which is LIBERAL) is threatening to release the 911 and police scanner calls.
What does that tell you?
There is an immense difference from the Conservative "No More Wacos" mentallity towards police and authority, and simply being an ass. This racist "Professor" of a make work six figure job was the latter.
“illegally arrested Gates”???
Obviously you’ve never watched “Cops”, where they arrest people acting up for less than what Gates was allegedly doing—I’m waiting for the 911 tapes and the police recordings to be released to tell the REAL story here! But my gut feeling is that the cop ought to sue HolyO for slander!!