[onemiddleamerican]

At 5:41 in the tape link you provided, I can hear the cop (Crowley ?) saying "Henry Louis Gates, Junior..." and in the background I hear what I presume to be Gates interrupting loudly and saying, "No, I want..." while the cop is still trying to relay information. At the same time Gates is yelling about what he wants, the cop is saying, "...of the Harvard property" and the cop's mike then clicks off.

The cop's comment is (without Gates' interruption), "Henry Louis Gates, Junior, of the Harvard property."

Gates was loud on the little bit of audio at that link; and I can certainly understand why the cop walked outside so he could get a clear and uninterrupted message to his colleague on the radio.

Obama was way out of line declaring that the cops acted stupidly.

Gates was loud and unruly, obnoxious, arrogant... I think I would have yelled at the fool and told him to STFU so I could get the matter cleared up with my supervisors and the Harvard police.

Thanks for posting that link.

[ColdWater]

Obama was way out of line declaring that the cops acted stupidly.

He was right on HIS line.