Yes! I thought it was interesting that Obama was so quick to respond!
It's an unfortunate incident but I would have expected both a Harvard University Professor and a Cambridge Police Sargent who teaches a course on racial profiling to have handled this situation better.
The bottom line---the guy shouldn't have been arrested. I think the most telling detail is that no police report describes the situation where they had their guns drawn. Any potential burglary would have resulted in police taking all precautions to protect themselves against these potential intruders.
If there was no threat to them----that tells me they had the responsibility to calm the situation. Cuffing and booking him was extreme and unnecessary. How about once they got his ID and found out he owned the place---just apologize and go away. In this case police took his resistance personally.
Obama was right to call this s stupid act.
IMO
My feeling is that the cop didn't do anything wrong and even if he did why did Obama get involved?
Divide and conquer maybe?
This is just red meat for the birth certificate crowd Stevie and Obama needs to learn how not to fall in these type of traps. Now it is 24/7 on all neo-con news stations when healthcare was the topic. What the hell did that question have to do with healthcare? Who gives a shit about two people in an alleged breakin that happens every five seconds in this country? Obama should have known better. He is starting to fall for this silly shit like that jackass Kerry. He should know the Republicans are self centered and couldn't give two shits about the country or their fellow man. They enjoy stuff like this so it clouds the real issues. The issues that are so fuked up because of them.
The bottom line---the guy shouldn't have been arrested. I think the most telling detail is that no police report describes the situation where they had their guns drawn. Any potential burglary would have resulted in police taking all precautions to protect themselves against these potential intruders.
If there was no threat to them----that tells me they had the responsibility to calm the situation. Cuffing and booking him was extreme and unnecessary. How about once they got his ID and found out he owned the place---just apologize and go away. In this case police took his resistance personally.
Obama was right to call this s stupid act.
IMO
This seems to be the on point comment of this thread to me. Admittedly I don't know the specifics here, but I do know from the initial post that Wayne is fervently hoping this is something he can continually bring up the right reverend about, and make seem as bad as possible.
You are frankly a little predictable these days, Wayne, and the race thing just always goes back to the reverend, and I try to give you more credit than basic racism. Tough to do, sometimes, though.
For the record, I think this is something Obama should have shied away from, and not turned into a profiling issue. That's as much a racist thing as anything, and he doesn't need to weigh in on everything with an opinion, especially something so volatile, and personal.
you have got to be kidding me, the professor should have been maced, fuckin loudmouth jerkoff RACIST professor the officer was right and Obama/professor are dead wrong. a call was made about a burgularly, the professor acted like an asshole and should have been arrested. this man running our country is the biggest racist on earth, why the fuck is he talking about an incident that happened that is a private matter, the professor knew he was lawfully in HIS OWN HOUSE ON HIS OWN PROPERTY and thought that the cop wasn't going to arrest him.
So far looks like we got--Sharpten-Ogletree -Obama and a few here on the profiling band wagon-defending gates--
In case anyone interested on concensus in Cambridge-
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/re...s_gates_demands_apology_sensitivity_training/
Herald Pulse
What went wrong in the arrest of Harvard?s Henry Louis Gates Jr.?
9% - It was racial profiling
22% - Police were doing their job
45% - Gates was out of line
8% - Police were out of line
16% - Both were out of line
Poll Closed: 2009-07-23
Total 8,168
--by the way in case you don't know who ogletree is -pic below with Obama
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this man running our country is the biggest racist on earth
I think we all know who currently owns that title.
Sponge, think of this. That reporter that asked the question is an old friend of his from Chicago. I think he wanted the question.
I agree the Neocons love this stuff.
you have got to be kidding me, the professor should have been maced, fuckin loudmouth jerkoff RACIST professor the officer was right and Obama/professor are dead wrong. a call was made about a burgularly, the professor acted like an asshole and should have been arrested.
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