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For those who say that the police admitted that the arrest was "inappropriate", please show me that newscast or article and I will gladly eat my words. All of the coverage that I read said "unfortunate". Those are two completely different words.
For those of you who didnt get a chance to educate yourselves before bashing him, Officer Crowley has taught a racial profiling course in this state for the last 5+ years. He teaches racial sensitivity and teaches other officers how NOT TO PROFILE.
15 years ago he was a univeristy police officer and was one of the first on scene performing mouth to mouth and cpr, trying to save Reggie Lewis (of Boston Celtics) who suffered a cardiac arrest on their campus playing basketball. Reggie Lewis was black.
Officer Crowley was called to a house on a reported breaking and entering. It doesnt matter... black.. white.. green or purple, you are required by law to show proper identification when lawfully asked. Failure to do so, or giving an officer flase information is arrestable in itself. FYI... the house was broken into earlier which was why Gates was having trouble gaining entry.
When you start screaming and threatening, yes, you are violating a broad reaching law... DISTURBING THE PEACE. Sorry, go directly to jail, do not collect $200.
The charges were dropped to save Gates and everyone else a media show of crazy proportion. He's not a career criminal or a violent person (that I know of). Murders plead their cases down. Why not just throw this out. The worst he would get would be a stern talking to if found guilty. Why waste everyones time and a boatload of money???
His police chief and his union have stood behind him. His fellow officers have stood behind him. And before you conspiracy theorists jump on me, many of this officers were BLACK. I see a lot of people on here that just want to bash cops to bash cops. If anyone was profiling, it was Gates. Yes, cops all wear the same uniform, but they are not all made from the same cloth.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/...072109.article
Well along with unfortunate, this article says regrettable. You don't regret something done in an appropriate manner. Let me know how those words taste. Down here in Richmond the brothers use hot sauce on everything, I suggest Texas Pete
Pretty much on point, except the President never called the cop stupid, but said he acted stupidly, which he did (both parties did). As he (Obama) said when he allegedly "backtracked", he could've metered his words better, but I watched Obama's speech and even a racist redneck could tell he basically meant the officer could've handled it better, not that the officer was stupid. I guess there's really no stage to grandstand on if you direct your anger to the person responsible for this whole mess, so you chose the police department. Nice.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jessica Davis
Hi yosi. Thanks for responding. I believe I already said a few time in the prior pages that no one knows what was going on in Crowley’s head when he arrested Gates, and it may take Crowley himself sometime to sort it all out. In his career, I’m sure Crowley had to put up with lots of upset, outraged people and was able to handle them without overstepping the appropriate bounds of the law. We will never know what it was about Gates in particular that got under Crowley’s craw. It may be racism. It may be hyper-sensitivity to being called a racist. It may be ego. It may have been a bad night. It may be a whole complex of emotions. I’m not ruling out racism, but I’m not saying it’s definitely racism and nothing but. We do agree that whatever the reason, the arrest was regrettable.Quote:
you are right trish , that was a capricous action on the police side, but it had nothing to do with racism.
Someone said a few pages back that we have to choose our battles and this is not one we should be fighting. I admit, that advice gave me pause. I agree that Gates should let it go now. Suing will reap no social benefits. Gates already fought his small battle, in his living room and on his porch. It was a minor scuffle and he won. This is probably what we should all do. Pick our battles, yes. But let’s not be cowards and watch our rights erode to nothing.
Someone also complained a few pages back that racism isn’t dead, and that whites are victims of it as well. That’s true. Black policemen have been known to brutalize Latinos, Latinos have been known to brutalize blacks. People of color do hold the high ground here.
I have to agree with deee, you don't regret behaving appropriately. Moreover, prosecutors don't drop charges simply because they're unfortunate.
If anything, he should've acted capriciously. What he did was arrest someone who was arrestable, when he should have acted on his IMPULSE to let the shit go. What he did was follow protocol, like so many non-empathetic Americans do in their jobs everyday, which is the exact opposite of capriciousness (and will aid in the demise of this once great country).Quote:
Originally Posted by yosi
Oh, so it's police protocol to arrest someone when you're getting hot under the collar. Good to know. You're a laugh riot, sucka4chix.
Ok nobody else use the word "capricious" or any of its variations.
Yea, you learned something! Maybe it'll keep you from being arrested one day!Quote:
Originally Posted by trish
Of the things this incident has exposed, we now without doubt can see who the true racists are, not the least of which include the current occupier of the Office of the Presidency