Possible racist women: A cop following normal procedure: A smartass who was asking to be thrown in jail with his remarks... Racial profiling exisits, but it doesnt seem like that cop was doing that, just possibly the lady who reported it
This isn't a race problem. The cop would have thrown a white man in jail for "breaking into his own home". Cops aren't held accountable for anything they do.
ill tell u what- i consider myself mild mannered but if a cop was insinuating i was breaking into my own home even after i presented my drivers license (as gates did)- i would have made it my prerogative to humiliate the cop. it doest matter how i speak to a cop, he's a public servant whose responsibilities are limited to enforcing the law, not arbitrary interpretations of it
we know the police dept dropped all charges and apologized publicly which deviates strongly from typical police dept practice of vigorously defending their personnel in spite of their overt bigotry.
Exactly. If this was just the average schmoe, a man would have been wrongfully charged with some bullshit like disorderly contact. This guy being who he was caused the police department to do the right thing, which they wouldn't have done if it was just some average guy. I think anyone whose dealt with police officers and the court system know that it's so corrupt, and that the police officers can do pretty much no wrong.
actually...i meant the exact opposite sounds like HE was the one already profiling the cop. HE was the one talking shit
To be fair, that's lifted from the police report. And cops frequently cover their own ass in the report. It's happened to people I know a bunch of times. Either way, one of these sides is full of B.S. We either have a racist police department covering their own ass or an Al Sharpton clone. The woman who called is definitely a racist bitch though.
u dont get it- whether he's a harvard professor or homeless black man, it still makes the actions of the police officers outrageous. and if u follow the news u would know that celebrities are often prosecuted more harshly just to make a point
No, you dont get it. Not every cop who talks to a black man about a possible crime is a racist...you and Chutney are taking the cynical side and the less probable side. The majority of cops are racist and bullshit on their police reports right? Sorry if I dont buy that.
"We've seen this before.... broke in and hung up pictures of his family... sprinkle some crack on him and let's get outta here."
What I don't understand is how they couldn't just easily verify that the guy was the owner with his id in his wallet. I mean god the driver's license would have the address right there. Cops have their power trips, it should have been easy enough to find out he wasn't breaking in. lmao! What is that from South Park?
a cop with reasonable suspicion can question a suspect but to insinuate a crime occurred in spite of the overwhelming evidence (i.e. drivers license, the pictures on the wall) is just bigoted and an arbitrary use of his powers as a public servant. i never said all cops were bigots, just some of them and they need to be weeded out or else the police officers encounter a legitimacy problem which is a lot bigger than the arrest of professor gates.
Dude, your just making stuff up now. Did it say the cop didnt believe him when he provided ID? No. All of the problems the owner of the house had was cause he kept insulting the cop anyway he could
im not fabricating the facts, they are the facts and hold up well independently. maybe u dont understand the duties of the police officer- they are public servants just like garbage men who derive their powers from the state and earn their money from the public purse; there in the protection business. when professor gates demonstrated he was the owner- the officer should have resumed his duties as a servant of the state and go on to his next call instead of calling more officers to subdue and arrest a 58 year old man. i will never venerate a public servant nor should anyone else.
