It doesn't look like the cop recognized him or knew who he is. If this had happened in Chicago to some young black man, the man would have been beaten with a hose and burned on a radiator. I'm quite sensitive to civil rights issues. I just don't see it here. If the event leads to Gates making a documentary on racial profiling, then a lot of good has come from it.
do u expect to be taken seriously. how could u say that ur sensitive to civil rights issues yet a 58 year old black man who walks with an assistance of a cane is arrested in his own home even after he presented ID. dont u think its a civil rights issue?
This isn't a race issue. It's a cop issue. Anyone whose dealt with cops knows that if a cop is coming out somewhere, someone is probably getting arrested.
I don't jump to conclusions based upon the races of the people involved. It's a he said/he said story. As a juror in the court of public opinion, I can only try my best to make sense of things as they've been presented after the fact, and in the public record. The cop is a trained observer and recorder of events, in his favor. Gates is a highly respected and most impressive man. The facts are: 1) Gates was breaking into his home 2) It's understandable that a neighbor would call the cops, it's a neighborly thing to do 3) Cop shows up, a heated exchange occurs (and it seems one-sided, frankly) 4) The race card is blatantly played 5) The cop arrested Gates for disorderly conduct, a minor charge 6) Charges against Gates dropped, apology offered. From all this, my sense is Gates resented the hassle or lack of recognition and played the race card, got all hot and bothered, and the cop made a judgment call to give Gates his money's worth. I suspect that if Gates had been respectful and not played the race card, the cop would have ended up leaving in rather short order. There's been nothing presented anywhere that says the cop is a racist, used racial language, insulted Gates in some deliberate way, etc.
I guess I can understand what he was trying to do. I just don't agree with how he did it. For someone as intelligent and educated as himself, it came off too much like the pandering antics of Jackson/Sharpton.
u dont see race? no fucking way because it permeates our societies. in our white settler societies of america, canada and australia- the original settlers extrimenated the natives by disease and massacre (95% in the america's within the first 100 years), then in the southern united states and lower canada- we forcibly removed africans from their native lands and disemboweled them of their language and religion, then forcibly conscripted them into a life of slavery. u guys later fought a war over it. moreover, americans lived in a segregated america within the last 40 years and blacks were reduced to second class citizens under jim crow. now disparities around employment equity; police brutality and access to education as well as health care are the 21st premutations of racism. we cant escape race, its an inevitable reality for every coloured person in these white settler societies who set up shop to enshrine their own superiority. the most important point u made were that charges were dropped and apology given. to reiterate- obdurate police depts dont do that unless there was gross misconduct. so the logical deduction would be that the officer transgressed.
There is messed up shit going on everywhere. Country enslaving countries, Nazi's killing Jews, Sunni's killing Shi'ites, Palestinians and Jews going at each other, untouchable castes, Dictator governments like Pol Pot having mass murders, Dictatorships in African countries, and witch hunts. If you want to look at any countries history, I bet it has its share of retarded garbage that has gone on.
i was watching cnn and they said that the police officer requested prof gates to come outside so that he could arrest him for disorderly conduct because u cant arrest someone for disorderly conduct inside your own home. absolutely disgusting!!! shame!!!
BS. I've seen plenty of people be arrested for disorderly conduct in their own home. What a shock, cops not following procedures, and then having their actions protected in court.
I got a traffic ticket I thought was unjustified. I went to court and fought it. When the case was over, the judge dismissed it and both he and the cop apologized. It happens. And no, I don't see race except the playing of the race card. Here in San Diego, the cops arrest people on their patios if they're drinking underage.
Cop who arrested black scholar is profiling expert Crowley was the officer who gave CPR to Reggie Lewis.
So this cop had no training with "how to deal with people" right deception? Nevermind he was hand picked by a black man to teach a class on how to deal with people! Gates also refused to show ID at first.... keep twisting that story deception....
What I don't understand is the original neighbor calling and saying there were two young black males breaking into a house. What happened to the other guy?
This Crowley sure is a racist...teaching a class on how to avoid racial profiling, trying to save a black mans life with cpr, his black superior saying he has the highest respect for him and that he is a role model...lock this racist up and throw away the key!
It's funny. Ever since the incident, the media here has been digging for dirt on the officer and all they can find is more and more evidence of how great of a person and police officer he has been throughout his life. I think Gates picked the wrong person to victimize in order to push his agenda. I'm really disappointed in Obama for speaking out in support of this guy's pathetic tactics.
