right, didnt say it on the 911 call but guessed at the scene when the officer asked her; would make sense. He conflates when writing the report, also understandable and probably quite innocent. Who would care if this had not become the hesaid/she said of race relations?
On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > > more on the story: > > > http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/07/27/gates_caller_didnt_cite_race_police_say/ > > It sounds like the woman guessed at their race during the interview when > the > police came to the scene. My speculation is that the officer asked her what > race they were - that's a standard question in police interviews. How many > people, men or women, what races, how tall, etc. > > > On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 7:54 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Actually, that may not be entirely correct. > > > > http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0723092gates1.html > > > > Officer claims caller said that when he spoke with her in person at > > the scene and not from 911 call. Of course, its possible that by that > > time she got a better look at the men. > > > > On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 10:52 AM, Vivec<[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > The phrase came from the Policeman's own report apparemtly regarding > > > the original 911 call. > > > > > > 2009/7/27 Scott Stroz <[email protected]>: > > >> > > >> I understand why she did as well. I was more commenting on the fact > > >> that she felt she had to, rather than the fact that she did. > > >> > > >> I wonder how many people might second guess calling 911 under similar > > >> circumstances if they thought that down the road they would need to > > >> hire a lawyer. > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:300977 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
