Gates had no right to call the cop racist... Gates should apologize... On Jul 24, 1:42 pm, DOC828NDF <[email protected]> wrote: > I disagree.... The police acting stupidly could have been what I > believed from my first post in here, which is they took it upon > themselves to decide what is and isn't appropriate. I agree with VT... > The guy was stressed and tired and after showing his ID, they should > have appologized and left. Even the man's superior (Ref. PBS Nightly > News with Jim Lehr) had said that this was definately a training issue > where the officer should have handled it differently but that he (a > black man, himself) did not believe that race had anything to do with > it. > > On Jul 24, 12:48 pm, Zebnick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Someone asks Obama about this incident in a press conference. He > > proceeds to talk about the racism that has been pervasive in this > > country, OBVIOUSLY insinuating that it is involved here. Then he says, > > flat out, that the police acted "stupidly." What is it that you don't > > understand? > > > On Jul 24, 12:42 pm, VT VirtualTruth <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > So where did Obama call them stupid racist? > > > you make a claim but don't back it up. > > > > Just stirring the pot some more? > > > > On Jul 23, 10:51 am, Zebnick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Racial firebrand, Henry Louis Gates, returns home to his house in > > > > Cambridge and can't figure out how a door works, so he proceeds to try > > > > to break it down. A neighbor sees two guys trying to "break in" to the > > > > house and calls the cops. His house had a prior break in attempt > > > > reported and there were half dozen recent break ins in his > > > > neighborhood. When cops arrive to try to protect his home, Gates goes > > > > off on them, saying "you don't know who you're dealing with" (always a > > > > REAL smart thing to say to the police) and when asked to step outside > > > > told the cops to "take their Momma outside." The cops go overboard and > > > > arrest him for disorderly conduct. > > > > > This is hardly racial. If you challenge police authority they will > > > > take it to the limit with you. Gates was a fool and Obama did himself > > > > no favors endorsing this immature behavior.- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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