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======= New York Amsterdam News Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. arrested By: Hadassa Simmons Special to the AmNews Published: Thursday, July 23, 2009 4:40 PM EDT Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. was recently arrested for alleged disorderly conduct at his Cambridge home. Gates, returning from a trip to China, discovered he was unable to open his door. Accompanied by his cab driver, he attempted to enter his home. After receiving a call about two black males forcing entry into a home, the police arrived. At this point Gates was already inside and later displayed his ID upon request. After accusing the officer of racial profiling he was arrested by the Cambrigde police for exhibiting “loud and tumultuous behavior”. President Barack Obama weighed on the arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr. “…I think it's fair to say, number one, any of us would be pretty angry; number two, that the Cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already proof that they were in their own home." President Obama admitted that he might be “a little biased” about the situation because Gates is a friend of his. Even so, Obama is not the only person suggesting that the arrest was unjust. Potential City Council Member Tulani Kinard also believed the Cambridge police were faulty in arresting Gates. “Historically the criminalization of black men by white law enforcement officers is the first assessment in any situation. Prof. Gates is lucky he was not shot in his own home.” Like many other Black Americans Kinard expressed her hopes for the future. “I hope that it will begin a long overdue discussion and actions to address the egregious systemic racial profiling of black men in America.” As of Tuesday the charges against Henry Louis Gates Jr. were dropped. Even so, the outrage echoes throughout our communities. “This is goes to show that no matter how high up you think you have climbed, to the police departments across the nation you will always be just a black man from the hood,” Hon. Councilmember Charles Barron commented. “This is what happens everyday to Black and Latino men… racial profiling knows no class distinction. =================== CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — The white police sergeant criticized by President Barack Obama for arresting black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. in his Massachusetts home is a police academy expert on understanding racial profiling. Cambridge Sgt. James Crowley has taught a class about racial profiling for five years at the Lowell Police Academy after being hand-picked for the job by former police Commissioner Ronny Watson, who is black, said Academy Director Thomas Fleming. "I have nothing but the highest respect for him as a police officer. He is very professional and he is a good role model for the young recruits in the police academy," Fleming told The Associated Press on Thursday. The course, called "Racial Profiling," teaches about different cultures that officers could encounter in their community "and how you don't want to single people out because of their ethnic background or the culture they come from," Fleming said. The academy trains cadets for cities across the region. Obama has said the Cambridge officers "acted stupidly" in arresting Gates last week when they responded to his house after a woman reported a suspected break-in. Crowley, 42, has maintained he did nothing wrong and has refused to apologize, as Gates has demanded. Crowley responded to Gates' home near Harvard University last week to investigate a report of a burglary and demanded Gates show him identification. Police say Gates at first refused, flew into a rage and accused the officer of racism. Gates was charged with disorderly conduct. The charge was dropped Tuesday. Gates' supporters maintain his arrest was a case of racial profiling. Officers were called to the home by a woman who said she saw "two black males with backpacks" trying to break in the front door. Gates has said he arrived home from an overseas trip and the door was jammed. Obama was asked about the arrest of Gates, who is his friend, at the end of a nationally televised news conference on health care Wednesday night. "I think it's fair to say, No. 1, any of us would be pretty angry," Obama said. "No. 2, that the Cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already proof that they were in their own home. And No. 3 — what I think we know separate and apart from this incident — is that there is a long history in this country of African-Americans and Latinos being stopped by law enforcement disproportionately, and that's just a fact." In radio interviews Thursday morning, Crowley maintained he followed procedure. "I support the president of the United States 110 percent. I think he was way off base wading into a local issue without knowing all the facts as he himself stated before he made that comment," Crowley told WBZ-AM. "I guess a friend of mine would support my position, too." Crowley did not immediately respond to messages left Thursday by the AP. The Cambridge police department scheduled a news conference for later Thursday. Gates has said he was "outraged" by the arrest. He said the white officer walked into his home without his permission and only arrested him as the professor followed him to the porch, repeatedly demanding the sergeant's name and badge number because he was unhappy over his treatment. "This isn't about me; this is about the vulnerability of black men in America," Gates said. He said the incident made him realize how vulnerable poor people and minorities are "to capricious forces like a rogue policeman, and this man clearly was a rogue policeman." The president said federal officials need to continue working with local law enforcement "to improve policing techniques so that we're eliminating potential bias." Fellow officers, black and white, say Crowley is well-liked and respected on the force. Crowley was a campus police officer at Brandeis University in July 1993 when he administered CPR trying to save the life of former Boston Celtics player Reggie Lewis. Lewis, who was black, collapsed and died during an off-season workout. Gov. Deval Patrick, who is black, said he was troubled and upset over the incident. Cambridge Mayor Denise Simmons, who also is black, has said she spoke with Gates and apologized on behalf of the city, and a statement from the city called the July 16 incident "regrettable and unfortunate." The mayor refused Thursday to comment on the president's remarks. On Thursday, the White House tried to calm a hubbub over Obama's comments by saying Obama was not calling the officer stupid. Spokesman Robert Gibbs said Obama felt that "at a certain point the situation got far out of hand" at Gates' home last week. Police supporters charge that Gates, director of Harvard's W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research, was responsible for his own arrest by overreacting. Black students and professors at Harvard have complained for years about racial profiling by Cambridge and campus police. Harvard commissioned an independent committee last year to examine the university's race relations after campus police confronted a young black man who was using tools to remove a bike lock. The man worked at Harvard and owned the bike. ___ Associated Press writer Melissa Trujillo in Boston contributed to this report. =================== BostonHerald.com Henry Louis Gates Jr. demands apology, sensitivity training By Jessica Van Sack, Laurel J. Sweet & Marie Szaniszlo Wednesday, July 22, 2009 - Updated 1d 5h ago Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. won’t rule out a lawsuit against the city of Cambridge, insisting not only that the cop who arrested him on a disorderly charge apologize but that the entire police force submit to sensitivity training, his lawyer told the Herald yesterday. The demands came just hours after a mutual announcement by the city and Gates that the charge was being dismissed - with agreement Thursday’s incident was “regrettable and unfortunate” but that there had been a “just resolution.” The agreement made no mention of an apology or retraining. Harvard Law professor Charles Ogletree, who is representing Gates, said the scholar remains upset about what happened, however, when he was first mistaken for a burglary suspect in his own home, and then arrested after allegedly shouting accusations of racism at the police officer. “He’s still going through the shock of what happened,” he said. “It’s not easy for anyone to get over it and pretend it didn’t happen. He is pleased the charges were dismissed and very hopeful we can work constructively to address how police conduct themselves.” Asked whether Gates was considering a lawsuit, Ogletree said, “That is to be determined.” “I think the first step is . . . an apology,” he said. Sgt. James Crowley could not be reached yesterday. Cambridge police, union and city officials refused to discuss the demands. Of the demand for sensitivity training, Ogletree said, “We just need to find a way to re-establish that regular routine of engagement and dialogue with police. I see it as an opportunity to address some of the complex issues surrounding (the case).” Yesterday’s agreement was issued by the city after Middlesex District Attorney Gerard T. Leone Jr., recognizing the situation was escalating into a powder keg, entreated Police Commissioner Robert Haas and Gates’ attorney Walter Prince to meet and resolve their differences Monday. They did, and emerged yesterday with police recommending the charge of disorderly conduct against Gates be dropped. That led to the joint statement. Leone declined to comment last night on Gates’ apparently new demands. Meanwhile, Ogletree, who is director of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice at Harvard Law School, said he had discussed the matter with local police, the Middlesex DA’s office, the governor, the mayor of Cambridge and city councilors - and said all agreed to help turn the incident into a “teaching moment.” Before news of Gates’ demands broke, Cambridge Mayor E. Denise Simmons said, “The incident did illustrate that Cambridge must continue finding ways to address matters of race and class in a frank, honest and productive manner.” Meanwhile, Gov. Deval Patrick, a friend of Gates, said, “It sounds like an amicable resolution.” Patrick declined to comment on Gates’ subsequent demands, saying, “Ask him about that.” Meanwhile, in online interviews, Gates said that claims that he was publicly yelling at Sgt. Crowley are false, and that with a bronchial infection, he was not capable of shouting, a claim repeated to the Herald by Ogletree. Crowley’s report said Gates had refused to show his ID, which Gates also has denied. A 55-year-old neighbor who said he witnessed the incident but declined to give his name, however, said that Gates was in fact yelling loudly, as indicated by a photo taken by another neighbor. “When police asked him for ID, Gates started yelling, ‘I’m a Harvard professor . . . You believe white women over black men. This is racial profiling.’ ” “The police did their job,” said the neighbor. “He should be thanking them. But they shouldn’t have arrested him. He had just gotten off a 20-hour flight. He couldn’t get his door open. He got frustrated . . . They should have just said forget it.” Saut Situmorang http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=554828232&ref=name http://sautsitumorang.multiply.com/ -During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act (George Orwell)
