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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: Gratiot on July 21, 2009, 10:28:49 AM
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Police responding to a call about "two black males" breaking into a home near Harvard University ended up arresting the man who lives there — Henry Louis Gates Jr., the nation's pre-eminent black scholar.
Gates had forced his way through the front door because it was jammed, his lawyer said. Colleagues call the arrest last Thursday afternoon a clear case of racial profiling.
Cambridge police say they responded to the well-maintained two-story home after a woman reported seeing "two black males with backpacks on the porch," with one "wedging his shoulder into the door as if he was trying to force entry."
By the time police arrived, Gates was already inside. Police say he refused to come outside to speak with an officer, who told him he was investigating a report of a break-in. "Why, because I'm a black man in America?" Gates said, according to a police report.
Gates — the director of Harvard's W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research — initially refused to show the officer his identification, but then gave him a Harvard University ID card, according to police.
"Gates continued to yell at me, accusing me of racial bias and continued to tell me that I had not heard the last of him," the officer wrote.
He was arrested on a disorderly conduct charge after police said he "exhibited loud and tumultuous behavior." He was released later that day on his own recognizance.
Yahoo News: Black scholar's arrest raises profiling questions (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090720/ap_on_re_us/us_harvard_scholar_disorderly)
Yahoo News: Follow Up Story (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_harvard_scholar_disorderly)
The Root (A site the aforementioned professor oversees) with a different interpretation of events. (http://www.theroot.com/views/lawyers-statement-arrest-henry-louis-gates-jr)
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It appears that nigga broke in and hung up pictures of his family everywhere! I saw this once before when I was a rookie. Let’s sprinkle crack on him and get out of here
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:lmao:
:rotf:
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Personal opinion: The officer appeared to have been doing proper police work. Was confronted with an absolute tool, whom had a major chip on his shoulder, and was an absolute ass. Officers responded to the asshatery with being an ass right back.
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Yes, Al Sharpton is already placing himself in the middle of it. :loser: :whatever:
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No, perfesser, not because of the skin hue you carry around did you get the beatdown you so richly deserve, it was because of the chip you carry on your shoulder.
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Results 1 - 10 of about 566,000 for Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Results 1 - 10 of about 924,000 for Thomas Sowell
Results 1 - 10 of about 2,030,000 for Clarence Thomas
Interesting enough, for being the Pre-Eminent black scholar in our nation... he certainly is a bit behind in the Google rankings... :uhsure:
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Results 1 - 10 of about 566,000 for Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Results 1 - 10 of about 924,000 for Thomas Sowell
Results 1 - 10 of about 2,030,000 for Clarence Thomas
Interesting enough, for being the Pre-Eminent black scholar in our nation... he certainly is a bit behind in the Google rankings... :uhsure:
You have to spot him a couple of million.....affirmative action and all, you know.
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Results 1 - 10 of about 566,000 for Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Results 1 - 10 of about 924,000 for Thomas Sowell
Results 1 - 10 of about 2,030,000 for Clarence Thomas
Interesting enough, for being the Pre-Eminent black scholar in our nation... he certainly is a bit behind in the Google rankings... :uhsure:
He is the pre-eminent LIBERAL black scholar in our nation. The other two are just Uncle Toms.
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Personal opinion: The officer appeared to have been doing proper police work. Was confronted with an absolute tool, whom had a major chip on his shoulder, and was an absolute ass. Officers responded to the asshatery with being an ass right back.
:cheersmate:
Yes, Al Sharpton is already placing himself in the middle of it. :loser: :whatever:
Based on the article I'd be forced to agree with you.
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He is the pre-eminent LIBERAL black scholar in our nation. The other two are just Uncle Toms.
He is the pre-eminent LIBERAL black scholar in our nation that particular block of houses in Boston. To the rest of the world he is a "Who the hell is he?"
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This is total BS!
Ya want to know what would happen to a WHITE MAN who pulled the same BullShit? I bail them out of jail all of the time!!!!!!!!!!!!
Isn't it amazing when they get treated just like the rest of the population, that they scream racism for being treated the same as the rest of us?
If this is not trying to get preferential treatment because of race, what is?
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Here's a little more.
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0723092gates1.html
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Here's a little more.
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0723092gates1.html
Who was the racist in this encounter???????? Certainly doesn't appear to be the officer!
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Who was the racist in this encounter???????? Certainly doesn't appear to be the officer!
It sounds like someone has a chip on their shoulder the size of Mt. Rushmore.