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This was just a publicity stunt aimed at fixing the damage Obama did  to his
image with his comment about police acting stupidly. If not for his bad  
press
it would not have taken place. I am certain that any president, black or  
white
who makes a rash statement demeaning a police force, with no  information
on what happened would expect to be questioned about it. 
 
I have met Mr. Gates, and read many of his writings. I helped host a  
conference
in Atlanta that he was a part of. Knowing that he is producing a  
documentary on
profiling currently, I am not at all surprised that he said what he did,  
well perhaps
the yo mama reference was a bit over the top. The 911 call was totally  
innocuous
and the police reacted the same way they would around here as well, I have  
family
members in law enforcement and a good friend in the FBI who all agree it  
was handled
fairly well. If Mr Gates house was being robbed, the police showed up and  
that was
a robber on the other side of the door refusing to open it, using racial  
slurs, and 
insulting the officers mother, would Mr Gates expect the police to just say 
 "Oh, sorry 
we bothered you" turn on their heel and leave?? I imagine he would be suing 
 the dept.
for not stepping up the questioning. The police ALWAYS are supposed to see  
the person they are 
speaking with, what if that robber just slid Mr. Gates Id, taken  from the 
hostage out and
claimed to be him? The police should accept his word and leave? I am sure  
we will
all be seeing much more on the incident in the documentary, so I will just  
wait for that.
 
Drew
 
 
 
In a message dated 8/1/2009 2:23:31 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
mmcharry AT gmail.com writes:

I'm not  sure what, if anything, the discussion over a beer served, and
I can't  imagine what the 911 caller would have to say in an op-ed, let
alone a  book. Blessedly, this will pass out of memory by sometime  next
week.

If you don't know that Blacks get hassled many times more  than whites
then you're living in another dimension. The surprising thing  is that
Gates hassled Crowley back, but that might have been owing to jet  lag.
I don't expect a white president would have been questioned about  the
incident or that a white president would have made the remarks  that
Obama did, but, oh well. It gave the talking heads days  of
material....

Whoop ti  do,

Marie


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