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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:04 PM Original message |
Report: Harvard Scholar Gates' Arrest Avoidable |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. The cop was afraid of Henry Gates? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. You know, one of those guys was a professional on the clock |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Gates agreed to make nice. He got the platform for discussing how race was involved |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Oh, I think that's exactly how it went down. And this report |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. And don't forget he was in his own home which he proved |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 02:11 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. This is the mayor's email address if you want to pass your take along. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 02:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Thanks, I'll do that ~ n/t |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 04:24 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. The cop responded to a report of a break in |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 05:58 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Nope, The witness said in the 911 call that the two might might be residents. |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 06:07 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. MIGHT be residents? |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 06:08 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Arresting the homeowner seems like a fairly stupid response to a breakin. |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 06:25 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I don't think he was arrested for breaking in... |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 06:35 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I don't think he was arrested for breaking in either. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-01-10 07:37 AM Response to Reply #24 |
34. He was arrested for being not "respecting" the cop |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 06:39 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Knowing Gates is the resident should have prevented the arrest |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 06:55 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I'm not arguing he should have been arrested |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-01-10 06:06 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Baloney. Any of us, black or not, would have become angry under the same circumstances, |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-01-10 10:06 AM Response to Reply #29 |
37. I'm not saying he didn't have a reason to be angry |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-01-10 07:38 AM Response to Reply #27 |
35. BS -- it does end the cop treating gates as a suspect |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-01-10 05:57 AM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Fail. Your comment does not fit. On seeing two forms of photo ID with Gates's address, |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-01-10 07:39 AM Response to Reply #28 |
36. Yup, he wanted him outside so he could arrest him |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. Link to full report (pdf) here: |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-01-10 06:09 AM Response to Reply #2 |
30. Would that be the third version of the report, or were there even more? |
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Diane R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
3. Both these men have handled this with dignity. Kudos to our President for bringing them together. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I don't applaud Obama for making everything everything. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-01-10 06:15 AM Response to Reply #3 |
31. Obama had a public relations problem to deal with because he knee jerk critiized the cop, without. |
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Chakab (102 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
6. That incident wasn't necessarily just a |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Well, racism is all about power, isn't it? And that happened to me, too. |
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Chakab (102 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Yes, racism is about power. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Agreed. Authoritarian behavior doesn't really register with a lot of people |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 02:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Btw, welcome to DU, Chakab. |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
14. Interesting how they miss the vastly unequal "power relationship" |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 02:38 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. That's pretty much what I told the Mayor Maher. |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-01-10 07:01 AM Response to Reply #14 |
33. Your coment goes to the heart of it |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
17. FYI - Democracy Now - It's about Class (and "Race") |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
20. The cop should be fired. |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-01-10 06:22 AM Response to Original message |
32. This is EXACTLY.. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-01-10 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
38. This incident was about both race AND class. Opportunity lost to discuss the latter. nt |
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Fastcars (121 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-01-10 11:53 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. I agree that race played a part... |
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