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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:51 AM Original message |
Obama calls arrest of Harvard scholar unnecessary |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
1. FACT NOT IN DISPUTE: Gates showed his ID and verified he lived in home and STILL got arrested!! |
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DarthDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:17 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Another Fact . . . |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:36 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. heres another fact |
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DarthDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:42 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Sir . . . |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 10:20 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. thank you sir but no thanks |
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jehovas_waitress (86 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 11:08 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. And apparently he doesn't know that EVERYONE that gets arrested gets handcuffed. S.O.P. N/T |
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asphalt.jungle (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 10:47 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. nonsense |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 11:29 AM Response to Reply #6 |
17. While you're at it, take some history lessons. The 'south' |
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DarthDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:12 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. So? |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 11:35 AM Response to Reply #6 |
21. There is some town vs. gown going on here. nt |
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NatBurner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. but this wasn't a traffic stop |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 10:30 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. This is the most important point that gets neglected |
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quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 10:58 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. You have no obligation to be polite. Crowley over-reacted |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 12:16 AM Response to Reply #10 |
31. +1. As soon as the cop realized Gates was in his own home, he needed to apologize, answer any quest |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 11:05 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. True. Gates should not have done so. nt |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 11:13 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. why is that? |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 11:20 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Because it's a good way to get arrested. The system sucks, but cops have a LOT of leeway |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 11:33 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. A dangerous combination. Redneck with power and a gun. n/t |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 11:34 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Right. And you don't know what kind of shits they've had to deal with that day. nt |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 11:36 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Riiiiiiiight. n/t |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 11:38 AM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Rosa parks should have taken your advice |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 11:43 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. What a bad analogy and an insult to Parks. nt |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:14 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Well, i agree that tolerating bigotry is an insult to all who stood against it |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 11:41 AM Response to Reply #2 |
24. actually, that is in dispute |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
29. That's the fucking egomaniac's |
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orwell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
3. Why were the charges dropped... |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
11. Because it was unnecessary. It's that simple. nt |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
14. Hear! Hear! I'm stand with you President Obama |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
18. Of course it was unnecessary. Otherwise, the charge would not have been dropped ASAP. |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
25. That fucker was on a ego trip and anybody with half a brain can |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:43 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. The more I read ..the |
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