Police unions don't get apology from Obama, but happy with reversal

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2009/07/25/2009-07-25_police_unions_mollified_after_prez_reversal.html


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Cambridge police Sgt. James Crowley, far left, listens along with Cambridge Police Patrol Officers Union President Steve Killion, right, at a news conference in Cambridge, Mass.

BY Heidi Evans
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Saturday, July 25th 2009, 4:00 AM

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They didn't get an apology, but police unions could claim victory on Friday after President Obama pulled back from saying Cambridge cops "stupidly" arrested scholar Henry Gates Jr.

The cops went on the offensive - and the commander in chief blinked.

State and local unions joined together to publicly defend Sgt. James Crowley and his fellow officers for a bust that some suggested was racist.

Standing two dozen strong before a sea of TV cameras at the Hotel Macklowe, Steve Killion of the Cambridge Police Patrol Officers Association declared:

"Cambridge police are not stupid. I think the President should make an apology to all law-enforcement personnel throughout the entire country."

Dennis O'Connor, president of the police supervisors union, said Obama needed to say he was sorry.

"We hope that they will reflect upon their past comments and apologize to the men and women of the Cambridge Police Department," he added.

It worked.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2009/07/25/2009-07-25_police_unions_mollified_after_prez_reversal.html#ixzz0MPPALaS7


FULL story at link.

[bkkyosemite]

1. Obama did not say the police (in general) were stupid he said arresting someone in his home after he

showed he lived there was stupid and it is.

[Fire1]

2. What reversal???????? These people are IDIOTS!!!!!

He never said, Cambridge police were stupid! God, I'm glad I got an education!

edit:sp.