Gates of Fury
I don't agree with Earl that Obama needed not apologize or clarify his comments from Wednesday's press conference.
I look at the snippiness of Gates and Obama as reflecting a lingering touchiness on the part of blacks about racial profiling. It led Obama to, in the heat of a moment, say the wrong about Cambridge police acting "stupidly" -- but he did the right thing in retracting those words and in calling up Crawley.
I understand the snippiness, but I appreciate the clarity and sobriety that came after Obama slept on it.
PS -- Can we just say now that the proposed beer among the three parties will be a circus that will distract all of us from real issues, just as Obama's original comment distracted us from what he talked about for 57 prior minutes?
The aftermath of the arrest of Henry Louis Gates, Jr. saw some very negative fallout and accusations of racism, and there were repeated requests to hear the Gates 911 Call. The Gates 9/11 call has been released, and there isn't mention of the race in the call. Gates was trying to get into his own home after returning from a trip, and the door was jammed. In the process of trying to gain access, police were called thinking it was a burglary. Gates apparently became hostile to officers, and was booked for that reason, charges having later been dropped. No suits have been filed, but no one needs payday loans to get the Gates 911 Call transcripts.
The aftermath of the arrest of Henry Louis Gates, Jr. saw some very negative fallout and accusations of racism, and there were repeated requests to hear the Gates 911 Call. The Gates 9/11 call has been released, and there isn't mention of the race in the call. Gates was trying to get into his own home after returning from a trip, and the door was jammed. In the process of trying to gain access, police were called thinking it was a burglary. Gates apparently became hostile to officers, and was booked for that reason, charges having later been dropped. No suits have been filed, but no one needs payday loans to get the Gates 911 Call transcripts.
The aftermath of the arrest of Henry Louis Gates, Jr. saw some very negative fallout and accusations of racism, and there were repeated requests to hear the Gates 911 Call. The Gates 9/11 call has been released, and there isn't mention of the race in the call. Gates was trying to get into his own home after returning from a trip, and the door was jammed. In the process of trying to gain access, police were called thinking it was a burglary. Gates apparently became hostile to officers, and was booked for that reason, charges having later been dropped. No suits have been filed, but no one needs payday loans to get the Gates 911 Call transcripts.