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Jul. 23rd, 2009 03:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
drewkittyIf I had time, this space would contain a rant about Professor Gates and his encounter with Sergeant James Crowley of Cambridge PD, who arrested Professor Gates for disorderly conduct on the front porch of the professor's own home.
I don't have the time.
http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2009/07/23/police-sergeant-stands-up-to-both-obama-and-gates/
Hopefully this incident, combined with President Obama's comments, has started a badly needed nationwide conversation on racial discrimination in policing.
I don't promise a good light-to-heat ratio, however, based on the wide gap between what actually happened and the stories that are being told about it.
It is easy to Google up the police report and Professor Gates' public remarks on the incident.
These are both good men who have contributed enormously to their community. I believe that the good Sergeant was having a bad day and made a serious mistake, but that's just my arrogant opinion.
Be well, folks.
I don't have the time.
http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2009/07/23/police-sergeant-stands-up-to-both-obama-and-gates/
Hopefully this incident, combined with President Obama's comments, has started a badly needed nationwide conversation on racial discrimination in policing.
I don't promise a good light-to-heat ratio, however, based on the wide gap between what actually happened and the stories that are being told about it.
It is easy to Google up the police report and Professor Gates' public remarks on the incident.
These are both good men who have contributed enormously to their community. I believe that the good Sergeant was having a bad day and made a serious mistake, but that's just my arrogant opinion.
Be well, folks.
