Fuck the Nosy Racist Neighbour

[DaRizzle]

say it decpetion...you were wrong on THIS particular case...ive manned up before...you can do it. Youve ripped this cop as a racist, uneducated asshole and it becoming blatantly obvious that you are WAY off base

 

[Mamba]

Okay, just read through the thread. I'm shocked that Rizzle and I see EYE to EYE on a topic.

 

[deception]

say it decpetion...you were wrong on THIS particular case...ive manned up before...you can do it. Youve ripped this cop as a racist, uneducated asshole and it becoming blatantly obvious that you are WAY off base

no, the cop is an idiot who's got the emotional maturity of 12 year old. im not the president who's forced to pander to bigots.

 

[44Thrilla]

no, the cop is an idiot who's got the emotional maturity of 12 year old. im not the president who's forced to pander to bigots.

But the guy that said "your mama" doesn't have the maturity level of a 12 year old?

 

[DaRizzle]

no, the cop is an idiot who's got the emotional maturity of 12 year old. im not the president who's forced to pander to bigots.

Whats your age and ethnicity if you dont mind me asking?

 

[deception]

But the guy that said "your mama" doesn't have the maturity level of a 12 year old?

that was hilarious. if u werent an admirer of prof gates before hearing that line, u should be afterwards. nevertheless, prof gates doesnt represent the state, sgt. crowley does so he's expected to act accordingly and not capriciously as he did in this incident. and i happen to think that a man such as prof gates, who's committed himself to a fastidious life of scholarship would demonstrate a lot more restraint than a brute cop. btw, someone mentioned that i should repudiate my support for prof gates because the officer's telling his side of the story- well i would take his words as gospel if cops didnt have such a murky history of racism, corruption and flagrant abuses of power. conversely, do professors have such a murky history? no, they uplift young ppl of all races and socio-economic backgrounds. bravo to educators everywhere!!!

 

[deception]

Whats your age and ethnicity if you dont mind me asking?

27, south-asian, canadian.

 

[Shapecity]

It just seems like a gross misunderstanding. I can see why Gates was pissed off and lashed out. For starters he's 58 years old. Most men his age are crotchety and do not like a younger person confronting them or bothering them. I'm sure he was already on edge after arriving home from a long trip and dealing with his door being jammed. Then a cop asks him what's going and to show ID which leads to an outburst from Gates.

Both individuals overreacted end of story. Both should apologize and get on with life.

 

[Denny Crane]

So much for the racist neighbor. Here's the 911 audio tape, she called them "two gentlemen" repeatedly.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/vi...ls_caller_did_not_bring_up_race_of_gates.html

911 Tape Reveals Caller Did Not Bring Up Race Of Gates

Cambridge's police commissioner says the 911 caller who reported a possible break-in at the home of black Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. did not mention race during the call. The caller said they were calling on behalf of a concerned neighbor.

(Audio at the link)

 

[44Thrilla]

"One looked kind of Hispanic, the other I couldn't see"

Ha, what racist scum she is.

 

[Shapecity]

What's messed up is the abuse the neighbor (Whalen) took by people after the original article claimed she saw two black men breaking into a home.

 

[deception]

well i think she was calling on behalf of an older women; we dont know what the older women saw or assumed. also, why was the 911 caller giggling throughout the entire call? i guess she thinks two men breaking into a home is comical.

 

[maxiep]

because its a bullshit question...you treat cops with respect then 99.9% of them will treat you with respect...its not rocket science

If my neighbors didn't recognize me and saw two people trying to break into my house and called the cops, I would do a few things:

First, I would thank the police for being so thorough. If it means I had to stand on my porch for a while for them to figure out that I was who I said and I actually resided there, so be it. Better that than letting someone ransack my house because they were afraid to be perceived as racist by confronting a black person.

Second, I would seek out that neighbor and bring them a bottle of wine with a thank you note.

Third, once the cops figured out I said who I was, I'd invite them in and offer them some coffee, soda, etc.

I recently moved to a new neighborhood. I tend to shop for groceries very late at night, because it's less crowded. I went out one night around midnight, driving our pickup truck (which we don't drive regularly and is a bit of a beater). We're going to put a new front door on our house and on the way back to the house from the grocery store I was driving slowly down a really nice street checking out the entryways of other homes. I noticed a car shadowing me a few blocks back. When I pulled in front of our house, I saw rollers flash on behind me. The officer asked me what I was doing because he ran my plates and saw I wasn't a local resident. I explained everything, gave him my license and registration. He asked me to open my front door with my key to prove that I lived there. I was happy to do so. In fact, I insisted on getting a piece of mail with my name and new address on it.

Cops are there to keep us safe. They are obligated to investigate anything out of the ordinary. My pickup doesn't fit the neighborhood. I was dressed in my crappy painting clothes. I was driving suspiciously. The plates were assigned to an address three miles from where I was. I understood why things looked out of place. Why give them shit when they're just trying to stop crime?

 

[maxiep]

yeah blame the lion of the senate. i guess u want to shit on all american heroes from prof gates to senator kennedy.

You mean the same Senator Kennedy who left a woman to drown after he had drunk-driven off a bridge? You mean the same Senator Kennedy who was convicted of plagiarism at Harvard? Yeah, that's some hero.

 

[maxiep]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-ap-us-harvard-scholar-arresting-officer,0,4731766.story

Black officer at Gates home during arrest said scholar acted strange, supports arrest

BOB SALSBERG |Associated Press Writer12:57 PM CDT, July 24, 2009
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — A black police officer who was at Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s home when the black Harvard scholar was arrested says he fully supports how his white fellow officer handled the situation.

Sgt. Leon Lashley says Gates was probably tired and surprised when Sgt. James Crowley demanded identification from him as officers investigated a report of a burglary. Lashley says Gates' reaction to Crowley was "a little bit stranger than it should have been."

Asked if Gates should have been arrested, Lashley said supported Crowley "100 percent."

Gates has said he was the victim of racial profiling.

President Barack Obama says the officers "acted stupidly." Lashley called Obama's remark "unfortunate" and said he should be allowed to take it back.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — A multiracial group of police officers on Friday stood with the white officer who arrested a prominent black Harvard scholar and asked President Barack Obama and Gov. Deval Patrick to apologize for comments the union leaders called insulting.

Obama said Wednesday that Cambridge police "acted stupidly" during the disorderly conduct arrest of his friend, Henry Louis Gates Jr., in his own home near Harvard University. Gov. Deval Patrick said Gates' arrest was "every black man's nightmare."

Dennis O'Connor, president of the Cambridge Police Superior Officers Association, said Obama's remarks were "misdirected" and the Cambridge police "deeply resent the implication" that race was a factor in the arrest.

"President Obama said the actions of the CPD were stupid and linked the event to the history of racial profiling in America," O'Connor said. "The facts of the case suggested that the president used the right adjective but directed it to the wrong party."

Officers responded to Gates' home on July 16 after a woman called 911 and said she saw two black men with backpacks trying to force open the front door. The woman, Lucia Whalen, has not responded to repeated attempts for comment.

Gates has said he returned from an overseas trip, found the door jammed, and that he and his driver attempted to force it open. Gates went through the back door and was inside the house on the phone with the property's management company when police arrived.

Police said he flew into a verbal rage after Sgt. James Crowley, who is white, asked him to show identification to prove he should be in the home. Police say Gates accused Crowley of racial bias, refused to calm down and was arrested. The charge was dropped Tuesday, but Gates has demanded an apology, calling his arrest a case of racial profiling.

Gates, 58, maintains he turned over identification when asked to do so by the police. He said Crowley arrested him after the professor followed him to the porch, repeatedly demanding the sergeant's name and badge number because he was unhappy over his treatment.

Crowley has refused to apologize, saying he followed protocol.

Clearly, these are a bunch of Uncle Toms.