Dr. Henry Louis Gates Arrested

[DaemonSeid]

hey don't sleep on 58 year old belligerent men with canes...they will put up a fight!

[AGDee]

LOL. I've been pulled over twice for speeding, two different streets, but both streets with businesses and 4/5 lanes, but where the speed limit is 25. I was also pulled over for having part of the year tag on my license plate ripped off (someone had apparently tried to steal it), and twice for a headlight being out when I didn't know it was out. My ex though? He gets pulled over on I-75 all the time.. at least once a year, I think. And he was pulled over at least once for having expired plates.

[SWTXBelle]

"July 22, 2009 | When I heard that prominent black Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. was arrested for breaking into his own home in Cambridge, Mass., it made me proud of America. It may seem paradoxical to focus on the positive side of the preeminent scholar's public humiliation. This is, after all, a distinguished staff writer for the New Yorker, the man who helped Oprah find her roots. It may seem that there's no positive side at all. (His own neighbor, a Harvard magazine employee, didn't recognize him and called the cops. How pathetic is that?)" - James Hanahamn

http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2...y_louis_gates/

[Munchkin03]

http://gawker.com/5320294/henry-loui...t-arrest-thing

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

http://gawker.com/5320294/henry-loui...t-arrest-thing

Interesting piece - the only thing I would add is that I've heard of a number of instances with both the Cambridge and Boston PD where they've refused to provide their badge number to an individual, and the instances have involved people of all ages and races. So, it sounds like it may be something with the local police departments in the area.

My guess is they take it more as the person asserting their own authority, and less as an actual serious request for their badge number.