Dr. Henry Louis Gates Arrested

[PiKA2001]

Originally Posted by deepimpact2

Interestingly enough, the arresting officer has the full support of his union.

How is that interesting? The officer acted within the scope of his authority and from reading the open source articles on this case I really fail to see ANY type of sincere racial bias or profiling going on. If anybody's a bigot it's that WASPy neighbor that called the 5-0 on Dr. Gates in the first place

I feel bad for the officer to be honest, he could of had his career ruined while Dr. Gates will most likely profit greatly from this encounter in the form of more speaking engagements, book deals, and maybe even a made for TV movie.

BTW I hate the posts where people use the example of "I've seen a white guy get away with saying more to a cop blah blah blah". Every cop is DIFFERENT in the way they respond to situations, unless you've seen the actual officer in question letting caucasians off "easier" you have no point so please shut up.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by PiKA2001

BTW I hate the posts where people use the example of "I've seen a white guy get away with saying more to a cop blah blah blah". Every cop is DIFFERENT in the way they respond to situations, unless you've seen the actual officer in question letting caucasians off "easier" you have no point so please shut up.

Did deepimpact say that?

[baci]

Just read this article:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,...est=latestnews

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by baci

Just read this article:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,...est=latestnews

Before people get all fired up about the source of the article being on the Fox News website, just wanted to point out that it's actually an Associated Press article.

[baci]

True^^

I should have stated Associated Press, but I like to think people can be a bit more mature. Thank you for pointing it out.

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by baci

True^^

I should have stated Associated Press, but I like to think people can be a bit more mature. Thank you for pointing it out.

Sometimes, that's a dangerous assumption to make around here, haha.

[deepimpact2]

Originally Posted by PiKA2001

How is that interesting? The officer acted within the scope of his authority and from reading the open source articles on this case I really fail to see ANY type of sincere racial bias or profiling going on. If anybody's a bigot it's that WASPy neighbor that called the 5-0 on Dr. Gates in the first place

I feel bad for the officer to be honest, he could of had his career ruined while Dr. Gates will most likely profit greatly from this encounter in the form of more speaking engagements, book deals, and maybe even a made for TV movie.

BTW I hate the posts where people use the example of "I've seen a white guy get away with saying more to a cop blah blah blah". Every cop is DIFFERENT in the way they respond to situations, unless you've seen the actual officer in question letting caucasians off "easier" you have no point so please shut up.

I would invite you to do the same.

[PiKA2001]

Originally Posted by deepimpact2

I would invite you to do the same.

Oh i'm sorry, did that make too much sense for you? Why do you even bother participating in community discussions when the only viewpoint you want to hear is your own?