Those knee-slappers from North Korea are at it again
Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert have great teams of comedy writers. In fact, I never realized how many writers it takes to do those shows until I saw them all trot out on stage a while back at some awards ceremony. It looked like a fraternity reunion up there.
But really, they’re all a bunch of hacks compared to the comedy writers for North Korea. Those guys have established a character for North Korea as a Stalinist, 1950s-era totalitarian state out of touch with the times and the world, and they have it DOWN.
This week, they’re taking on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, critiquing her for “vulgar remarks” that prove “she is by no means intelligent.”
“We cannot but regard Mrs. Clinton as a funny lady as she likes to utter such rhetoric, unaware of the elementary etiquette in the international community. Sometimes she looks like a primary schoolgirl and sometimes a pensioner going shopping,” a Foreign Ministry official said, putting Samantha Bee and John Oliver to shame.
I smell an Emmy. Or at the very least a People’s Choice Award for the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea.
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thomas
July 23rd, 2009
1:58 pm
Sorry to fade off topic….. But why if the cops asked for your ID would you not show it to them?
thomas
July 23rd, 2009
2:00 pm
Bosch, In all fairness there have been on this topic alone those who also have called others unpatriotic for thier views other than RB. He is not the only offender.
Look in the early comments….
I Report :-) You Whine :-(
July 23rd, 2009
2:02 pm
I would have pepper sprayed that whiner.
And then tasered him.
USinUK
July 23rd, 2009
2:03 pm
thomas –
“However one could easily argue that it is a hollow poll and indicator. Especially since many of the world leaders have turned a deaf ear toward our request and pleas for help. ”
um. I hate to tell you, but Pew is one of the most respected organizations in the world when it comes to their studies. you may want to call it “hollow” because it doesn’t fit your little paradigm, but that doesn’t make it so.
you made the assertion that the change in management hasn’t made a difference in the world – and I’m telling you it has with the proof to back it up.
additionally, international financiers and investors approve of the job Obama is doing at a rate of 87% (70% fixed income, 71% equities) –
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=aLCO_kfFLJag
TnGelding
July 23rd, 2009
2:03 pm
RB from Gwinnett
July 23rd, 2009
1:51 pm
He said they acted stupidly. Nothing about guilt or innocence. Has anyone even filed any kind of charges? No, and I’m betting they won’t.
“I think it’s fair to say, number one, any of us would be pretty angry,” Obama said. “Number two, that the Cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already proof that they were in their own home. And number three – what I think we know separate and apart from this incident – is that there is a long history in this country of African-Americans and Latinos being stopped by law enforcement disproportionately, and that’s just a fact.”
“Gates has said he was “outraged” by the arrest. He said the white officer walked into his home without his permission and only arrested him as the professor followed him to the porch, repeatedly demanding the sergeant’s name and badge number because he was unhappy over his treatment.”
“Richard Weinblatt, director of the Institute for Public Safety at Central Ohio Technical College, said the police sergeant was responsible for defusing the situation once he realized Gates was the lawful occupant. It is not against the law to yell at police, especially in a home, as long as that behavior does not affect an investigation, he said.”
http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_HARVARD_SCHOLAR_DISORDERLY?SITE=GACAT&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2009-07-23-11-43-31
USinUK
July 23rd, 2009
2:04 pm
thomas – “But why if the cops asked for your ID would you not show it to them?”
he did. which was why the cop called the university police
zip
July 23rd, 2009
2:04 pm
I think the truth of the matter is that somewhere in Kim Jong Il’s house there is a picture of a school girl with Hillary’s face photoshopped onto it. I knew there was something creepy about that guy but I just couldn’t put my finger on it….
Paul
July 23rd, 2009
2:05 pm
This just isn’t going to go away, is it? I said initially it’d turn into ‘he said, he said.’ I’ve yet to hear Prof Gates’s statement of what transpired, but AH posted what appears to be the officer’s report on the last thread. As long as we still have people assuming as fact what happened, it would appear to bear repeating. I liked the last part, where Prof Gates told the officer the door couldn’t be secured because it was still broken from a previous break-in…. irony….
Then can we let it die? Nothing on Pres Obama’s press conference (besides this?). Nothing on whether or not Democrats are going to find a way to fund health care? If Pres Obama will answer moderate Dems’ frustrations over lack of leadership on the issue? Chairman Bernanke’s qualifier that maybe having all the stim money hit the economy when projected could be… less than helpful?
from this morning:
On Thursday July 16, 2009, Henry Gates, Jr. – -, of Ware Street, Cambridge, MA) was placed under arrest at Ware Street, after being observed exhibiting loud and tumultuous behavior, in a public place, directed at a uniformed police officer who was present investigating a report of a crime in progress. These actions on the behalf of Gates served no legitimate purpose and caused citizens passing by this location to stop and take notice while appearing surprised and alarmed.
…When I arrived at Ware Street I radioed ECC and asked that they have the caller meet me at the front door to this residence. I was told that the caller was already outside. As I was getting this information, I climbed the porch stairs toward the front door. As [reached the door, a female voice called out to me. I looked in the direction of the voice and observed a white female, later identified {} who was standing on the sidewalk in front of the residence, held a wireless telephone in her hand arid told me that it was she who called. She went on to tell me that she observed what appeared to be two black males with backpacks on the porch of• Ware Street. She told me that her suspicions were aroused when she observed one of the men wedging his shoulder into the door as if he was trying to force entry. Since I was the only police officer on location and had my back to the front door as I spoke with her, I asked that she wait for other responding officers while I investigated further.
As I turned and faced the door, I could see an older black male standing in the foyer of {} Ware Street. I made this observation through the glass paned front door. As I stood in plain view of this man, later identified as Gates, I asked if he would step out onto the porch and speak with me. He replied “no I will not”. He then demanded to know who I was. I told him that I was “Sgt. Crowley from the Cambridge Police” and that I was “investigating a report of a break in progress” at the residence. While I was making this statement, Gates opened the front door and exclaimed “why, because I’m a black man in America?”. I then asked Gates if there was anyone else in the residence. While yelling, he told me that it was none of my business and accused me of being a racist police officer. I assured Gates that I was responding to a citizen’s call to the Cambridge Police and that the caller was outside as we spoke. Gates seemed to ignore me and picked up a cordless telephone and dialed an unknown telephone number. As he did so, I radioed on channel I that I was off in the residence with someone who appeared to be a resident but very uncooperative. I then overheard Gates asking the person on the other end of his telephone call to “get the chief’ and “whats the chiefs name?’. Gates was telling the person on the other end of the call that he was dealing with a racist police officer in his home. Gates then turned to me and told me that I had no idea who I was “messing” with and that I had not heard the last of it. While I was led to believe that Gates was lawfully in the residence, I was quite surprised and confused with the behavior he exhibited toward me. I asked Gates to provide me with photo identification so that I could verify that he resided at Ware Street and so that I could radio my findings to ECC. Gates initially refused, demanding that I show him identification but then did supply me with a Harvard University identification card. Upon learning that Gates was affiliated with Harvard, I radioed and requested the presence of the Harvard University Police.
With the Harvard University identification in hand, I radioed my findings to ECC on channel two and prepared to leave. Gates again asked for my name which I began to provide. Gates began to yell over my spoken words by accusing me of being a racist police officer and leveling threats that he wasn’t someone to mess with. At some point during this exchange, I became aware that Off. Carlos Figueroa was standing behind me. When Gates asked a third time for my name, I explained to him that I had provided it at his request two separate times. Gates continued to yell at me. I told Gates that I was leaving his residence and that if he had any other questions regarding the matter, I would speak with him outside of the residence.
As I began walking through the foyer toward the front door, I could hear Gates agai,n demanding my name. I again told Gates that I would speak with him outside. My reason for wanting to leave the residence was that Gates was yelling very loud and the acoustics of the kitchen and foyer were making it difficult for me to transmit pertinent information to ECC or other responding units. His reply was “ya, I’ll speak with your mama outside”. When I left the residence, I noted that there were several Cambridge and Harvard University police officers assembled on the sidewalk in front of the residence. Additionally, the caller, md at least seven unidentified passers-by were looking in the direction of Gates, who had followed me outside of the residence.
As I descended the stairs to the sidewalk, Gates continued to yell at me, accusing me of racial bias and continued to tell me that I had not heard the last of him. Due to the tumultuous manner Gates had exhibited in his residence as well as his continued tumultuous behavior outside the residence, in view of the public, I warned Gates that he was becoming disorderly. Gates ignored my warning and continued to yell, which drew the attention of both the police officers and citizens, who appeared surprised and alarmed by Gates’s outburst. For a second time I warned Gates to calm down while I withdrew my department issued handcuffs from their carrying case. Gates again ignored my warning and continued to yell at me. It was at this time that I informed Gates that he was under arrest. I then stepped up the stairs, onto the porch and attempted to place handcuffs on Gates. Gates initially resisted my attempt to handcuff him, yelling that he was “disabled” and would fall without his cane. After the handcuffs were property applied, Gates complained that they were too tight. I ordered Off. Ivey, who was among the responding officers, to handcuff Gates with his arms in front of him for his comfort while I secured a cane for Gates from within the residence. I then asked Gates if he would like an officer to take possession of his house key and secure his front door, which he left wide open. Gates told me that the door was un securable due to a previous break attempt at the residence. Shortly thereafter, a Harvard University maintenance person arrived on scene and appeared familiar with Gates. I asked Gates if he was comfortable with this Harvard University maintenance person securing his residence. He told me that he was.
TnGelding
July 23rd, 2009
2:05 pm
@@
July 23rd, 2009
1:51 pm
Thanks for distinguishing yourself.
Gandalf of Gwinnesia
July 23rd, 2009
2:06 pm
EXPAT: Nope you got that wrong! Gates was and is an idiot. He didn’t act like a civilized human. He acted like a spoiled brat. He got less than he deserved.
Do what a cop tells you, everytime. It really that simple. He’s a race baiter. I bet he teaches AFRICAN Studies! He’s a dr of racist attitude.
RB from Gwinnett
July 23rd, 2009
2:06 pm
No, G, no celebration. I’d celebrate if he went back on TV and apologized to the cop for his comments as he should do. When he does that, I’ll post a nice compliment for him.
You know what, none of this whining by you has changed the KIA reality one bit. An apology to the troops and families would go a long way, but no amount of whining to me or about me will ever change the reality of your actions with those numbers. Live with it.
Trust me
July 23rd, 2009
2:06 pm
Anybody else notice how NoKo took Condi seriously but they giggle at Bruno, just sayin….
Hillary put the children to bed without their supper. So, they got upset and started calling her names. The GOP and its blind faithful picked right up on it and started supporting the North Korean children. That’s just disgusting. Unless the GOP are really nothing more than propagandists hired by North Korea. Could be. At least, I have not seen anything that disproves it.
Bosch
July 23rd, 2009
2:07 pm
thomas,
I’m not sure what you mean. RB has for at least a couple of years now blessed us all with what is truth and what is not, his insight and wisdom into everything is truly remarkable.
Trust me
July 23rd, 2009
2:08 pm
By the way, that cop really was stupid. I should capitalize STUPID though for the proper emphasis.
Normal
July 23rd, 2009
2:12 pm
USinUk, I agree that things are looking up a little, but the AJC is also saying metro joblessness is at 10.7%. If the economy gets better
but doesn’t produce enough jobs, is that good?
Mrs. Godzilla
July 23rd, 2009
2:12 pm
OKAY RB FROM GWINNETT….
You constant begging for me to leave you alone is getting tedious.
YOU KNOW as well as I do that no matter what you say or do, I know the real reason for it. It’s just a power that you and I have.
SO…being the adult in this relationship I will quit telling people what you really mean.
Actually, I have accomplished what I set out to do – expose you as a seer equal to Sybil Trelawny.
Calm down, I won’t pick onyou anymore.
(and you being you, know exactly why!!!!)
crystal balls, indeed.
Gandalf of Gwinnesia
July 23rd, 2009
2:12 pm
Gates is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor
Director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research. (He is a inciter or racism in the black community) .
RealityKing
July 23rd, 2009
2:13 pm
African-Americans are stopped byour mindless law enforcement officers disproportionately because they brake our mindlessly written laws disproportionately..
thomas
July 23rd, 2009
2:14 pm
UsinUK,
I will address both of your claims, and assertions.
1st I meant no disrespect to Pew, but I see where you did not have anything to say about my analogy of school children. In my opinion they approve of what the administration is doing because they are using the admimistration. The poll showed nothing to discredit my opinion, as I have found in my life that those who are using people always approve of them to their face and in public. However behind closed doors is a different story.
On the issue of ID. The professor did not show his ID to the cop instaed immediatly accused the officer of racism. Then started yelling at the police officer. He eventually did indeed show his identification. If you have something to show that Identification was shown immediatly and without any argument, I would love to see it. Now I ask a question though how would this have been dealt with if the cops had not done an over suspicious investigation? Would the officer still then be facing charges of racism for not investigating a break in at a black man’s house? From what I have seen in society lately, yes he would have been.
Why must any and every mistake made against a black person be an act of slight or racism? I knew this to happen almost identically to a white friend of mine in college, were those cops racist? One of them was black?
Gandalf of Gwinnesia
July 23rd, 2009
2:14 pm
I meant of, sorry!
@@
July 23rd, 2009
2:14 pm
I guess I’m gonna have to read up on this Gates v Police. It seems to be the topic of interest.
What little I know about it has put me in mind of my recent jury duty. The black attorney solicited, through empathy, a young black man who had been stopped for DWB. The kid almost got the guy off on an armed robbery and assault with a deadly weapon charge until logic prevailed. Black defendant, black defense attorney, black prosecutors, black arresting officers and 10 minority jurists. Myself and an airhead 20 y.o. were the only white jurors. We convicted him on 6 of the 7 counts.
The defense attorney called for a mistrial claiming the jury verdict was bogus? The defendant’s family members threatened the jurists in the parking lot.
Oh the drama!!!!
Trust me
July 23rd, 2009
2:16 pm
This whole Gates thing sounds an awful lot like some other cases I’ve heard of. Let’s see, there have been so many. Was it Waco where some folks in their residence were just minding their own business and the police wouldn’t leave them alone even though they were not breaking any laws except maybe hurting a cops feelings with words or maybe it was that place… .
USinUK
July 23rd, 2009
2:16 pm
later taters … suppahtime!
Turd Ferguson
July 23rd, 2009
2:17 pm
RealityKing
July 23rd, 2009
2:13 pm
Nah…more likely they have a tailight out, improper tag display, headlight out etc.
thomas
July 23rd, 2009
2:18 pm
Bosch, there is no argument from me regarding RB.
But it does appear you left off some names as far as those wo would tell us here what is and what is not. That is all I was saying. For the most part everyone here speaks (writes) with an attitude that they are correct and only their opinion is valid.
RB, is by far not the only one guilty of this, no?
RB from Gwinnett
July 23rd, 2009
2:20 pm
OK, G, I can tell you’re about to cry so I’ll ease up on you. You run along now and keep acting like Barry can do no wrong. I’m sure that’s a simple world you live in.
RB from Gwinnett
July 23rd, 2009
2:21 pm
Hey Bosch, it looks like your Episcopal Church is about to split. Gee, I wonder which side you’ll fall on?
Mrs. Godzilla
July 23rd, 2009
2:22 pm
I win!
jt
July 23rd, 2009
2:24 pm
Keeping on topic about Korea.
Normal -
When you were west pac, did you ever do that Korean specialty of burying a chicken egg, (right before hatching), letting it ferment, and then devouring with kimchi.?
My father had nightmares about that.
RealityKing
July 23rd, 2009
2:26 pm
The stupid cop entered the home on the assumption that there was a crime in progress, as he should have. I certainly wouldn’t have had a problem showing my valid drivers license, or even thanking the stupid cop for answering the call so quickly. Gates simply acted like a foolish child because the white cop was in his home. Followed by shouting at him all the way back to the police car where he was arrested for disorderly conduct. As he should have been.. Gates is clearly a piss poor role model for today’s young African-American and should not be in any teaching role much less at Harvard.
Mrs. Godzilla
July 23rd, 2009
2:26 pm
OH NOES….he knows where I live too!
RealityKing
July 23rd, 2009
2:32 pm
I have been pulled over for a headlight out, no seat belt and improperly display tag(rear window of the truck). There are no excuses.., especially to our robotically trained stupid cops.
RealityKing
July 23rd, 2009
2:33 pm
Oh.., did I mention that I’m a clean cut, well dressed, middle aged white male?
Trust me
July 23rd, 2009
2:34 pm
That stupid cop should have left Gates alone since he clearly was in no danger. If the cops had really wanted to help him, they should have been patrolling the area when Gate’s house actually was broken into. And, this innocent passerby line. Sounds real lame. I think this calls for a Presidential inquiry. Otherwise, it’ll just get blown all out of proportion and then the reporters eill be hounding the President until he takes action on the matter, just like with the “Born Identity” conspirators.
DB, Gwinnettian
July 23rd, 2009
2:35 pm
So I’ll ask the question a different way.
This Sgt. Crowley guy. How wise do you think it was for him to give his first on-the-air live interview after the President had been asked to comment, to these guys?
================================
Hosts off air for two weeks
Station suspends 2 for Metco remarks
By Sasha Talcott, Globe Correspondent, 10/7/2003
Faced with searing criticism from parents and political officials, WEEI yesterday suspended prominent radio hosts John Dennis and Gerry Callahan for two weeks for comparing an escaped gorilla to a Metco student waiting for a bus.
The suspensions were announced on the same day that one of the station’s advertisers, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, announced that it would pull $27,000 in advertising from the station and donate the money to Metco, the voluntary desegregation program that places Boston children in suburban schools.
The two-week suspensions significantly increase the previous punishments for the hosts. Dennis had been given a two-day suspension, and Callahan, who was not originally thought to be involved in the remarks, faced no punishment at all.
The radio station called the remarks “insensitive and inappropriate” and said in a statement yesterday that it hopes Metco students and parents will begin to heal. The two unpaid suspensions take effect immediately.
=================================
I guess Don Imus wasn’t available?
Turd Ferguson
July 23rd, 2009
2:37 pm
From reading the police report this Nutty Professor should be locked away for his own safety and the safety of society in general. Give one a title and they think they own the world.
RealityKing
July 23rd, 2009
2:38 pm
As far as North Korea goes, keep laughing Jay.., we’ll remind you of your progressive comedic outlook on foriegn policy when the first nuclear missle strikes and kills millions of people foolishly depending on Obama for protection.
Trust me
July 23rd, 2009
2:38 pm
Bachmann joins Paulsen on GOP’s most-vulnerable-incumbents list
Awwww. Tell me it ain’t so. Someone with her charm and personality and brains. She’s just gotta be a keeper.
I know, I know. I was doing’ some knee slappin’ on my own.
Normal
July 23rd, 2009
2:39 pm
jt…The Balut, It was duck egg, with a nearly developed embryo in it, pickled and buried to ferment, then eaten alone or with kim chee.
Yes…it was a dark and stormy night, lightening flashed…a sailor was seen cracking one open and scarffing it down, spitting out the bill and feet, then guzzling a beer. It all stayed down too…won a couple hundred dollars…it was a good night.
Bosch
July 23rd, 2009
2:40 pm
RB,
Oh, that news is about five years old now. Which side do I fall on? Why don’t you tell me since you know more about what I think than I do. And quit celebrating religious conflict.
Doggone/GA
July 23rd, 2009
2:40 pm
Here’s a different perspective on the Gates arrest: http://www.thenation.com/blogs/notion/454282/skip_gates_and_the_post_racial_project?rel=emailNation
DB, Gwinnettian
July 23rd, 2009
2:42 pm
Can’t hang ’round, but I figured some (possibly left and right-aligned) might find this “translation” of the President’s presser to be a day-brightener.
Later, all.
Normal
July 23rd, 2009
2:44 pm
jt, I won’t tell you how many days I passed feathers…
TnGelding
July 23rd, 2009
2:44 pm
RealityKing
July 23rd, 2009
2:38 pm
If only Bush had left Obama the military Clinton left him. I see where Gates is finally getting around to increasing the size of the Army and Marines, if only temporarily.
I Report :-) You Whine :-(
July 23rd, 2009
2:46 pm
Aahhh, yes, Obozo, Queen of HopeandChange.Duh, thee marvelous president of the US of A, hater of thee “childish things,” couldn’t pass up the chance to stoop down low and get in some good, old fashioned race baiting.
He doesn’t discriminate, he hates all whiteys equally.
Wilbur Farquhar
July 23rd, 2009
2:47 pm
RB This is just for you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLxCiXnNAnk
RW-(the original)
July 23rd, 2009
2:48 pm
Paul,
You’re seeing so much talk about the Gates deal because that’s exactly what Obama wanted being talked about today. He sure didn’t want anybody trying to dissect his health care lunacy.
This question was staged and once again Obama gave it away when he called on the Chicago reporter. He introduced her to ask the last question, but it was only 8:50 and if he didn’t know what she was going to ask it would be pretty hard to know his answer was going to fill the remainder of the time.
Trust me
July 23rd, 2009
2:49 pm
I just love a little knee slappin’ from time to time.
TnGelding
July 23rd, 2009
2:51 pm
I Report
You Whine 
July 23rd, 2009
2:46 pm
And with you as exhibit ‘A’, with good reason. Why would he hate white people? It was his black father that deserted him.
I Report :-) You Whine :-(
July 23rd, 2009
2:52 pm
RW- The crazy lady birther at Castle’s town hall was a DNC plant, trying to distract attention from falling poll numbers and the health care debacle.
I Report :-) You Whine :-(
July 23rd, 2009
2:55 pm
TN- The cops protect and serve, risk their lives, firefighters run into burning skyscrapers, unless they are white and stupid.
Why are you asking me about your boys pathologies?
Trust me
July 23rd, 2009
2:57 pm
The GOP put out a video to highlight their healthcare plan but, I don’t know… it looks kind of hokey to me.
TnGelding
July 23rd, 2009
2:59 pm
I Report
You Whine 
July 23rd, 2009
2:55 pm
Because your accusation makes no sense.
Curious Observer
July 23rd, 2009
3:06 pm
Trust me @2:57: LOL!
thomas
July 23rd, 2009
3:21 pm
Enter your comments here
Northern Songs, Ltd.
July 23rd, 2009
3:37 pm
Reality Queen – At it’s current development pace, NK should have a delivery system ready by 2014 – just in time to drop one on the watch of Sarah the Magnificent.
@@
July 23rd, 2009
3:48 pm
Alrighty din! Looks like Obama was re-establishing his bona fides with the black community.
“Have some people wanted him to bring this up sooner?” asked civil rights activist, the Rev. Al Sharpton. “Of course, we have. But the timing had to be right. He had the courage to take a position at a time when he knows some people will disagree.”
What was it Obama said? “I don’t know the details”?
If he didn’t know the details how did he know the officer acted stupidly?
Stepped on his “poll” with this one.
I’m tellin’ ya…..the guy doesn’t know when to stop talkin’. It’s a curse!
RB from Gwinnett
July 23rd, 2009
3:55 pm
Bosch, you might ask you priest about the meetings last week. If you’re still working on 5 year old news, you might want to visit the church more often.
RB from Gwinnett
July 23rd, 2009
3:56 pm
Wilbur, I don’t click on links from blog trolls I don’t trust. That would be you.
Bosch
July 23rd, 2009
4:05 pm
RB,
I don’t have to ask my priest about the meetings last week, I know what happened. I’m not working on 5 year old news, actually six year old news now, but apparently you are. Oh, I forgot you know more about the Episcopal Church than any of its members. My apologies.
But I feel that you should apologize to all Episcopalians in light of you celebrating the spiritual anguish of over 2 million Americans that we all feel over this rift in our church.
RealityKing
July 23rd, 2009
5:38 pm
Gates was acting like an arrogant fool and deserved to be arrested for disorderly conduct. Obama is the one that should be apologizing to those stupid cops..
>>>
A police report of the incident written by Officer Carlos Figueroa, who responded to the call with Officer Crowley, says Crowley was already in the house when he walked in. The report says Crowley had asked Gates for some identification and Gates shouted that he would not give any information and called the sergeant a racist.
According to the report, Gates then yelled, “This is what happens to black men in America.” When Crowley tried to calm him down, Gates shouted, “You don’t know who you’re messing with.”
The report continues that the shouting went on after Gates and the officers walked out onto the front porch. When Gates allegedly wouldn’t cooperate or calm down, Crowley arrested him.
Crowley said he was surprised that a man as educated as Gates would start yelling epithets about his mom, part of the incident that never made it into the police report.
The offical police report:
http://www.foxnews.com/projects/pdf/Gates_Arrest.pdf
RealityKing
July 23rd, 2009
5:44 pm
Crowley told the radio station that he asked Gates to step outside because he didn’t know who Gates was, and he was alone and didn’t know if his safety was compromised.
“I had no other motive than to ensure my safety, or he could’ve been the homeowner who was unaware that there were people in his house unauthorized. I just didn’t know,” Crowley said.
Crowley told the Boston Herald that he is not a racist, and at age 27 gave CPR to a dying Reggie Lewis, the Boston Celtics star who had a fatal heart attack in 1993 during a practice game at Brandeis University, where Crowley was a campus police officer at the time.
“I wasn’t working on Reggie Lewis the basketball star. I wasn’t working on a black man. I was working on another human being,”
TnGelding
July 23rd, 2009
6:02 pm
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July 23rd, 2009
3:48 pm
RB from Gwinnett
July 23rd, 2009
1:51 pm
He said they acted stupidly. Nothing about guilt or innocence. Has anyone even filed any kind of charges? No, and I’m betting they won’t.
“I think it’s fair to say, number one, any of us would be pretty angry,” Obama said. “Number two, that the Cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already proof that they were in their own home. And number three – what I think we know separate and apart from this incident – is that there is a long history in this country of African-Americans and Latinos being stopped by law enforcement disproportionately, and that’s just a fact.”
“Gates has said he was “outraged” by the arrest. He said the white officer walked into his home without his permission and only arrested him as the professor followed him to the porch, repeatedly demanding the sergeant’s name and badge number because he was unhappy over his treatment.”
“Richard Weinblatt, director of the Institute for Public Safety at Central Ohio Technical College, said the police sergeant was responsible for defusing the situation once he realized Gates was the lawful occupant. It is not against the law to yell at police, especially in a home, as long as that behavior does not affect an investigation, he said.”
http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_HARVARD_SCHOLAR_DISORDERLY?SITE=GACAT&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2009-07-23-11-43-31
TnGelding
July 23rd, 2009
6:27 pm
testing.
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July 23rd, 2009
6:35 pm
TnG:
I’ve read differing accounts of what happened. It sounds like Professor Gates was arrested for being disorderly and belligerent. Had he simply acknowledged that it was a misunderstanding on the part of both parties, I’d be O.K. with it. Now it seems he’s DEMANDING an apology.
I’ve always said that DEMANDING an apology is a useless endeavor.
I’ve read some of his writings on race. They reveal that he’s pretty reasonable on the subject. This incident appears to be the exception.
Maybe he’s suffering from dementia?
Who the heck knows? It’s much ado about nuthin’ in my opinion.
Obama was wrong to say he didn’t know the details but then spoke as though he did.
Stupid move on his part.
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July 23rd, 2009
6:41 pm
…and TnG? I’ve been in situations that couldn’t be diffused. I’m sure you have too. You turn…walk away…and they’re still following behind you screaming. Complete lack of self-control.
TnGelding
July 23rd, 2009
6:47 pm
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July 23rd, 2009
6:41 pm
Even if it had been “caught on tape” there would be different views on what happened. But the charge that Obama had made it impossible for the police officer to get a fair trial, when no complaint had been filed, was what my response was about.
Thanks for the reply.
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July 23rd, 2009
7:53 pm
TnG:
If that “charge” was made on these here blogs, I missed it. I can’t say that I’ve read half-a-dozen of the comments here. I haven’t said anything about it being “caught on tape”.
Suggestion! Whenever you pull me into conversation, it’s safe to assume I’ve read little of what’s been said here. Start fresh.
Question
July 23rd, 2009
9:25 pm
The best incentive we should send NK is a little thing we call ‘preemptive stike’. That should crack them up….
the evil rich
July 23rd, 2009
9:27 pm
I guess W was RIGHT about North Korea all the time.
Real
July 23rd, 2009
9:29 pm
Regarding PresBO and his comment on the popo, it looks like PresBO can learn a thing or two from Forrest Gump, begining with “stupid is as stupid does”….
VERY poor decision by whomever to have him even mention this (of course the media will give him yet another free pass)!!!!
JackB
July 23rd, 2009
9:34 pm
So, with OBO’s comment on the police I guess that raises his cred to that of his race-baiting buds, Al and Jesse. Though it’s likely the comment was written by Mrs. OBO!!!
Logic Prevails?
July 23rd, 2009
10:01 pm
What are “ASEAN players”? Players from Asenia?
Or did you write stupidly?
Jim morrison
July 24th, 2009
2:31 am
You Liberal Morons should really feel safe now that Barry’s Socialist Health Care Team is in Charge.
Give me a break, I’ll take Bush anyday!
Enough Said!
Michael Vick
July 24th, 2009
6:40 am
Man, those people EAT dogs.
Whasssuuuppp?
ken
July 24th, 2009
7:49 am
He forgot his prompter. Sounded like Rev Wright.