Sgt. Crowley Speaks Out About President’s Remarks

I’m sure I heard Charlie say that Skip was arrested for “breaking into his own house.” Since that’s not true – he was arrested for disorderly conduct – maybe it’s ABC News that owes the Cambridge police and Sgt. Crowley the apology.

Being a black man is no excuse to interfere with a policeman who is trying to do his job. Color is no excuse for unlawful behaviour.Period

Gates was not breaking into his own house. The front door was jammed, and he had already entered through the back. He then asked his driver to help him unstick the front door, a perfectly innocent thing to do.
But that may be the only innocent thing he did. When the cops arrived, I think he had a Paula Jones moment – “smells like money!” – and decided to see if he could get himself arrested.
What jangles most in Gates’s account of things is his praise for the neighbor who called the cops. He claims to be delighted that his neighbors are so watchful. So far, so good. But he is apparently outraged – really, really outraged – that the cop responding to that neighbor’s call would not ask the suspected burglar to step outside, and would insist on accompanying him in search of what he said would be his ID. Apparently, Prof. Gates prefers his neighbors vigilant and his cops incompetent. Yeah, that’s the ticket.

obama does it again speaks on things he dosn’t know anything about.

The telling thing in this entire scenario, is if the police office was such an upstanding sort of guy, why would he refuse to give his badge number and try to leave when he was confronted with being in the wrong?
Aside from the handcuffing and arrest, that alone tells you what his real ethics are all about.

Craig,,,, Sgt Crowley never refused to give his ID. In fact he reached in his pocket to take it out. Not to mention the fact that his badge was ON HIS UNIFORM!
If your house was recenlty broken into along with 7 other homes in your neighborhood and after you attempted to what looks like to a nieghbor “break-in” to your own home and a officer shows up, how would you react? Would you yell at the guy and berate him, call his mother names? OR would you thank him for coming. Off your ID to prove you live there and explain that the house was recently broken into and the front door is broken and wont open properly?
Think about it.

I am sick and tired of officers being accused of racism just based on the color of THEIR skin. This makes me sick. A white officer is accused of being called racist, just because he is white. This is getting very old. I hope that when the “professor” places a complaint and falsifies the complaint, HE gets charged for writing false statements.

The police officer should apoligize. We can talk about his training, honor and little league coaching but he still crossed the line with the Professor. He should know the campus elite, being a member of the campus police for for 11 years. You can not tell me that the police officer did not know of the Professor…I think he was being a jerk. Racism is alive and well in these United States and we cannot erase the fact that black men remain prime targets for workers who have authority, such as police officers. Again, he should apoligize. The President did not call the police office stuide, he said the police force acted stupidly, which is true. This should have remained on campus. I own a company and I I said that one of my employees behaved wrongly, then I would expect that employee to apoligize to the client. In this case, Pres Obama is the boss and the Professor is the client…the employee is defiant. He is openly defiant, so I can just imagine the way he acted when no one was around. He is bucking the President. The police officer did not like the way the Professor talked to him and the Professor did not like the way the police office treated him. So the Professor gets arrested because of what was said…come on.

keys2heaven, You have an extreme warped sense of reality. There is no reason in the world, this officer should apologize. This has nothing do about being defiant as you say?? And if you are the owner of a company, then you should know, that the “Buck” ALWAYS stops with the boss. This was very much uncalled for and the fact that the media elite failed to do a proper investigation of the FACTS just goes to show there is more then one kind of racism and bias in this country !!!

Hello,
Thanks for being a competent police officer despite Obama’s remarks. Frankly, I am tired of reverse discrimination. I tuahgt primarily balck children for 25 years and this excuse, “I’m Black” is getting tired.
The Blacks shoudl have no special privileges. And neither should Harvard.
Keep up good work. Why should charges have been dropped?
Sharon F. Kissane, Ph.D.
Proud to be a graduate of outstanding Midwet schools.

My father taught me many things. One was that if a policeman is asking me questions, answer them straight-up, and keep my mouth otherwise shut. When the police are around asking questions, things can get very serious very quickly. I don’t blame them one bit, and I appreciate the risks they take every day (very unlike a coddled professor).I’m sure the scholarly professor knows all of this. He wanted to get arrested, and Sgt. Crowley delivered. The only racist/elitist in the situation was the puffed-up black Harvard professor who did not like answering the lowly white policeman’s questions. Goodonya, Crowley….

In responce to Ken Moore, Color is not offered as an excuse for unlawful behavior! However, it may have been a reason for the incident proceeding as it did? Please learn to get these points correct people! The future of race relations and understanding may depend on it!!!

All this is to make every one that is not in favor of the President’s wishes
a RACIST. Is getting very, very old. We are tired.

As a corrections officer, we are taught to have safety and security first. As a Marine, we were taught to secure the premises. Obama has never served our country putting his life on the line. He has no idea what it means to be in the forefront of danger. It appears he has more compassion for the dictators and incompetent overseas than his own countrymen! He has put America down overseas and now he has put down radio speakers and NOW our heroes in uniform! Does he support those who attack us more than those attacked? I question his allegence to America! I question his genuineness! I question what he would do in a serious situation as this officer, either do what the officer did OR throw this professor the keys and praise him for being disrespectful to the law of this country! I question!!!!

I do not think Crowley owes anyone an apology. Looking at the picture on TV and the newspaper, there was a black police officer present…maybe someone could ask him what went on after he got there. Crowley was doing his job. You would think a neighbor would recognize a neighbor and not call the police??? And for President O….what can I say? Like Biden, open mouth, insert foot.

The President did not call the POLICE OFFICER a low life cop. Nor did he call for his firing. Making broad statement like White Cops as if to say all White Police are racist is untrue and not well though out.

At the end of his comment, Crowly says, “I guess a friend of mine would support my position too.” Gates is Obama’s friend and he reacted to the situation. That would be fine if he were a local councilman or community leader but he is not. Obama is the President of the United States, he should start acting like one. On the grand scale, this incedent is incredibly minor and should be treated that way. Who knows what happened, Crowley seems like a decent guy following department procedure and the Professor was just angry and frustrated at a household mechanical problem (I can relate). A few heated words where released, proper ID was not produced and Gates was taken in. I am sure this whole thing would have gone away if Obama would have used a little common sense and stayed out of the way.

why were the charges dropped? the charges were dropped even before Obama’s comments.

he taught people not to racially profile. He must have had conflict resolution skills. I just wonder why he was not able to use those skills prior to the arrest. He seems to have not been able to have this be a win win situation but remained in a power struggle. I know in the heat of the moment people say and do things that they would not normally do or say but when he has the uniform on he must use his people skills not just his power skills.

First, if I were to be recognized as something I believe to be so special as a ‘Harvard professor’, I think I’d be smart enough to understand the language and to carry my proper ID with an address on itso I could feel special when my name is dropped in public. Second, if robberies had been occuring in the neighborhood, and I lived (not owned, since in fact he did not OWN the house) there I’d be pretty happy to see a focused and forceful response from the local police department. Third, if anyone should give or get an apology, its the president and the professor who should be giving it and the officer who should be getting it. No one wants to be robbed, and for those that put themselves in the position to be harmed on our behalf we should be eternally thankful, just as we should be proud and supportive of our military personnel. The President is, in fact, the top law enforcement official of this country, and performance represents leadership. Therefore, I’m am emphatically impressed with the officer who, when directly asked for comments about Mr. Obama, did not try to throw him under the bus, but rather supported him, or at least the office, in a very professional manner. For those that weren’t happy with W. for his slant on the English language, I’d happily accept it before I will having the top law dog publicly saying his staff acted ‘stupidly’ especially since he should be focused on the enormous challenges he faces at his level of concern, rather than a local issue. No one was hurt and the professor should be happy about that. A little pride was ruffled, which is frequently mistaken as ‘my rights have been violated’ in this country for someone doing his job. And I can tell you, if your some smart Harvard professor yet reach the level of bad mouthing my mother, you’d give no evidence on the scene that you are more than a common disparate, aside from picking your teeth up off the floor with a broken arm for saying that. He’s damned lucky he didn’t end up tased for the attitude. Obama is right that cooler heads should have prevailed, but he is wrong in his assertion that it should have been on the part of the police. Obama, going to Harvard doesn’t make you special or above the law. And, truth be told, if judgement is the issue, then let’s get serious and talk about how someone with as little experience as you have believes that dropping $780 billion in stimulus money, none of which you seem to feel accountable for, and see really nothing more than unemployment go to over 10%, and then try to jam through a healthcare bill that you, yourself, admitted you hadn’t even read….now that’s calling the kettle black. All praise to the officer for not commenting on how the rest of us are watching our very own ‘house’ being robbed through an ineffective stimulus package, the attempt to ramrod a healthcare proposal that will bankrupt us all and which you admitted you hadn’t even read, and for absolutely no one with enough testicular fortitude to deal with a crushing illegal immigratin issue since one their in, if they would vote it would be for a democrat willing to further rob American middle class to pay for benefits not one of them has earned. Hell, while your at it let’s give ACORN another couple of hundred million to continue to cheat the very people all of this turmoil is supposed to be working for. As a voting citizen and tax payer, I AM one of the bosses, mr. keys2heaven, and it does stop with me. If things don’t shape up and quickly, everyone of that currently holds an elected office, from dog catcher to the Oval office better be updating a resume’ becuase no one seems to be deserving of any job stability in this country at this point.

Obama is a rascist. plain and simple. When does the president get involved without knowing the full details. This is just how he did when he went into other countries belittling us.

I aggred with president comment with the words ” stupidly”. I believed it was a normaly reaction, and his comment was correct 100%. Why? if you have a traffic ticket of violation you can see how an officers react in front of the courts, they think this world is belong to them. Most of them are CROOK….

It would appear with an educated eye that President Obama once again opened his mouth without knowing the facts and embarrassed himself. This officer was simply doing his job and the Professor being an educated man himself should have produced identification and explained the situation in a calm and rational manner. In reviewing the President’s comments it would appear that President Obama is bringing color into this issue thus making him a racist and a bigot! A word of advice President Obama please don’t comment on a subject without first having your facts straight because it makes you appear very unintelligent!

Crowley responded to this call just like he should have, when he arrived he needed to see who the person was in the house. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THAT. He was not only protecting himself but protecting Mr Gates. THIS IS CRAZY, show the Police Officer your ID and then thank him for checking in on you.
And for Obama, whats that say about our President, he has no put white and black on the same page like he acts like he has. This is a terrible terrible time for America to see our President react to RACE AND RACE ONLY…

Oh, here we go again. All the race baiters come out and say “oh, that’s so racist.” and you know it all comes from the select few of a certain group of people. I’m sure Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are on their way to make it all better. Those guys have to be the 2 biggest racists in America, but no one acknowldges that. If this were a black officer and a white professor, we probably wouldn’t hear anything about this. 95% of the time that the race card is used, it is used to deflect the personal and civil responsibility of that certain individual. Get over it, grow up, and come up with another excuse.

Thank God Sgt Crowley did his job and didn’t just take for grantide that the guy belonged there, and it’s a shame that doing his job he has to endure racist comments from a harvard prof. and outragous remarks from our President. They should both be apoligizing to him.

I am really tired of people making judgements without knowing the facts. Then u start making comments that are racial because of who u are. These are your feelings inside. This was just an opportunity for them to come out. The true colors always shine. The cream rising to the top.

Why was Gates behaving like he did? When a police officer asks you a question you answer it without acting like a punk, if you are not a punk. Gates was trying to prove a point, but it didn’t work. He is an angry man who wanted to cause trouble. Cops are in dangerous situations every day. This is an Officer who is out there trying to do the right thing, and he does.An officer doesn’t know who they are dealing with..they could have a gun. I think Gates should apologize. I am very disapointed with Obama on this one. He should have taken time to review the whole picture before jumping on the band wagon.

PRESIDENT OBAMA is not going to apologize. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? He is right.

To a fitting end? No one will ever know for certain what exactly transpired at Prof. Gates’ residence as it was not recorded and no person directly witnessed the early-on event. For this reason alone, it is decisive of what both sides do next to heal the situation and make it a win-win situation for all, including the country. Dr. Gates has left the door open by standing by his need for an apology which should be forthcoming. The officer, Sgt. Crowley, was doing his duty as he saw the event unfolding, following SOP when a crime was reported to be in progress. Even the president became involved and has a part to play to introduce some wisdom into the event to defuse the insipid comment he made on national tv. This will be a challenge for all concerned; will they be able to set aside petty insolence, deescalate and grow as a result by demonstrating they have the fortitude becoming of indiviuals who use tact, wisdom and courage to make amends? Or will they continue to be victims onto themselves in avoiding a successful settlement? This is indeed a unique opportunity!

Gee, Frank, I hope everyone can notice
how tired and cranky I appear after a “long international flight”. Then as I break down a door, the protective neighbor won’t call the police, and the
protective officer will say to me, “Oh, it’s YOU professor, go ahead and break down the door!” Now how did he know I was a professor, (?) it must show on my appearance.” Face it>>that professor is a RACIST. Obama was wrong, and by the way why is it that Obama won’t produce his birth certificate?

Our President’s judgement is impaired and flawed. So he thinks a hard line with local authorities and save the soft stuff for our real enemies? There must be a book around about how to respond when questioned on a legitimate police call, like the one of how to behave when stopped on the road. What to do and what not to do. I assume the professor can read and and understand. No racial intent here by the officer, just an opportunity for Gates to exercise his will. CAN HIM.

i need to know how a buisy man like the pres has time to get involved with a police officer doing his job, if people acted with a little common sense then our police would be able to take care of the real business, keep up the great work offices crowley,and the pres needs to look at the big pic.

Well said OZ !!!!

This officer was doing his job!!!! The President needs to learn how to do his!!
The officer has nothing to apologize for. When you are a citizen, you have to obey the police and firefighters. If we are not going to….why have them. If they have no authority to do their jobs….why have them. We trained our kids, to obey? They are responsible to make judgement calls on safety for everyone!! I want to keep it that way. This professor, obviously has a viticimized mentality! Does the prof know he is living the the 21st century. I guess you just can’t question a black man? let alone a black profesor????
People should be outraged about congress. Why doesn’t the President talk about the stupidity of Wall street, and all of the people who don’t work, and all of the stupidity of people that he has hired, that criminally have records, and don’t pay their taxes–they are the real theives. My opinion is…..The president has NO COMMENT on something that he knows NOTHING about! Exactly, maybe he should just stop talking!

President Obama’s comments were disgracefully uninformed. The president introduced race just as Professor Gates did by his conduct. Very simply, it is shameful for a president and a professor to denigrate law enforcement in this way. In spite of what the president and professor instigated and said, law enforcement in this country will continue to protect them both with the utmost professionalism. Neither President Obama nor Professor Gates can hold a candle to the way Sgt. Crowley managed this event. Listen to the recordings of this incident when released then extend your apologies to Sgt Crowley, the Cambridge Police Department and every person the places his or her life on the line for you every day. Isn’t sad that in this day and age we have a president and a professor from Harvard using words and conduct to divide, instead of reconciliation and uniting us? So much for Harvard, disgraceful!

First Obama is running the Automotive Companies, next the climate, along comes the Medical Field and the Insurance Business and now the local Police Departments. Scary, isn’t it!! What else is he going to stick his nose in.

I think the officer did the right thing, he was doing his duty weather black or white you have to obey the law, just because we have a black president doesn’t mean the black people are special and should get away with anymore then any one else

There is no doubt,one can make an a innocent statement but in a rudly manner.I think that is what happened.Both the prof and the cop were supposed to observe some decency in their conversation.I think they were both hot tempered and could not excercise some restraints expected of them. Both of them should appologise to the people of America for creating an unneccessary ugly scene.
The cop should applogise to the police force for making the public form an opinion which is wrong about the police.
The prof should also appologise to the Harverd University for making the public think that their prof is not decent.
The president has actually accepted the fact he is human and his position as a president does not make him an all knowing God.

I think the good professor saw a chance to show the world the bad white cop, the rascist white cop, you never curse a cop or act in an aggressive manner towards him he wanted to push that cops button get his name in the paper and perhaps a law suit to pad his bank account if theres a racsist in the mix it’s the good professor.

This situation is ugly and humiliating to both the professor and the officer. Pride, ego, what ever you call it will not allow either side to call it quits. We, the people of the United States, including me along with the press feed this crap with a frenzy that is only matched by vultures on road kill. The President will have to sometimes say no comment and mean it.

I want to know about the neighbour as to when he reported the break in and who he saw and when . the neighbour is trouble :)

i wasn’t there but o have experence police acting rudely to me at my home which i own but then i cannot complaime i white and he (Gates ) is Black i am sure he has a dricer licence and tat whaat he should have shown and the poice should have held his temper on check now the cambrige board should act, or are they afraid too shame on you i smell money and obama should have keep his nose clean it not his bussiness it the college job to police and clear this up and gates should grow up or he no professor drop the subject and no appoligy needed the police was doing to him what they do to all ,it had nothing to do with color

Bla, Bla, Bla,Bla wake up America Racisim is here to stay and it will not go away untill we at least admit it is here. I am so sick of this so called high moral ground persons not of color take when they are cought doing in public what they do in private every single day. It is a rite of passage in this country to see how cleverly this art of deception can be practiced in public. When you are cought you invent a number of ways to clense your dirty deeds. I am a person of color six decades I have lived with this sickness in our society , everyone who is not of color is infected with it but enough are that it will never ever go away ,why, because it was allow to exist in the very beginning with slavery. When you have slave and master someone has to be the slave and someone has to be the slave!!!!!!!

If you have never been profiled or been mistaken for a perpetrator you would have no idea of the circumstances of this situation..You all live in that protected mold of America’s disdainful reality. This is a distinguished professor (known throughout the world).

The race card is getting real old.
Regardless of the race of the two people involved. Let’s just look at the facts of the case and leave race out of it.
Sgt. Crowley had probable cause to make an arrest and he made the arrest.
The good professor was acting inappropriately and was creating a public disturbance. He is not above the law !!!!
Sgt. Crowley was acting in a professtional manner and he has nothing to apologize for.
The good professor should apologize to the Police Department and the University for is conduct.
President Obama should also apologize for his “stupid” comment. The president has enough on his plate without inserting himself into local matters.

Just to think we now have a racist President

My son-in-law is a police officer and my daughter a former officer. They have to be in control of situations. There is too much reverse racism in this country. If it was a black officer and a white man who was mistaken for B&E, this would never had reached the media let alone the President. What a disappointment that President Obama referred to the officer as stupid. The President owes the officer an apology….he didn’t even have the facts. The Professor was way out of line. I hope the college takes a look at who they have teaching future leaders of our country. As far as our Presdent leader goes, he needs to go back to college.

If the professor were just your average working Joe, he’d be charged, jailed until bail, and would probably end up paying a fine. Gates had a lot of chutzpah expecting an apology instead. He should be grateful that charges were dropped.
Obama, what were you thinking when you stepped in to defend him? Friend or not, the man did wrong by verbally abusing an officer of the law, and he should be punished, not enshrined.

Excuse me…to the Ph.d, Ms.Kissane..You don;t have a clue what happended so how dare you say the officier could have handled the situation different….Put yourself in that home & someone broke in on you,,I bet you would want the officier to handle it the way he did…..My son is a Law Officier,,,,& You just don’t know what they go thru…..

“Show him who’s boss?”Really Frank. Gates did not coraporate with police, was crude with the police officer, and then vented his anger at Officer Crowley. Frank is right about one thing, racism is alive in America, but it is Gates who is guilty in this case. President Obama has lost of my respect with this issue and needs to be careful how he handles these issues in the futre

Oh and by the way there is no such thing as reverse racisim. There is resentment and even hatered for being treated like a second clss citizen for so long. People of color are like an unwanted child in the family, no matter how hard you try, no matter how good you are you are still unwanted.

Obama is a joke, period. If you voted for this clown, you’re getting exactly what you asked for. He’s taking our country further down a path to socialism and no backbone…look beyond his “blackness” and see the unqualified social worker he is!

frank s, is crowly supposed to ask each time he want to arrest someone “did you just get off a long international flight?” and if they said “yes”, he should not irrate them right?
give me a break. i commend crowley for doing his job with integrity. gates should apologize and so nobama. nobama has no business talking about this personal situation at a national press conference on a national matter. nobama should be ashamed of himself. nobama, you are fire!

I have many friends both black and white and their my friends because of the person I am on the inside not the color of my skin. I have 3 grown children and I have told them from the time they’re young when approached by a police officer and asked for ID to promptly turn it over and be polite. A police officer puts his life on the line for people like Mr. Gates everyday and frankly I’m glad they do. Not all white people are out to get black people. And when you talk about racist people you’re talking black & white. America has changed but some folks refuse to leave the past in the past and they dredge it up every chance they get. I’m sick of it, but I’ve raised my children to know the difference between right and wrong and what color a true racist is. I hope police officers continue to do their job the best they can, even after the stupidity remark. Without law & order we would be like a bunch of animals doing what we want, when we want, and how we want; is this the kind of America you want?

I WAS JUST WONDERING – IF THE PROFFESOR WAS A MALE WHITE AND THE POLICE OFFICER A MALE BLACK, WOULD THE PRESIDENT EVEN HAVE TALK ABOUT THIS INCIDENT ? WOULD THIS INCIDENT BE MENTIONED ON THE LEVEL IT IS ? NO I DIDN’T THINK SO…. THE SGT. RESPONDED BECAUSE SOMEONE CALLED – PERIOD. PRODUCE YOUR I.D. AND ITS END OF THE STORY. HEY PREZ, GET ALL THE FACTS BEFORE PAST JUDGEMENT ON A MAN WHO PUTS LIFE ON THE LINE DAY AND NIGHT FOR YOUR AND EVERYONE ELSE’S SAFETY. IF ANYONE DESERVES AN APOLOGY ITS SGT. CROWLEY FROM THE U.S. PRESIDENT.

It’s crystal clear. All the facts indicate that the officers acted well within the established guidelines. Obviously they were trying to help someone who thinks he’s better than a lowly policeman. Personally, I’m glad Gates was reminded that it is a level playing field. As for our so called president….well, America, he’s just shown us that he’ll be glad to play the race card himself. Mark my words; you will see more of this behaviour in the future. Very poor behaviour indeed, and who is really suprised?

Sgt. Crowley is not a stupid person, President Obama is the one who acted stupid by speaking without knowing the events. Plus the question was a “set-up question” it had nothing to do with the press conference. So he definately should have had a clue on the situation.
It is unfortunate that President Obama made such comments. These comments do not bring the nation together, it divides. We do not need these kinds of statements, now or ever.

Both men should of acted professionally point blank.
And to be arrested after giving the cop proof should have been enough for him to get the hell out and to go look for some real criminals!!!

Obama dosn’t know what he is talking about!!! Please, give the man a little credit just because you all made him president you did not and you can not make him white. I think he knew exactly what he was talking about,.and so do you America. For six decades I have seen racisim above ground and as it is today undreground where it is most dangerous. We don’t see it untill we choose to. Just like dirt under a rug, unless we pull the rug back we will never see it. Who will get rid of it all together who among us will be brave enough to not only pull the rug back but get rid of it all together.

I am amazed by the preponderance of misspellings, poor grammar and terrible structure these postings show. Is this a representative sample of the results of our American school system? To the issue, I pity the innocent in this country. We seem to have reverted to public judgment by the misinformed.

I think that cop should be fired for arresting a man that is innocent!!! So crowley can do a better job walking the malls in Boston.

Thank God we have a President that is doing his job correctly.

What ever happened to authority figures in this country. We are to respect the people who are in authority over us. If a police officer asks me for my identification then I am going to give the officer my ID because I HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE. I want to cooperate because I respect the police. I wonder what would happen if Mr. Gates was pulled over for a traffic violation. Would he give his drivers license and proof of insurance? He thinks he is above the law. Mr. Gates, you are the racist!

Gates should have thanked Crowley for a quick response and produced proof that he was the resident of the home…situation solved! Gates response escalated the problem and Crowley needed to do his job. It’s so unfortunate that race is even an issue…Obama really added fuel to the fire. It concerns me greatly that he speaks about issues where he doesn’t have all the facts and makes uninformed judgments. This is not what I want in our president.

Has anyone forgot that Police officers are supposed to be respected and we have to cooperate with them. Some of us dont understand that as the Harvard professor in this instance. Lets not forget to play the race card wich has nothing to do with this. Anyone with common sense knows if you engage authority there are consequences. The true problem here is not recognizing authority and the lack of respect for it. Obama…What a shame!!! The officer acted accordingly anyone who dont see that truly needs therapy or believes in anarchism. Lastly, blacks are equal to whites and this is widely known, the only racism left is from the ones of the past who cant let go and pass this ignorance. The majority will rule it always does. Educate yourselves and stand tall like men!! and quit thinking the world owes you. WORK!!!!

Whenever an Officer of the Law asks for your identification you give it to them without question! Too often our police and military are injured of killed trying to be politically correct!

All my family supports Sgt. Crowley in the dicession he made concerning the arrest of Mr. Gates!!!!!!!!!!! Earlier today, I was discriminated against by two black ladies in a store. This is happening to so many people, yet we don’t cry discrimination!!!!!! We need too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This country has changed so much since Jan. 2009 and being a senior citizen, I am afraid for my life!!!!!!!!! Thank you for going by the laws Sgt. Crowley!!!!!!!!!!!

I am quite disapointed in our Pres. and I can now only assume he acted well should I dare say stupid. The police were doing their job and it seems to me the Professor should thank them and asked to be forgiven for his his disrespectful behavior to law enforcement. Also he may need some ego/anger reduction classes I would bet Harvard can offer that at special price to him. As for our Chief in charge — shame shame on you sometimes its ok to say I have no comment because of lack of information — on a personal opinion level it almost makes me think The Pres. is bias — yes it goes both ways — sad isn’t it.

I recall a reporter asking Obama a question at a new conference some weeks ago. Obama clearly did not wish to answer the question and he responded by saying something along the line . . . (I don’t like to comment on something in which I don’t know all the facts . . .). Well, he should have been consistent. He, like us, do not have all the facts and should refrain from commenting on the Gates case.
Instead of being a “post-racial” uniter, he reverts to the racial politic of us versus them; in this episode, his comments are divisive.

Sgt. Crowley was doing his job. Whether you are black, white, brown, yellow, purple, fuchsia, or chartreuse – if you do not comply with an officer of the law you will get arrested. This was not a Rodney King issue and the officer showed no signs of violent or rouge intent. This Gates person has a stick up his you know what about how the “black man” is treated in America and has made a career out of it. GATES, You are about 4 decades too late to be the next Martin Luther King or Malcolm X or Farrakhan – in fact, you shouldn’t be allowed to even teach this type of social regression to your students. It is self defeating and the rest of America is tired of hearing about how the your race it being treated. It is no longer a valid cry – we have a black man for a President. And you are WRONG Gates, it isn’t about being black, you got arrested as any other non-compliant person would. Regardless of race if you do not treat a law officer with calmness and respect during questioning. More to the point, if Sgt. Crowley really was a Racist cop, he would have hand-cuffed you before ever asking any questions, BECAUSE of a report of a black man breaking into a University owned home. You should be more angry at your neighbor who profiled your skin color and called the cops on you in the first place. Why didn’t that person recognize your Mr Gates, are you a bit of a recluse, anti-social perhaps, do you keep to yourself because you are a “black man” in a “white man’s” school? Gates, you have a problem with insecurity and authority which you need to seek professional help in order to address your delusions of grandeur and passive aggressiveness! We have a black president, America couldn’t be any more over race. No one cares if you are black in America. Gates, get over it and apologize to Harvard for embarrassing an Ivy-League University with your shenanigans, and to the Cambridge police dept, and to Crowley for smearing his good name, and to America for touting old reverse discrimination psycho-babel that has gone wayside in the late 90s; along with being Gay in America, who cares. Lastly, just because you are black in America, doesn’t give you a right to be disrespectful to anyone who challenges you. Everyone gets challenged if they what to start acting stupid to police, especially when it is uncalled for. Mr Prescient, you should have simply said “I have no comment on the situation as I do not know the full facts to the case” and left it at that, you lowered yourself and will probably loose even more approval points with America now; especially since you insulted a state funded law enforcement agency protecting its citizens, in lieu of never responding to a call that could have been valid. Imagine if there was a real break in, and the cops never showed up, I guess Gates would have pulled the race card then too?! “They never showed up because I’m black!”

The real one that should be investigated is the District Attorney that ordered the arrest and is prosecuting. He is the one who is trying to stop the research for Lou Gerigh’s disease under the guise of this arrest. Maybe all the smoke and mirrors will show who is telling Sgt. Schultz what to do for their own personal gain which is a violation of US Code title 18 section 202. Did you know the Headquarters for ALS is in Cambridge along with MDA research? I know there are no Peter Zengers left in Massachusetts.

I said, the officer was wrong because when he arrive to Mr gates’s home. The officer should smart enough to know Mr gate is a burglary or not. Normaly, burglary, they don’t wait for you or talk to you. When they see the officer they will run away.

It was very embarassing to observe a racist, Mr. Gates, accuse someone else of racism for doing their job. Then to act like a two year old having a temper tantrum…How juvenile.
I am extremely disappointed in the President for commenting in the manner he did, based soley on a racial preference. The President owes Sgt. Crowley an apology, and maybe should stop seeing the world as racially divided. I’m 35, I know the difference between good people and bad, yes sometimes they have different skin colors. About had enough of the race card being played. It’s old, tiresome, and unwarranted.

I also agree that the President owes James Crowley an apology. I feel that he overstepped his position in making a comment without knowing all the facts.

From time to time I’ve had my burglar alarm go off during work hours due to false alarms, leading me to get home just as a police vehicle is pulling up. Each time the officer came out of the car clearly ready for action, many times purposefully blocking my driveway I had just driven in. Each time I had my driver’s license handy and was clearly stating my name, address, and issue with the alarm.
No problem, the rules are simple: you have an alarm, expect a response and follow the simple rules (show ID).
Then again, I don’t have a PhD.

America shoud be proud of itself for having elected the MOST RACIST AND LEAST QUALIFIED individual it could find in the country and send him to the White House!!! How dare Obama make any negative comment about Sgt Crowley’s action when by his own admission, he did not have all the facts and Gates is a friend of his.. No surprise since Obama’s gratest strength has been so far speaking utter lies and absolute nonesense with little knowledge of what he is commenting on. I don’t suppose we should expect him to support law enforcement for doing thier job when most people he surrounds himself with and nominates for office are criminals
(or perhaps tax evasion is not a crime when you are friends with the president.) Obama needs to stay out of law enforcement business since he should have his hands full trying to flush the U.S. down the toilet and turn it into a socialist country. Since he does nothing to protect American Citizens and does more to divide America based on race than anyone else, he needs to keep his STUPID comments to himself. What would Obama think of the Sgt’s actions if he just took Gates at his word and left without verifying who he is and he turned out to be a real burglar? Would he then think Sgt Crowley should be charged with murder??? Obama should have spoken against Gates actions for obviously causing HIS OWN arrest not the Sgt.’s for doing his job. After all, a society that does not support it’s police force, better learn to embrace it’s criminals.
I live on the West Coast and as a citizen, am absolutely outraged by Obama’s comments. At the same time, I am thrilled to see the Police Department has not bowed down to the White House and has supported Sgt. Crowley’s rightful actions. CPD should be used as a model for other law enforcement agencies who bow down to criminals who cry racisim at every chance they get. When will people start taking responsibility for their actions? How dare Gates act like the true idiot that he is when the officer who was there to protect HIS SORRY ASS’ interests?
Sgt. Crowley, may God bless you and your law enforcement brothers and sisters throughout the world for putting your own safety on the line to protect a bunch of stupid, ungratefull people who don’t desreve you. Thank you for a job well done!! Thank you for protecting and serving. Your Mayor and the White House and all of Obama’s “Yes men” owe you, your agencey and law enforcement across the country a HUGE apology. Do Not back down and apologize to anyone. Stand tall and proud as you have done so far and know that you are appreciated and supported. God Bless you always. Take care and be safe out there…

Obama made a mistake… So what do we as white people do…? Throw the biggest and blackest stone at him..!! Great..What the heck does that say about us if we can support an idiot president like Bush through all of his blunders and then turn around and crucify a man that is trying to REALLY do things above board and bring this country back.. Big deal.. The professor was wrong.. He should apologize.. The pres was wrong about this based on what I read but Im sorry.. My country needs him right now and Im not ready to through him out the window over it.. Hmm what would that make me… A double standard racist.. Well been born and raised in Mass, there would be many like me…!!

Thanks God we have a president that stands up for what he thinks is right and not for what the media wants. He does not owe any apology. I think the police acts stupidly many times. Unfortunately they are always right. I got arrested under almost the same circumstances as Mr Gates was I did not resist the arrest and I provide my ID but they made a mistake that put me 28 days in Jail fortunately there is a sane judge in the system that found me not guilty. Thanks to the “smart” police officer that arrested me I lost my job and almost my house. Stupid police. “Good for you Mr. President”

There is a letter flowing around the internet regarding the racial remarks made by actor/comidian Michael Ritchards
I suggest that everyone find it and read it.
Mr. Obama needs to pay attention to what flows from his month when he opens it. I did not vote for him, not because he is black but because he couldn’t prove that he has ever done anything to benefit this country. Hollywood put him there and Hollywood is raking in the bucks everytime Obama is in front of a camara. I find it funny when Hollywood personalities like Morgan Freeman, Bill Cosby and Will Smith openly stated that they did not vote for Obama. These actors have always been a few of the names that look for when I want to see great entertainment.
Obama needs to not only apologize the CPD but the intire country.

This is so dumb. Crowley and his boys demanding an apology? If I thought I saw someone I hated, who I felt threatened the safety of my community and I ran up behind him and punched him in the face, and turns out it wasn’t the guy I thought it was, I shouldn’t apologize to him? Then, when he gets mad, like Gates did, should I hit him again? Maybe I should, then I should also expect an apology using the Mass. police unions’ logic. This isn’t about race, it’s about a cop taking things too far.

The police are hired to protect and serve and once Mr. Gates showed identification that he lived at loc the situation should have been over and the police should have left politely and Mr. Gates should have proceeded with what he was going to do. It is all in the the way a person is approached which sets off a reaction. And many times ,,,75% of the time the way the police approaches an Afro-American causes a person to be defensive . We all should try to be more understanding of each other no matter what color the other is.

Equality: the equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences. Get over the racial finger pointing! It is so old. Mr. President, why are you worrying about local news…as stated, you did not even have the facts. As a matter of ‘FACT’ the people that were “at the scence”—imagine that—knows what happened. Let’s try this really cool thing called, are you ready…mind your own business. I got it…freedom of speech, but my goodness, we Americans have take everything to the maximum and sound ignorant. I’d have to say that I’m ashamed. I’m ashamed of the fact that we are supposed to be the land of the free, but we can’t even see each other as equals. Give me a break. GET OVER THE RACE CARD! The police officer did his job. Congratulations Mr. President, for not only discrediting the local police department…but congratulations for aiding in underminding the authority. What next, dare I even speculate?!

My sympthy to the officer who has been targeted here. When we need help we call them and this so called smart elic “college elite” wants to talk to the officer like he is beneath him and call him racist….please……
I think the Professor needs to be fired for causing such a stink and also made to pay any damages to the door. He should apologize to the officer, the college, the police dept.
And Obama, well, we all know this guy doesn’t know the truth on anything and he is always speaking when he shouldn’t. But he needs to apologize to the officer and all involved for his stupid remark.
We need to get Gates and all professors like him out of the colleges here in the US. Good grief, we pay them, and then have to listen to them yell and scream they are being offended.

I personally think that, on both ends, the whole situation has been completely blown out of proportion. Officer Crowley, being a veteran police officer should’ve handled the situation a little better without having to arrest the professor in his own home. The professor on the other hand, should’ve complied with the officer’s demands to provide proper identification, instead of further aggravating the the incident. I agree, with president Obama that the case was handled stupidly by the police department..why take it that far? Let’s please move on to more pressing issues of the world!

I think the police are damned that they did respond but, on the other hand, if they didn’t respond they still would have called it racial profiling for not responding to the call. Since there had already been a break-in in the neighborhood previously I think Sgt Crowley couldn’t take any chance. If Gates was “tired from his international trip” well la dee da. We all have things to deal with and he shoulnd’t have blown up like he did. It’s called ATTITUDE and it sounds like he’s got plentiful. Keep up the great work Sgt. Crowley and OBAMA checked out the facts before making a public statement that makes you look prejuced! I don’t think 1. you know police protocol 2. you weren’t there Charlie! Obama really disappoints me, I thought he’d be better than that.

I think that Obama’s reaction, both his comments at the press conference and his remarks at today’s gathering have done more to hurt race relations in this country more than anything I can recall. He was flippant and should have manned up and apologized. As a mostly white person– I am SICK of whites being refered to as racist so often. I believe the white population is living more to Dr. King’s dream of judging by the content of character as opposed to the color of skin—it’s the black population doing the majority of judging by skin color.

Obama was way out of line. he was not in the room. the facts weere not totlly clear. Obama should aplogize to Sgt Crowley. Not obama’s finest hour.

This is all about each man’s good old “PRIDE” being offended and therefore the escalation into a confrontation.
Each one of these men……an Up..ity Black Prof. with his Harvard credentials and a White Police Sergeant who has his credential teaching racial profiling. Man’s sin of PRIDE is what’s out of control here once again resulting in a conflict. For all you high intellects trying to figure this one out, it’s the same old Sh…t since the begining of mankind on earth. “I think I’m more important than you, and you think your more important than me…MAN’S COMPETITION FOR POWER AND GREATNESS!
All these so called intelligent people and what do you get….like most all of our politicians today…”STUPIDITY”. Including our President who obviously dug a deep hole when trying to micro-manage our country from his appointed Washington pulpit. He should remember….that his power is not to be used in this manner…he is just another elected official….elected to SERVE this country and his opinion should not show bias of any kind on public matters like this. Maybe he needs to grow intellectually about life…..You know he’s only 47 so how what does he know about life? Obviously now proven…..NOT MUCH !