Have you been following this story out of Massachusetts? Here’s the basic set up. A woman sees a man who looks like he is breaking into a house. She calls the cops. The cops arrive to investigate the report of a burglary. The homeowner is inside and insists it is a misunderstanding and that this is his house .. no one was trying to break in. The cop demands identification. The homeowner refuses and gets upset.
Oh I guess I forgot to tell you one part of the story. The homeowner is black. The cop is white.
So the homeowner accuses this cop of racism. The only reason that the cop doesn’t believe that he is the homeowner is because he is black. The cop arrests him and he is charged with disorderly conduct. The charges have since been dropped.
Then, Barack Obama holds a news conference. He is asked about the situation. Our wonderful president said during his press conference Wednesday that he was only “vaguely” familiar with what went on during the arrest of Professor Gates … and then, being only vaguely familiar, PrezBO went on to say that the police acted “stupidly.” The White House has since tried to explain what the president meant by that statement. Guess this is why the guy likes teleprompters.
Well …thanks a pantload, Mr. President. Thank you so much for condemning the actions of the police in an incident that you were only “vaguely” familiar with. That ought to do wonders for the relationship between the police and residents of minority communities around the country. Nice move.
During the information overload hour today I’m going to read the entire police report of the incident. That’s more than Obama did. You listen to the police report and then see if you agree that it was the police who acted stupidly, or did Professor Gates let that racial chip on his shoulder get a bit out of hand.
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