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Bad cops need to be expunged--I'll make no defense of bad cops.
However, there is a certain assumption that all white cops are racists. A former police commisioner for Baltimore , ( a white guy from NYC) remarks that during his community meetings as part of the confirmation process, one community leader called him a racist, " Because you are sitting like a racist!". How is it possible to intelligently conbat that sort of predudice??
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I like to stay out of discussions about racism discussed by white people. As a white person you can not imagine that racism is still rampart, because you never experience it. I remember some one claiming here that racism was over after Obama was elected; now he has one of the longest post in this thread...just think about it.
I had two black guys working for me on a film I shot; an electrician and a grip, both were hard working guys from Inglewood. When they would leave the set they would place there call-sheet on there dash, so that if they were pulled over they could show the call-sheet to the cops with out reaching in there glove box or bag and explaining they came from work. These guys were pulled over for no other reason then being black at least twice a month. Me as a white guy has never been pulled over and for work I do go to many dodgy neighborhoods in LA. I'm sure that if the professor was white the situation would have ended completely different.
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According to the reports, the guy went off on the cop specifically citing that he thought the cop was hassling him because of his race, so my question is, what did the cop do to set that off? The cop used pretty poor judgement in arresting the guy once the words exchanged became racially charged, nevermind the fact the idiot cop couldn't figure out that some grey-haired old black dude in a golf shirt with a chaeffeur probably owned the place. His poor judgement would indicate to me he ought to find another line of work. |
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The guy could have easily circumvented the entire mess by simply showing the officer his ID and thank the officer for his due diligence.
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The prof needs to get his pipes cleaned seriously, he truly over reacted here.
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Oddest part is that neighbors called cops when Gates was having trouble getting into his own house. You'd think the neighbors would know Gates and recognize him. Wonder how many black people live on that block? If it is mostly a white neighborhood, I think the cop should have been smart enough to see the potential problem, and just back off. If it's a mixed neighborhood, I think the situation might be different.
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I "role reversed" it to see if it made sense. I can't see your remark as being sensible in absolute terms. Apparently you don't either. We agree. Apparently. |
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How so? They were doing their job. Investigating whether it was really a break in or not. Remember Jeffery Dalhmer? People were wondering why the police didn't investigate further and just took him at his word. Some have even said that because it was a white on minority, the cops didn't care. Which way do you want it to be? Well, maybe a man of his education should learn not to be so rude to others who have a job to do. Maybe we should all have the cops kiss is butt and recognize him for his prominence in the world? Perhaps you are right. He should have just said, "Oh, it is a black guy. Forget it. Lets go home and leave him to do as he pleases.".
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And now you can read the police report - Gates is an a-hole. I'll stand by that. If a cop has a good reason to ask for your ID (such as just doing a breaking/entry into your own home), and your response is "Why? Because I'm a black man in America?", then you've just set the ****ty tone from that point forward. The cop didn't set the tone, the professor did. The professor's response should have been one of understanding for his role in the situation, not complete defensiveness. Had he shown the cop his ID, explained why he broke into his own house, the cop would have left and none of this would have happened.
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0723092gates1.html
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Why? Because the suspect is black? Sorry. The cop has both a right and duty to ascertain who was there. OTOH, if someone had done a B&E on his house and let off because he seemed to get offended, I'll bet our friend would pull out the race card again. The guy was begging for it and he got it.
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How about the answer "by being white"? So now your thesis is that because I am white and you are black and you get pissed at me, it is automatically my fault? I think you will have to talk to Stacy Koon and company. They even thought that the video was a good thing till it blew up. I think the cop did the right thing. Once such a serious charge of racism is leveled, bring the guy in and let him sort out his case in court. OTOH he could also look like he was trying to cover it up by not reporting such a serious matter. You mean like when the white cops were accused of ignoring minorities when Jeffery told them that the kid was his boyfriend and had pics of him with underwear on? They even returned the victim to Jeffery. Perhaps these cops should have done that.
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