Originally Posted By: Dogfish
The cops were there to protect his property, and the Gates guy let the chip on his shoulder get the better of him.


Dogfish read that one right. There's more to this incident than is revealed to the public eye. The Prez shoulda' kept his nose, or mouth, out of it. Why the hell didn't the woman who called the police realize it was her neighbor "breaking" into his own house? Do cat burglars break in front doors in the middle of the afternoon wearing orange polo shirts? There was more than enough stupidity to go around: stupid neighbor lady; stupid Gates who's spent a career studying how blacks are treated differently by cops - what the hell did he expect?, blacks always lose and cops always win; stupid officer Crowley for going so far as to make an arrest; he had to know this wouldn't end well; stupid Prez, just because he knows Gates, he doesn't know enough facts to comment publicly on the topic, and that's what he should have said.

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