My Thought on Obama wading into this matter;
1st, I see it as a local matter, nothing for President to use
as a 'photo-op to remind us that he Pimp'd his way into
the White House.
2nd, you can take the gangsta out of the HOOD, but you
can't take the Hood out of the gangsta.
Obama is not Presidential material, he is nothing more
then a street smart con artis. Who has pulled the
greatest 'Murphy of all time' on a portion of American
that has their heads so far up their own ass it's frighting.Posted by
Bobby EberleThere are a few issues that rise above the rest for me. One of
those is race relations, and how those on the left view "equality
" We are all supposed to get along and treat each other fairly,
right? Yet, the liberals attempt to do this by treating people
unfairly. With racial preferences, different racial and ethnic
groups are given favor over others. This is fair?
This is equality?
I'm sick of it.
Then... when something doesn't go right, these same people
claim it's "racism." In the case of test scores, it's never because
someone actually performed better than the person complaining.
With a promotion, it's never because someone was better
qualified than the person complaining. And with crime, if
someone was falsely accused or there was a misunderstanding,
it's never an honest mistake. It's racism. Give me a break!
The case that has brought this to a head for me is the one involving
Obama friend and Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Here
are the details.
Police were called to the home of Gates by a neighbor.
The neighbor saw a man trying to force his way into Gates' home
and was concerned that there might be a burglary taking place.
The police arrived, and it turned out that it was Gates and his driver
who were trying to force open the door. The police asked Gates for
identification at which time he became belligerent and
uncooperative. Because of this, the police charged him with
disorderly conduct. The charge was later dropped.
Those are the facts, but here's how it went down.
As the police report states, Sergeant James Crowley first met
the caller outside of her house. The report indicates:
She went on to tell me that she observed what appeared to be
two black males with backpacks on the porch (of Gates' house).
She told me that he suspicions were aroused when she observed
one of the men wedging his shoulder into the door as if he was
trying to force entry.
According to the report, Crowley could see Gates in his house
through he 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.
In the report, Gates told Crowley that he had "no idea who he was
messing with" and continued to call him a racist police officer.
Additional requests to talk with Gates outside were met with
"ya, I'll speak with your mama outside." Gates was repeatedly
warned that he was becoming disorderly, but continued the tirade.
After these warnings, Crowley placed Gates under arrest for
disorderly conduct.
Here's where the craziness begins. First, Gates is a professor at
Harvard and supposedly one of the premier professors on "race
in America." He is also a friend of Barack Obama. Word of the
arrest quickly spread and it even made it into a question at the
end of Obama's press conference on Wednesday night. Here is
what Obama had to say in all his "wisdom:"
Where do I begin! Obama acknowledges that he doesn't know the
facts in the case. He had not read the police report, yet he still
eels that it's appropriate to comment and MAKE it an issue about
race.
Let's look at his points:
#1 any of us would be pretty angry,
#2 the Cambridge police acted stupidly,
#3 there is a long history of African American and Latinos being
stopped disproportionately.
Ok, #1. Any of us would be pretty angry? When we are using our
credit card, we are asked for ID. Why? To verify ourselves as the
card owner and make sure there is nothing fishy going on. In this
case, Gates was asked to identify himself and indicate if there
were others at the house. This is done to verify the owner and
to also cover instances where there may be intruders inside the
residence. It is all done to verify the situation. Would this make
me angry? NO. Rather than Gates screaming racism, how about
simply saying, "Thank you, officer, for protecting my home."
#2. Obama states that the police acted stupidly for arresting
somebody when there was already proof that they were in
their own home. Hello! Gates was not arrested for breaking
and entering. It was well acknowledged that Gates was in his
own residence. Gates was arrested for disorderly conduct,
and there is nothing to indicate that the police acted stupidly
as our president state.
#3. Blacks and Latinos are stopped disproportionately. What does
this have to do with anything? This was not a traffic stop. The
police did not see a "black man" breaking into a house. They were
responding to a call from a neighbor. Thus, it is impossible that
this has anything to do with profiling. As it turns out, Crowley
is a "police academy expert on racial profiling."
Cambridge Sgt. James Crowley has taught a class about racial
profiling for five years at the Lowell Police Academy after being
hand-picked for the job by former police Commissioner Ronny
Watson, who is black, said Academy Director Thomas Fleming.
"I have nothing but the highest respect for him as a police officer.
He is very professional and he is a good role model for the young
recruits in the police academy," Fleming told The Associated Press
on Thursday.
Police officers are also standing by Crowley. As FOX News.com
reports, "Many police officers across the country have a message
for President Barack Obama -- Get all the facts before criticizing
one of our own."
"What we don't need is public safety officials across the country
second-guessing themselves," said David Holway, president of the
International Brotherhood of Police Officers, which represents
15,000 public safety officials around the country.
"The president's alienated public safety officers across the
country with his comments."
The fact is that Barack Obama should have kept his mouth shut.
He had no idea what he was talking about, yet used the incident to
play the race card. As if this was yet one more example of
oppression. I'm sick of it. I would be happy the police were doing
their job. I would be thankful that a neighbor cared enough to
call the police. And I would certainly respond to the requests of
the officers.
All of that seems pretty simple, right? Perhaps if I were one of the
foremost scholars on race in America or the president of the
United States looking to score cheap points, I might think and act
differently. Fortunately, I'm not.
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