[Vision2020] Say What?

[lfalen]

I will concede the point that it would probably have been better if Crowley had ignored Gates' ranting. But that does not exonerate Gates. He was a way out of line and Crowley was just doing his job. I do not see where race was an issue on anyone's part. It only existed in Gates' mind. It would still have been better to have let it go.
Roger
-----Original message-----
From: "Tom Hansen" thansen at moscow.com
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:00:49 -0700
To: "lfalen" lfalen at turbonet.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Say What?

> Roger -
> 
> The question does not concern whether or no police should respond to a
> reported/suspected burglary.  They should.
> 
> The question concerns HOW they respond to a reported/suspected burglary.
> 
> I will give you a "for instance" . . .
> 
> It is known that I live in an apartment complex of which 99% of the
> inhabitants are students.  Trust me.  I can tell you some stories.
> 
> A few (maybe five) years ago our mid-twenties, unemployed next-door
> neighbor had been embibing in cannabis (smoking pot) on somewhat of a
> regular basis).  Eventually the Moscow Police Department was called and
> informed of this situation.  The police were informed (apparently) that
> "somebody on the first floor was smoking marijuana.  The pungent odor was
> evident in the hallway.
> 
> Sure enough, the cops show up (about 8:00 or 9:00 PM) and knock on my
> door.  I answered.  They kinda leaned in (without entering the premises)
> and sniffed around.   Realizing that the odor was not originating from my
> apartment, they simply asked me if I had been smoking marijuana.  I said
> "No".  That only left one apartment from where the odor could have
> originated.
> 
> The police asked if they could enter my apartment to gain back-door access
> to our neighbor's apartment.  They entered and stood at the back patio
> while their backup knocked on the neighbor's front door.  As soon as the
> neighbor's door was opened, a small lilght brown cloud disipated into the
> hallway.
> 
> Needless to say . . .
> 
> What I am getting at:  Unlike the Amherst Gestapo, the Moscow Police
> department handled everything "according to Hoyle" and it turned out to be
> a very uneventful evening . . . with the exceptioon of the cat in the
> hallway scratching at the neighbor's door.
> 
> What made this particularly strange was that an MPD officer was living
> upstairs at the time.
> 
> Gee.  I wonder who made the call.
> 
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
> 
> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change
> and the Realist adjusts his sails."
> 
> - Unknown
> 
>