[Vision2020] Say What?

[Sunil Ramalingam]

I don't think it's an issue of race. I think it's an issue of an officer abusing his authority.  Being out of line in your house is not a crime.  Abusing your authority as an officer of the state is not 'doing your job.'
 
Crowley should have let it go and left.

Sunil

> Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:36:07 -0700
> From: lfalen at turbonet.com
> To: thansen at moscow.com
> CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Say What?
> 
> 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
> > 
> > 
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