[Vision2020] Say What?

[Paul Rumelhart]

I can agree with that to a degree.  He was leaving, he could have just 
let him rant.  However, it was only after he had followed him outside 
and after he had been warned twice that he actually arrested him.  This 
leads me to believe that Gates could benefit from an anger management class.

It's idiotic anyway, because Crowley wasn't the one that made the 
alleged racial gaffe, he wasn't the one that saw a black man trying to 
enter a home and made a mistake of racial profiling - as was assumed by 
Gates.  Therefore, Gates should not have been ranting at him about it.  
What was Crowley supposed to do?  See a black and man and back off for 
fear of being assumed to be a racist?

I'm not saying the lady that phoned the police was racist, the whole 
racist slant comes from Gates and was directed at the wrong person if it 
even had merit.

Paul

Sunil Ramalingam wrote:
> 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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