Black Harvard Professor arrested after breaking into his own home?

I tend to agree with giving more weight to the police reports as a better measure of what actually happened. Furthermore, I read the reports yesterday on the smoking gun and there were two separate statements. One by Crowley and one by Officer Figueroa, which corroborates some of what Crowley said, especially the part where Gates refused to give Crowley information.

 

You don't think legal documents aren't held to the highest standards in a court of law? Well, [DaDakota censor] the government then.

 

Yes, I think they are held to a higher standard in a court of law but that doesn't make them completely truthful in my opinion.

 

For evidence of this, see virtually any documentation that has to do with the war on drugs.

 

And I agree with you to a point. They're not completely truthful all the time. Some facts can be embellished or omitted. The only complete truth that we, as observers, can get is being there. Unfortunately, we aren't so the next most truthful account we can get is the police report.

If I had to rank it, I'd go:
1. First-hand experience
2. Legal documents
3. Personal account of plaintiff and defendant
4. Witness reports

 

Well that was my point, they're not always completely truthful.

 

that sucks about hardly ever an option. Why would you not choose it?


I am just curious cause my relationship is mixed race and am wondering why you would choose one race over the other.

 

Well that's kind of a long story and really for another thread but if you want explanation I'll be glad to post it a little later.

 

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yeah sorry way off of topic. The only reason I remember is because I am always interested in biracial situations.

 

it's generally not the person's choice.

 

That isn't true.

 

you tell me when you have seen a half black/half white person identify themselves as white. american society views these people as black.

 

not true. feel free to start a bi-racial thread.

 

Hmmm...so what you're saying is the only time the police can arrest someone is if they're already 100% sure they can press charges at the time of the arrest, or they are going to be in the wrong?

I'm not saying the police officer did have probable cause, I just don't think it works like the way you're saying.

 

I am not one to concern myself with WWDDD.

 

I am saying that the police officer, in this instance, should have reasonably known that these charges would not stick. If that is the case, then he took the professor to jail and the arrest itself was the punishment for whatever verbal abuse the professor was engaging in.

I don't believe that such an arrest is appropriate.

 

Wow 19 pages? Anyways the guy doesn't even look black or maybe I'm looking at the wrong photo but I swear that's a white guy.

 

feel free to start it up since you had the questions. i'm just going off all my experiences in life and my schooling. take an african american studies class if you are curious. that's what i did.

 

My impression is that the reason he wasn't charged had more than a little to do with politics. I believe that if he had been some nobody that couldn't command a national stage as a bully pulpit, he would have been charged.