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...choice of words, I unfortunately gave the impression that I was maligning the Cambridge Police Department or Sergeant Crowley specifically," Obama said, adding that he had spoken to Sgt. James Crowley, the officer who made the arrest, earlier on Friday over the telephone. He said that he had reiterated to Crowley that he was an outstanding police officer and a good...
...Connor said that Obama and Mass. Gov. Deval L. Patrick '78, who has criticized the arrest calling it "every black man's nightmare," should have declined to comment on the matter, especially since they noted that they were friends with Gates and did not know all the facts. O'Connor, who emphasized that the Cambridge Police "deeply resents the implication" that the arrest was racially motivated, added that he hoped they would "reflect on past comments and apologize...
...trial of fact so that the truth could have been disclosed by means other than debates in the media that we've seen over the last few days." Gates has said that he is open to the possibility of suing police, and Sergeant James Crowley, who made the arrest, has recently said that he has not ruled out a defamation or libel suit against Gates either. McDonald said at the press conference that no decision had been made on the matter...
...attention in recent days has shifted to Crowley and the police force, who struck back saying that the officer was not a racist and that Gates had behaved inappropriately at the scene—leaving Crowley no choice but to arrest the professor. Crowley has insisted he will not apologize to Gates...
Thomas Drechsler, another police union attorney at the press conference, said that the disorderly conduct charge filed against Gates is among the most difficult crimes to define in the profession. But he said that many lawyers would agree that there was sufficient evidence for an arrest in this situation, and noted that Crowley did not have the "luxury or ability" to consult law textbooks and precedent cases in making judgments at the scene. According to media reports, Crowley is knowledgeable about race issues himself, having taught a class on racial profiling at Lowell Police Academy for five years after being...