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Gates, one of the nation's most renowned black scholars, dominated media reporting on the case earlier in the week, loudly accusing Crowley of racial profiling and demanding an apology from the officer...
...Associated Press also reported Friday that patrolman Carlos Figueroa and black officer Leon Lashley, who both had also responded to the call at Gates' home, expressed full support for Crowley's actions. According to Figueroa's police report of the incident, Gates refused to provide identification for police and shouted "this is what happens to black men in America" during the confrontation...
...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 handpicked by the former black police commissioner there. Crowley also administered CPR to former black Boston Celtics player Reggie Lewis when the basketball player collapsed and died during a workout at Brandeis...
...because it's a local issue. I have to tell you that that part of it I disagree with. The fact that this has become such a big issue I think is indicative of the fact that race is still a troubling aspect of our society. Whether I were black or white, I think that me commenting on this and hopefully contributing to constructive -- as opposed to negative -- understandings about the issue, is part of my portfolio...
...Harvard, though, the Gates arrest is nothing new—it bears an uncanny resemblance to what has come before it. Last August, a black high school student was, like Gates, confronted by police for attempting to "steal" his own property while trying to unlock his bike. And in the spring of 2007, students called the police on the Black Men’s Forum and Association of Black Harvard Women barbeque in the Quad following a heated discussion on the Cabot House email list in which many expressed skepticism that the picnickers were actually Harvard students?...