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Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. moderated his vociferous demands for police apologies on Friday, saying that he would be glad to share a beer with President Barack Obama and Sgt. James Crowley at the White House, and that he, too, hoped his experience could be used as a "teaching moment...
...Obama, who had said earlier in the week that police "acted stupidly" in arresting Gates, acknowledged Friday that his word choice was flawed and that both parties may have overreacted during the confrontation. The President was reportedly concerned that his words had distracted from his health care reform efforts and helped fuel the media "obsession," and called Crowley and Gates to have a beer at the White House...
UPDATED 5:38 P.M. President Barack Obama conceded Friday that he had erred in his "choice of words" in criticizing the Cambridge Police Department for arresting Harvard professor Henry Louis "Skip" Gates, Jr. last week...
...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...
...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...