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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - Alphonse Fletcher, Jr., University Professor
Formed last September, the Cambridge Review Committee was tasked with preparing a set of recommendations that would address the issues that arose from Gates' July 16 arrest, which had sparked accusations against the CPD of racial bias.
The progress report made no explicit mention of addressing racial bias, an accusation lobbed at the CPD in the aftermath of Gates' arrest. Kosko said that addressing racial prejudice was not “one of the issues the committee was charged with” but added that it was...
Returning from China last July, Gates was arrested for disorderly conduct at his home when passer-by Lucia Whalen called police to report a possible break-in. A police report said that Gates was exhibiting “tumultuous behavior” and accusing the police officer, Sgt. James Crowley...
On July 21, charges were dropped against Gates, but a day later, the incident reached its pinnacle of media attention when President Barack Obama said the Cambridge Police Department “acted stupidly,” adding that racial profiling remained a fact of life for minorities in America...