Word: incidentally
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The comments to reporters at the White House came hours after police union leaders said at a press conference that Obama should apologize for saying that the CPD "acted stupidly" in handling the incident.
Earlier at the press conference, police leaders had sharply denounced criticisms of the CPD's handling of the incident and rejected the notion that race had any part in influencing Crowley's actions during the incident. Crowley, who attended the conference but did not speak, was accompanied by supportive representatives...
Last Thursday's incident had transpired when a woman reported to police that she saw two men apparently trying to pry open the front door to Gates' home. But the men entering were likely Gates, who had returned to Cambridge after a trip to China, and his car driver, who...
Haas said that the incident was less a matter of providing proper identification, however, and that Crowley made the arrest "as a last resort" after unsuccessfully trying to de-escalate the tension at the scene.
While Gates called the officer who arrested him a "rogue cop," Haas said that Crowley was a "stellar member of this Department" and that he relied on Crowley's judgment everyday. Nevertheless, he said that the Department regretted that the incident took place, and said that "nobody's happy about...