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Office of the Press Secretary
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room
...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...
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...
Obama, speaking at his White House press conference, added that there has been discussion of having Gates and Crowley over to the White House for a beer, and that he hoped the affair could serve as "a teachable moment" encouraging "all of us...[to] spend a little more time listening to each other." Obama said that he and Crowley had also exchanged friendly banter about getting the press off their lawns...