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...tensions flared as Gates, who had by then entered the home, angrily and loudly accused the officer of targeting him because he was black, according to police reports.But Gates and his lawyer have said that the professor cooperated fully, providing both his Harvard identification and a drivers license to prove he lived in the home. They said the officer refused to identify himself and lured Gates out of the home to arrest him.Gates told CNN Wednesday evening that even though the incident had upset him greatly, he would "do the same thing exactly again."—Staff writer Peter...
...Gates and his lawyer have said that the professor cooperated fully, providing both his Harvard identification and a drivers license to prove he lived in the home. They said the officer refused to identify himself and lured Gates out of the home to arrest...
...similar companies serve in such cases, since they have not been found reliable enough to be used in court. In March, an attorney for the defendant in a San Diego child-custody case attempted to introduce a polygraph test and a report from No Lie MRI to prove his client's innocence. It might have been the first time fMRI lie detection was allowed in a court proceeding, had the county prosecutor's office not objected to it and sought the assistance of Hank Greely, director of the Stanford Center for Law and the Biosciences...
...Given the level of desperation, says Bequelin, "the government needs to ask itself why it faces such opposition in ethnic areas and consider very seriously changing those policies." Otherwise, Xinjiang and similar regions like Tibet might prove inhospitable for all. The retired Han farmer in Urumqi says his faith in Xinjiang's future has diminished. "It's been developing really fast," he says. "But now I don't know. We've never had this before...
...Chinese government seems determined to exert even tighter control over the lives of Uighurs. Yet this strategy has left them feeling trapped and desperate. If China doesn't rethink its policies, regions such as Xinjiang and Tibet might prove inhospitable for all--Uighur, Tibetan and Han Chinese alike...