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...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...
...President Obama said the actions of the CPD were stupid and linked the event to the history of racial profiling in America," said Sergeant Dennis O'Connor, president of the Cambridge Police Superior Officers Association. "The facts of this case suggested that the president used the right adjective but directed it to the wrong party...
...matter go forward to a trial of fact so that the truth could have been disclosed by means other than debates in the media that we've seen over the last few days." Gates has said that he is open to the possibility of suing police, and Sergeant James Crowley, who made the arrest, has recently said that he has not ruled out a defamation or libel suit against Gates either. McDonald said at the press conference that no decision had been made on the matter...
...recent criticism of the police's handling of the incident—including from President Barack Obama—and added that the department took its professionalism seriously. He said that such attention is "not the kind of notoriety we want to come to this city," and maintained that Sergeant James Crowley, the officer who made the arrest, had done nothing wrong in his handling of the incident...
...believe that Sergeant Crowley acted in a way that is consistent with his training at the Department, consistent with national standards of law enforcement protocol," he said. "I do not believe that his actions were in any way racially motivated." Instead, Haas said that Crowley had "assessed the situation, tried to de-escalate the situation, and made a determination that the only way to stop the situation was to make an arrest...