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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, of prejudice, while an account of the events written on behalf of Gates in the African-American culture magazine “The Root” said he was arrested after following Crowley outside and asking for his name and badge number...
...hopes to revitalize the relationship between the police force and the community, in the wake of last July’s arrest of Harvard African-American Studies Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. which led to national media attention, and ended with Gates and the officer who arrested him, Sgt. James Crowley, sharing a beer at the White House with President Barack Obama...
Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt Araceli Alarcon...
...When Sgt. James Crowley arrested Professor Henry Louis "Skip" Gates for disorderly conduct in July, it's unlikely that Crowley foresaw what was to come: a nationwide debate over race relations that made even Mr. President lose his cool, and an ensuing "beer summit" at the White House that was meant to diffuse the tension surrounding the controversial incident. Though an October night at the bar seemed to indicate that Gates and Crowley have since kissed and made up, the brouhaha evidently has yet to subside...
...complaint filed on Dec. 18, 2009, Counter alleged that Cambridge police officer William Macedo, acting under instructions from Detective Sgt. John Fulkerson, violated his 4th and 14th Amendment rights when arresting...