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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...loud and nasty and show scorn for a law-enforcement officer, but a police officer can't go out and lock you up for disorderly conduct because you were disrespectful toward them." The First Amendment allows you to say pretty much anything to the police. "You could tell them to go f___ themselves," says Shane, "and that's fine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gates Case: When Disorderly Conduct Is a Cop's Judgment Call | 7/25/2009 | See Source »

...Unless you confess to a crime or threaten to commit a crime, there is nothing you can say to a cop that makes it legal for him to arrest you. You can tell him he is stupid, you can tell him he is ugly, you can call him racist, you can say anything you might feel like saying about his mother. He has taken an oath to listen to all of that and ignore it. That is the real teachable moment here: cops are paid to be professionals, but even the best of them are human and can make stupid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Viewpoint: The Stupidity of the Gates Arrest | 7/25/2009 | See Source »

...actually just had a conversation with Sergeant Jim Crowley, the officer involved. And I have to tell you that as I said yesterday, my impression of him was that he was a outstanding police officer and a good man, and that was confirmed in the phone conversation -- and I told him that...

Author: By Maxwell L. Child and Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Obama Backs Off Gates Remarks After Police Ask for Apology | 7/24/2009 | See Source »

...guarantee that that will be true next week. I just wanted to emphasize that -- one last point I guess I would make. There are some who say that as President I shouldn't have stepped into this at all because it's a local issue. I have to tell you that that part of it I disagree with. The fact that this has become such a big issue I think is indicative of the fact that race is still a troubling aspect of our society. Whether I were black or white, I think that me commenting on this and hopefully...

Author: By Maxwell L. Child and Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Obama Backs Off Gates Remarks After Police Ask for Apology | 7/24/2009 | See Source »

...there were these two sentences: "Our entire system of justice relies on people telling the truth," Bush said. "And if a person does not tell the truth, particularly if he serves in government and holds the public trust, he must be held accountable." Particularly if he serves in government. Bush's allies would say later that the language was intended to send an unmistakable message, internally as well as externally: No one is above...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside Bush and Cheney's Final Days | 7/24/2009 | See Source »

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