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maybemaybenot -> RE: The arrest of Henry Louis Gates: How far have we really come? (7/22/2009 7:36:48 PM)
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Simple case of Cambridge Elitism. Not even close to racism. The only one screaming about race during the event was the good professor. The cop followed procedure. I'm not so sure he should have been arrested, but according to eyewittnesses < neighbors> who came out due to the ruckus the Professor was creating, he was screaming and hollering. he must have been pretty loud to get the neigbors into the streets. When the cop asked Skippy to step outside so he could talk to him, Gates replied " I'll talk to YOUR Momma outside " I listen to the professors interview with ABC while he is recovering from the trauma of his arrest on Martha's Vineyard, he is a snide, condecending arrogant elitist. And his intitial comment to cops when he barked " you have no idea who you are messing with ", backs up his elitist arrogance.
Instead of being grateful that a passer by called 911 when she thought some one was breaking into his home, he turns it into a race issue. Think about it, a cop comes to your door and says someone called about a possible B&E, what would you do ? I would explain it was my home, give ID if asked and thank the cop for following up and protecting my home.
The poor woman who called the cops is being pictured as some racist neighbor. They're saying she wouldn't have called the cops if it was her white neighbor. Nooo, she didn't live in that neighborhood, she was from Malden. She happened to be walking by Skippy's house when she saw two men with backpacks and on was shoving his shoulder into the door, appearing to try and break it down, so to speak.
Believe me when I tell you.. Cambridge is a world unto itself. A few years back, a Cambridge Boy Scout Troop set up donation boxes for soldiers in Iraq on elections day at or near the polling places. They city of Cambridge confiscated them. They said the Freaking Boy Scouts were conducting a Pro War effort.
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