Did Cambridge Police Officer Sgt. James Crowley act stupidly?

[vada2000]

would this have been news at all if everyone was black or everyone white?

[marinello6]

Sophia Nelson is extremely bright and articulate. Don't assume Sophia, that most whites think this or that way. Where I live, I don't know any white that would sided with the cop and I am a white...I think. This white-black shit has got to end.  It is a digusting legacy of slavery. By the way, don't think that whites have a love fest. Who killed who during WW2?

[bobbette7]

Prof. Filthy Mouth did EVERYTHING he could to incite this situation in order to MAKE what happened HAPPEN! Plain & simple... Period!

[Impeachthecriminals5]

ponyboy: I agree!

[ponyboy316]

I read the quotes of gates from the police report. If you think a Harvard professor said those thing, you are either extremely naive, you watch too much television, or, yes, you are a racist.

[klard]

ponyboy316: You are right. Anything that appears in a police report is suspect. Police summarize events in their reports in a mannerr they think best supports their actions. Crowley's report stated the neighbor reported that two black men were involved, that has turned out not to be true. What else was fabricated in the police report? Credibility is the issue and Crowley has been shown to have fabricated facts.

[shieldsff]

@klard-I agree with Dr. Dyson's statement that if Crowley been a black officer who made a similar error against a famous white Harvard Professor (say for example Henry Kissinger) he would have been placed on extended assignment as a traffic cop. I really don't see why Pres.Obama saw the need to have a so-called 'beer summit'. Can all citizens of police abuse and complaint expect the same? You shd see the YT series about police being a big "street gang"