Critical Success - Skip Gates Sgt Crowley and a Glass of Beer

There has been far too much commentary on this issue, which was not a racist issue, but rather a MAN EGO issue. Critical consideration of this issue will yield a clear understanding of the situation. This is my first, and I hope my last word on this national distraction.

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News & Politics

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• Henry
• Gates
• Sgt.
• Crowley
• Racism
• Barack
• Obama
• Cambridge
• Police
• Arrest

[ChulaKirby]

Say it all you want but it doesn't matter. It was a racial incident. Gates judged a police officer's motive and intent solely by the color of his skin.

[dsbrown3000]

You know what, I and so many others are used to application of racism from majority to minority from white to black, that the reverse is often overlooked. Your statement is accurate and one hundred percent valid. Still, it buys us nothing. To make an event out of how Skip Gates pre-judged Sgt. Crowleys intent only serves to heighten divisiveness and escalate this dialogue. We can all be better.

[dsbrown3000]

The only point I was attempting to make to you regarding perspective is that in any given situation we know there multiple points of view. The cop view and the alleged suspect view are critical. However, in many a situation, if the cop does not err on the side of harm to his own person, he runs the risk of injury, or even death, hence getting tasered or arrested. That's all I'm trying to point out in this regard.

[dsbrown3000]

Again, the Sgt. Crowley could have let it go, should have let it go, but he chose not to. All this in my opinion was part of the n-moment. Now, I don't mean to anger, but in the following sentence you mention self-discipline. That's fair to state, but I don't think this situation meets your criteria. We admit they both got out of hand. However, do you ever watch TRU network? Do you remember a few weeks ago when the cop tasered that 70 year old irate old white woman?

[ddpl365]

It's called self-discipline, dsbrown, and if this officer of the law cannot show it when faced with a situation of an angry old man in his own house, then he should get off the force.

[ddpl365]

When you are public servant, like a cop, you deal with irate people all the time. There are procedures to handle them. It's called letting the baby have it's bottle. Who gives a shit if the cop was called names. I've been called slut, fucker, bitch, cunt, bastard, shit head, you name it in my job; my mother, a former immigration officer, has been accused of being racist, and again called every name; but you don't let it get to you. And you do not act in the way this officer did.

[ddpl365]

Skip Gates was in his house when he was shouting at the cop, which is not a crime. He was arrested for disorderly conduct when the officer enticed him to come outside. The officer tricked to step out of his house so he could put the cuffs on him. There was no crowd, There was Gates, albeit acting like an idiot but being an idiot inside your house is not against the law.

I understand that Gates was in the wrong, but the cop could have left it at that and go back to doing important work...

[voyeurdug]

How about academic ego?

Small (college) town cop.

World class Harvard scholar.

Harvard graduate, professor of Constitutional Law, POTUS.

Maybe they'll need two or three beers, each... perhaps put Crowley's beer in a sippy-cup.

[ChulaKirby]

Look this up on You Tube "Barrett booed at Greenville Tea Party"---- The media tried to portray protestors as Republicans against Obama because they were racist. No, we are against the government taxing us and our children to death. It doesn't matter if they are white or black or democrat or republican. But then who are we to question the media.

[ChulaKirby]

That is fine, but the reason is we care about our children and their children and the debt they will bear. We speak out against Planned Parenthood and do not vote Democrat solely because of PLanned Parenthood and we get put on the National Homeland Security watch list of possible terrorist cause we support a single issue such as prolife. Even though it isn't an issue for us but a qualification. Our leaders must respect the life of their followers. The pressure on us is to just say "F-ck it"!

[jonathanlisto]

Lol, another good post as always. I can always count on good post from you man. You should run for politicial office. We need more criticial thinkers in our governing body. You got my vote.

[ChulaKirby]

Then Bush starts to bail out the banks and we scream out to him and McCain and to congressman and senators. And they send us into debt anyway. Then Obama gets elected and continues the multi billion dollar bailouts and we protests, and MSNBC says the same thing, we are racist and unaware of it.