Cop who arrested black scholar is profiling expert By DENISE LAVOIE (AP) – 4 days ago
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The white police sergeant criticized by President Barack Obama for arresting black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. in his Massachusetts home is a police academy expert on racial profiling.
Cambridge Sgt. James Crowley has taught a class on racial profiling for five years at the Lowell Police Academy.
Academy Director Thomas Fleming says Crowley is "good role model" who was hand-picked for the job by former police Commissioner Ronny Watson, who is black.
In the class, Crowley teaches officers not to single people out based on their ethnic backgrounds.
Obama has said the Cambridge officers "acted stupidly" in arresting Gates last week after a woman reported a suspected break-in at his home.
Crowley has maintained he did nothing wrong.
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NATICK, Mass. (AP) — A white police sergeant who arrested renowned black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. said Thursday he's disappointed President Barack Obama said officers acted "stupidly," despite acknowledging he didn't know all the facts.
Sgt. James Crowley responded to Gates' home near Harvard University last week to investigate a report of a burglary and demanded Gates show him identification. Police say Gates at first refused and accused the officer of racism.
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Poster Comment:
Why else would obamessiah insert himself into this if not to add another layer of distraction and polarizing the races? This is beginning to stink. I am beginning to think this is just another psyop, and both the pigs and the commies are in on it What a great way to fuck things up than to send in a profiling expert to arrest a commie friend of obamessiah in his own house for a bullshit charge. You just cant make this shit up.