Henry Gates Jr. some simple rules to follow

[randallscott35]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

If the police are called to a scene for any reason, if you are ranting and raving at them and won't calm down, there is a good chance you are going to get arrested, even if you're on your own property.

This whole incident would have been avoided if this professor would have behaved like a normal person and just showed his identification.

I agree.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by randallscott35

I agree.

It's supposed to be a free country... it's not when an individual doesn't have a right to protest on private property.

Cops get people who brown nose them and even give them free stuff just for being cops ... but when they have their feelings hurt the bad ones forget they have a job.. and its to enforce the law and not punish the rude.

They act like they're basketball refs giving technical fouls or something. That disorderly conduct charge wouldn't have had a chance in hell standing up in court.

[randallscott35]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

It's supposed to be a free country... it's not when an individual doesn't have a right to protest on private property.

Cops get people who brown nose them and even give them free stuff just for being cops ... but when they have their feelings hurt the bad ones forget they have a job.. and its to enforce the law and not punish the rude.

They act like they're basketball refs giving technical fouls or something. That disorderly conduct charge wouldn't have had a chance in hell standing up in court.

Dude give me a break. He asked to see ID and the guy said something about his mother. The professor is a dick.

[Antitrust32]

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/...tes/index.html

this is a great commentary.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by randallscott35

Dude give me a break. He asked to see ID and the guy said something about his mother. The professor is a dick.

Being a dick is not a crime.

The next time I go on someone else's property, and they are dicks to me, should I try and stage a citizens arrest of them?

[randallscott35]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

Being a dick is not a crime.

The next time I go on someone else's property, and they are dicks to me, should I try and stage a citizens arrest of them?

No its not a crime, but when you are asked to show ID and you don't, then verbally abuse a cop who is called b/c of an intruder, I don't see anything wrong with arresting him and getting to the bottom of it....If Obama didn't realize he screwed up, he wouldn't have apologized. The only person that looks bad at the end of this is the professor. And nobody else.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by randallscott35

The only person that looks bad at the end of this is the professor. And nobody else.

The cop didn't do his job right.

I'm sure the professor is a real bad guy though. Aren't they all?

[randallscott35]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

The cop didn't do his job right.

I'm sure the professor is a real bad guy though. Aren't they all?

WTF!!!! You guys are hysterical. This is the problem. This has nothing to do about race. Nothing. A white guy in the same situation would've been treated the same way. This cop teaches classes on profiling at his department and how not to do it.....Everyone wants to inject race into everything b/c it suits their needs or their desire for justice. It isn't here. Comprende? DrugS with comments like "aren't they all" you do nothing but show your own idiocy. So have at it.

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

The cop didn't do his job right.

I'm sure the professor is a real bad guy though. Aren't they all?

of course he's a bad guy... He's a harvard professor and wealthy and BLACK! Thats an unspoken crime!

Maybe if the history of white and black relations was one of respect and equality, the professor wouldnt have had to react the way he did. He stood up for himself. Good for him.

[alysheba4]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

The cop didn't do his job right.

I'm sure the professor is a real bad guy though. Aren't they all?

.......i wish the cop would have pistol whipped that pc. of ****, what do you think of that *******