Cambridge Police Officer To Obama: Butt Out of My Arrest

[Ron61]

But Ray, for him it would be fitting. After all he had just said he never had all of the facts and followed that with his stupid statement. I too hope the policeman refuses to apologize as he has no reason to.

Ron

[computerworks]

All the parties involved acted "stupidly."

Black or white, he was goin' down. You can't be guilty of 'contempt of cop' in Boston...

Those who know the town, know what I mean.

[cobra de capell]

Originally Posted by computerworks

All the parties involved acted "stupidly."

Black or white, he was goin' down. You can't be guilty of 'contempt of cop' in Boston...

Those who know the town, know what I mean.

Thanks for sharing, ComputerWorks - another siding with liberals.

[SP01715]

Originally Posted by computerworks

All the parties involved acted "stupidly."

Black or white, he was goin' down. You can't be guilty of 'contempt of cop' in Boston...

Those who know the town, know what I mean.

Stupid comment IMO. I was a Deputy Sheriff for 12 years, and attitudes
like this are ignorant.

I had a situation very similar to the officer above. My partner and I responed to a 911 hang up at a residence. We arrived at the home and were met outside by a drunk black male. We told the man that we needed to check the house to make sure everyone was ok after he claimed nobody called 911. This guy responded by sicking his dog on me which I shot and killed after he bit me in the thigh. The incident ended after a showdown in the guys kitchen after he threw a coffee maker at me, and threatened us with kitchen knifes. After a dose of pepper spray the guy gave up. This all happend in front of his 11 year old daughter who was screaming for her dad to stop.

I ended up in federal court (his dirtbag lawyer filed a 5 million dollar federal lawsuit) after this guy claimed racism, and stated that we had beat him with batons. The guy had no injuries (we took full body pictures of him before booking), and all the use of force experts that testified stated that we could have used deadly force in the kitchen and would have been justified. Instead of being thankful he was still alive, this dirtbag plays the race card and put my partner and I threw two years of B.S. which ended in a jury trial in federal court where we were exonerated.

This stuff happens all the time. I worked in a city that had a very bad gang problem, but working the black side of town was much worse than the hispanic side. This is changing now because the hispanics are learning from the black activist groups to play the same games. I am glad I don't have to deal with this B.S. anymore

[computerworks]

Originally Posted by SP01715

Stupid comment IMO. I was a Deputy Sheriff for 12 years, and attitudes
like this are ignorant.

I don't make stupid comments...and my attitudes are far, far from ignorant.

But...you're entitled to your opinion, Sheriff.....

[SP01715]

Originally Posted by computerworks

I don't make stupid comments...and my attitudes are far, far from ignorant.

But...you're entitled to your opinion, Sheriff.....

That's Deputy Sheriff (there is only one Sheriff), and unless you have done the job you don't really know much about it IMO. "Contempt of cop" is one of the many terms I have heard many times from the anti law enforcement crowd.

[computerworks]

Originally Posted by SP01715

"Contempt of cop" is one of the many terms I have heard many times from the anti law enforcement crowd.

I heard it from my LEO friends...

[SP01715]

Originally Posted by computerworks

I heard it from my LEO friends...

They have probably heard it 1000 times...

[VRM]

Obama (and a bunch of Californians) stuck his nose in where it is not welcome, and without having a clue about what is going on. Nothing has been proven regarding Obama being racist - it is just as likely that he jumped to his friends defense as it is that he jumped to his black friends defense. Obama should apologise to the cop, the dept, and the country for getting involved in the first place.

Gates freaked out, and thought that his status (and probably friendship with Obama) allowed him to act like a self-righteous jackass. City cops around here are a tough lot, most of them are good cops, but they are not known for their patience. That makes them easy to deal with if you are a good guy and stay reasonable - I prefer it that way. Simply put - you do not argue with city cops around here unless it is in court. Gates left his brain somewhere else when he was talking to the cop, and playing the race card is an unneeded escalation of a situation that could have been handled fine if Gates had been reasonable. Gates is most likely a racist, though I'm sure if he grew up in Boston he would certainly have reason to be (not that it makes it right...).

The officers actions do not seem racist at all. I would expect to be asked to show ID regardless of colour. However, any cop familiar with race relations in this area should know that a black college professor living in a nice neighbourhood and screaming about racism is going to be more trouble than it is worth. Once Gates had established his identity there was no reason to take him in. The officer reacted badly to a bad situation created by Gates, and you can bet that Gates will sue and make a boatload of money.

Crawley needed to swallow his pride and walk away, and he would have been the better man than Gates for doing so.

Gates was 90% of the problem, Crawley 10%, and Obama another 100%.

Steve

[Cobrabill]

Originally Posted by computerworks

I don't make stupid comments...and my attitudes are far, far from ignorant.

But...you're entitled to your opinion, Sheriff.....

CW-Have you ever pounded a beat for 8 hours in -18 degrees?

Or have you ever had a four year old girl die in your back seat as you tried to set the record for the "cross-town boogie" to the hospital?