Gates arrested in his own home
Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., one of the nation's pre-eminent African-American scholars, was arrested Thursday afternoon at his home by Cambridge police investigating a possible break-in. The incident raised concerns among some Harvard faculty that Gates was a victim of racial profiling.
Of course, the real joy is in the comments section. Literally, Al Sharpton is mentioned in the first comment: Here we go. Let's blow this out of all proportion. Let's not wait until we hear the full story....bring on the Jesse Jackson/Al Sharpton circus.
Moving on to some other winners:
Enough of throwing down the race card ... we have a Black President now, so that tired old ship has sailed.
If he wasn't loud and obnoxious then he probably would not have been arrested. I love how the Globe only tells one side of the story.
We don't read about every white person mistakenly arrested or cited. The problem here isn't racism. It's horrible cops and the media's insistence on running this stuff.
Be nice if the Globe actually printed the arrest report. A bit of a different story, I bet. I bet my life on it.
I am not saying this isn't racial profiling-- it may be something like that. But there's definitely more to this story. Maybe it was a domestic issue between him and his wife.
Police do have to protect themselves. Did he threaten anybody? Or did the cops show up and there was no sign of entry and they knocked on the door, asked for id and then arrested him? were there any african american officers at the scene? what caused his tumultuous behavior? why was he throwing a fit?
Come on it's 2009, stop it with breaking out the race card! I wish I had a scapegoat to use everytime something happened to me with which I wasn't pleased. God!
Lets stop this racial prof thing. I think we need to take responsability of our own action and move ON.
This paper HATES all law enforcement.
Again, my comments do not get published. The truth hurts. Herald had more substance, less flourish, of course. [Psst, refresh your browser!-NK]
Does it matter that he was respected? I am sure Bernie Madoff was once respected.
He is some overpaid professor who (and I work in the "Harvard community") undoubtly opened his mouth in an "unprofessional" tone and that's what got him arrested.
All the guy had to do was declare himself an illegal alien, and the Cambridge Police would have left him alone. [This one was signed "Manuel Labor"]
Gee, do you think Mr Gates thanked the police officers for responding to a possible house break at his house, or do you think he got arrogant and uppity and brought it on?
Perhaps Cambridge cops are simply fed up with Harvard people pushing around the community? Since when has Harvard been a good neighbor? Now, please take down those giant cranes in my neighborhood.
Anyone who claims racism is a tad ignorant. How many racist officers cuff the person in the front for their own comfort? Offer multiple times to make sure the residence is secured? Obtain a cane for the professor to walk with more ease?
How the hell do you justify being called victims??? 250 years ago maybe, but get the hell over yourselves! We all bleed RED! I don't give a damn about your skin color. Get God back in the picture you bunch of hipocrites!
This might be a way to get people reading print newspapers again. "NOW WITHOUT MORON COMMENTS!"
Of course, the real joy is in the comments section. Literally, Al Sharpton is mentioned in the first comment: Here we go. Let's blow this out of all proportion. Let's not wait until we hear the full story....bring on the Jesse Jackson/Al Sharpton circus.
Moving on to some other winners:
Enough of throwing down the race card ... we have a Black President now, so that tired old ship has sailed.
If he wasn't loud and obnoxious then he probably would not have been arrested. I love how the Globe only tells one side of the story.
We don't read about every white person mistakenly arrested or cited. The problem here isn't racism. It's horrible cops and the media's insistence on running this stuff.
Be nice if the Globe actually printed the arrest report. A bit of a different story, I bet. I bet my life on it.
I am not saying this isn't racial profiling-- it may be something like that. But there's definitely more to this story. Maybe it was a domestic issue between him and his wife.
Police do have to protect themselves. Did he threaten anybody? Or did the cops show up and there was no sign of entry and they knocked on the door, asked for id and then arrested him? were there any african american officers at the scene? what caused his tumultuous behavior? why was he throwing a fit?
Come on it's 2009, stop it with breaking out the race card! I wish I had a scapegoat to use everytime something happened to me with which I wasn't pleased. God!
Lets stop this racial prof thing. I think we need to take responsability of our own action and move ON.
This paper HATES all law enforcement.
Again, my comments do not get published. The truth hurts. Herald had more substance, less flourish, of course. [Psst, refresh your browser!-NK]
Does it matter that he was respected? I am sure Bernie Madoff was once respected.
He is some overpaid professor who (and I work in the "Harvard community") undoubtly opened his mouth in an "unprofessional" tone and that's what got him arrested.
All the guy had to do was declare himself an illegal alien, and the Cambridge Police would have left him alone. [This one was signed "Manuel Labor"]
Gee, do you think Mr Gates thanked the police officers for responding to a possible house break at his house, or do you think he got arrogant and uppity and brought it on?
Perhaps Cambridge cops are simply fed up with Harvard people pushing around the community? Since when has Harvard been a good neighbor? Now, please take down those giant cranes in my neighborhood.
Anyone who claims racism is a tad ignorant. How many racist officers cuff the person in the front for their own comfort? Offer multiple times to make sure the residence is secured? Obtain a cane for the professor to walk with more ease?
How the hell do you justify being called victims??? 250 years ago maybe, but get the hell over yourselves! We all bleed RED! I don't give a damn about your skin color. Get God back in the picture you bunch of hipocrites!
This might be a way to get people reading print newspapers again. "NOW WITHOUT MORON COMMENTS!"