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Black Professor Arrested for Breaking into.... His Own Home

Jul 20, 2009 13:43

Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (who is black), has been arrested for breaking and entering into his own home. Police were called by someone suspicious of Gates' attempts to get into his house after his front door became jammed. Gates was cuffed and hauled away in spite of his attempts to show the cops his ID and proof of residence. He was ( Read more... )

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Comments 18

maga_culinae July 20 2009, 23:43:33 UTC

The well-known neuroscience professor, who is also black, was stopped by two Harvard police officers in 2004 after being mistaken for a robbery suspect as he crossed Harvard Yard.

lolwut

OMG A BLACK MAN AT HARVARD? HE MUST BE A ROBBER.

aguafiestas July 21 2009, 03:23:12 UTC

BUT BLACK PEOPLE CAN'T BE PROFESSORS! ZOMG AFFIRMATIVE ACTION!

apis_cerana July 20 2009, 23:51:50 UTC

*Facepalm* wut

rockahulababy July 21 2009, 01:23:01 UTC

Why did I look at the comments? Why did I look at the comments? I don't know what possessed me to do such a thing.

verbranden July 21 2009, 03:55:47 UTC

Cry with me.

rockahulababy July 21 2009, 05:24:35 UTC

I'll bring the beer, too, because this needs alcohol.

hannahsarah July 21 2009, 03:48:23 UTC

Serious EPIC FAIL.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is one of the angriest black men in America, and he has the money and connections to seriously ruin your shit.

Those cops will be fired, or at the very least writing parking tickets for a very, very long time.

hannahsarah July 21 2009, 03:50:58 UTC

ETA, not to say that I think it's OK to harass ANY person without checking the facts. I know that PoC are targeted a zillion times more than white people when in "questionable" situations.

I'm just saying that they REALLY picked the wrong guy to mess with, because he actually had the means to persue justice, where as most people don't.