The saga goes on…as it will. This time, in the Gates/Obama/Crowley story, police officer Barrett is accused of calling the professor a “jungle monkey” in an email, and has been placed on adminitrative leave. Barrett is 36 years old and has held a badge with the police department for two years, apparently, in that time, [...]
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Obama’s defusement of the whole Gates/Crowley/Black/White noise with his surprise appearance at a WH press briefing yesterday has pretty effectively brought the debate to an end (as far as to an end a debate such as that can ever come) and with this comment; [President Obama] did not apologize but softened his language. “I continue [...]
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From NYTimes here, about this and this and this and this and this and this and a whole lot of others… ; The way Mr. Martin described himself, he could be the very definition of a “post-racial” American. “I have children I’m trying to raise not to see race,” he said. “I’m beyond the whole [...]
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Round one goes to the sergeant, that’s for sure. From NYTimes.com: Police unions and other law enforcement groups lined up behind Sergeant Crowley on Thursday, calling his actions justified, while the Congressional Black Caucus defended Mr. Obama’s remarks and called on Congress to address the issue of racial profiling. On the other hand, the president [...]
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