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The Henry L. Gates Incident

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  • 05-07-2020 7:00pm
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    NedLowry
    Registered Users Posts: 94 ✭✭


    Eleven years on from this incident, would you agree with Barack Hussein Obama's statement that the Cambridge, Massachusetts police "acted stupidly"?


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    suicide_circus
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    Well Henry Gates and his driver, both black, came home to find the front door was jammed. The witness called the cops because she saw two men with backpacks forcing the door of a house. The cop came, Henry Gates flipped out and was eventually arrested for disorderly conduct. An independant review concluded that both Mr Gates and the cop should behaved better.

    Hardly an earth shattering incident.


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    Fr Tod Umptious
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    Interesting factoid

    The cop and Gates were related.

    Now it goes all the way back to Niall of the nine hostages, but they were related.


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    suicide_circus
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    Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »
    Interesting factoid

    The cop and Gates were related.

    Now it goes all the way back to Niall of the nine hostages, but they were related.

    was that One Direction's original name?


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    Timberrrrrrrr
    Registered Users Posts: 25,585 ✭✭✭✭Timberrrrrrrr


    NedLowry wrote: »
    Eleven years on from this incident, would you agree with Barack Hussein Obama's statement that the Cambridge, Massachusetts police "acted stupidly"?

    Why the need to use his full name?


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    Donald Trump
    Registered Users Posts: 19,856 ✭✭✭✭Donald Trump


    Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »
    Why the need to use his full name?


    It's on his real birth cert. The one in Kenya ;)


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    Timberrrrrrrr
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    Donald Trump wrote: »
    It's on his real birth cert. The one in Kenya ;)

    :rolleyes:

    You're one of those?


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    mynamejeff
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    Obama had a Bud Light, Crowley had a Blue Moon, Gates had a Sam Adams Light and Biden, who does not drink alcohol, had a Buckler, which is a low-alcohol beer.[82] Some local brewers had lobbied for a Boston-based beer to be served; Obama is generally said to prefer Budweiser.


    the choices of beer says a lot about the personalities involved


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    coinop
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 315 ✭✭coinop


    From the article:

    "On July 28, it was revealed in the media that Justin Barrett.... referred to Gates as a "jungle monkey."


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    Timberrrrrrrr
    Registered Users Posts: 25,585 ✭✭✭✭Timberrrrrrrr


    To answer ops question, yes I agree with what Obama said
    that the Cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already proof that they were in their own home


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    jam_mac_jam
    Registered Users Posts: 4,731 ✭✭✭jam_mac_jam


    Tongo Barry wrote: »
    It's nice that they sat down and discussed it like men and eventually became friends.

    I agree. What a nice wholesome end to the story. That they could have a conversation about it and resolve it.


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    Sweetemotion
    Registered Users Posts: 2,502 ✭✭✭Sweetemotion


    Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »
    Why the need to use his full name?




    Ha, ha. the double standard. Stephen Yaxley lennon.


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    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 76,577 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    NedLowry wrote: »
    Eleven years on from this incident, would you agree with Barack Hussein Obama's statement that the Cambridge, Massachusetts police "acted stupidly"?
    You waited 11 years to post this?

    Seriously - people seem to want to scour the internet for anything related to race anywhere in the world

    Thread closed


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