Comments on: Pilot snapshot: race in America

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:14:06 +0000

You do a good job of providing the revised story of the encounter provided by Gates’ Attorney.

By: Lynda

Lynda — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:34:16 +0000

Gates did act like an ass, but I would say the same for the cop. He didn’t provide his name and badge when it was requested, he followed Gates into his home uninvited while he went to get his ID, he still asked for backup from the Harvard PD despite being provided both a Harvard ID and a driver’s license, and he continually demanded that Gates step out of his own home even after he’d come to the conclusion that Gates was telling the truth.

I don’t condone Gates’ behavior, but I might have had the same reaction in similar circumstances. Had the cop simply thanked Gates and walked away once he’d seen the IDs this would have been avoided.

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:15:02 +0000

The charges against Gates have been dropped. It’s good to see cooler heads prevail. If Gates hadn’t acted like such an ass, we would likely never have heard about this story.

By: Anon E. Mouse

Anon E. Mouse — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:57:03 +0000

Two points:

1) The sex issue was not in the AP story because nothing had changed. The big change was in the increase in minority voting, especially since minorities vote overwhelmingly Democrat.

2) It is very difficult to have a discussion on race when charges of racism and bigotry are thrown about all the time. If a white person opposes Affirmative Action, he is called a racist, and if a black person opposes Affirmative Action, he is called an Uncle Tom.