If I Was Officer Crowley........

[The Dad Fisherman]

I didn't expect anybody to apologize......they did exactly what I figured would happen......one big Non-Event.

But in the aftermath, Crowley has definitely come out as the better man and Gates has come out looking like a pompous ass trying to sell books.

From his inability to know what a Domestic beer is to his making light about the whole thing for the cameras.....

[Raven]

Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman

I didn't expect anybody to apologize......they did exactly what I figured would happen......one big Non-Event.

The best thing i saw come out of it....

Was that president Obama drank a dark beer

Budlight is dog piss

[spence]

A highly esteemed professor is just home from a long trip (from China no less) and has a cop in his own home asking for ID.

And you're surprised that he wasn't in a good mood?

Not saying he was in the right, but geeze...

If the same thing happened here my wife would have had the cop in a headlock.

And the same professor is writing a book on race and he has the audacity to use the event for publicity?

To think...

-spence

[BigFish]

Spence.....it was reported as a break-in and the officer needed to identify the person or persons......Gates should have been happy a neighbor saw something and called 911......if it had been a burglar Gates might have lost something and then been pissed that nobody saw anything!!!!

[Raven]

that he was very jet lagged

a trip to china and back .... is a long one

then his front door wouldn't open

his last hurdle... and he was extremely frustrated...
not being able to open it....

But that being said....

all he had to do was say: Hello Officer
i live here and have just now returned from China...

I.d ? sure ! but it'll take me a few minutes to find it

please come in... But Nooooooooooo he had
to go off on the guy....

so he deserved what he got for being belligerent !

[FishermanTim]

And to top it off, the woman that called in the 911 call was being dragged though the mud ONLY because the "nutty professor" was having a bad day and the police wanted to cover their a$$es!

As for Mr. Crowley, I have it on good authority that he did falsify a portion of his report regarding the "event". He claimed that he had spoken to this woman when in fact he NEVER spoke to her.

She had to force the police to release the 911 tapes to prove her innocence, yet the police and the "whacky professor" were believed without a shred of proof.

Needless to say, they have every right to nail the city of Cambridge for slander and defamation of character, not to mention subjecting her family to threatening phone calls. I hope the mayor has deep pockets!