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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 22, 2010

Massachusetts Officials May Have Nixed Sgt. Crowley As Cadet Grad Speaker

Massachusetts officials may have intervened to keep Sgt. James Crowley, the white Cambridge officer who arrested Harvard professor Henry Gates, from speaking to a group of police cadets.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 17, 2009

Sgt. Crowley Thanks FOP For Support at Trade Show

Following the morning ceremony, Crowley told POLICE Magazine he has been focusing on re-establishing his routine as an administrative sergeant with the Cambridge Police Department since returning to his agency a week ago.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 31, 2009

Gates: Crowley Is a "Likeable Guy" When Not Arresting You

The three men embroiled in a national debate about racial profiling met for a beer in the White House library on Thursday, and agreed to meet again in Cambridge.

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Inside the Badge by Dean ScovilleJuly 30, 2009

Knock on Any Door (Except Mine)

I understand full well how unnerving it can be to see cops parking their patrol cars on and around your property and atop your cat—especially if you haven’t called them. The imagination starts working in overdrive and pretty soon you’re convinced that these badged brethren are going to be the bearers of bad tidings or at the very least the neighbors will think you’ve been beating your wife or molesting your dog.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 27, 2009

Cambridge Police Release Radio Transmissions Before Gates Arrest

The Cambridge Police Department has released CDs with audio clips of the initial 911 call and police radio transmissions preceding the arrest of black scholar Henry Louis Gates that sparked a national debate about racial profiling, the Boston Globe reports.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 27, 2009

Gates Arrestor Taught Recruits Peril of Racial Profiling

Sgt. James Crowley, the Cambridge police officer criticized by President Obama for his arrest of black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr., has taught a class to police recruits about the dangers of racial profiling, the Boston Globe reports.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 24, 2009

Video: Obama Says Officers "Acted Stupidly"

In this clip from a news conference about healthcare, President Obama speaks about the arrest of black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr., who is a friend.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 24, 2009

Cambridge Officer: We Followed Protocols In Gates Arrest

The second Cambridge police officer who was inside the home of black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. during his arrest says he and the arresting officer "followed protocols," New England Cable News reports.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 24, 2009

Cambridge Cops Want Obama Apology

A multiracial group of police officers on Friday stood with the white officer who arrested a prominent black Harvard scholar and asked President Barack Obama and Gov. Deval Patrick to apologize for comments the union leaders called insulting.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 24, 2009

President Obama Softens Tone, But Does Not Back Off Criticism of Gates Arrest

The White House today sought to soften the tone of President Obama's criticism of the Cambridge, Mass. police's arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. in his own home earlier this week. But Obama said in an interview with ABC News that he was surprised by the controversy over the statement.

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