Tag: Henry Louis Gates Arrest

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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.

January 21, 2010

Editor's Notes

Top 10 Law Enforcement Stories of 2009

Which stories will make the PoliceMag.com list of the top LE stories of 2009? You can bet you'll find President Obama on this list.

December 29, 2009

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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.

August 16, 2009

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PC Collateral Damage

Much has been made of the educational opportunities afforded by the Gates incident. But it really shows, once again, just how conditioned we have become to tolerating acts of idiocy

August 6, 2009

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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.

July 30, 2009

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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.

July 30, 2009

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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.

July 26, 2009

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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.

July 26, 2009

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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.

July 23, 2009

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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.

July 23, 2009

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Obama Says Words Ill Chosen, Calls White Policeman

Trying to tamp down a national uproar over race, President Barack Obama acknowledged Friday he had used unfortunate words in declaring that Cambridge, Mass., police "acted stupidly" in arresting black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. "I could've calibrated those words differently," he said.

July 23, 2009

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Obama "Stupidly" Comment Disappoints Massachusetts Cop

A white police sergeant who arrested renowned black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. said Thursday he's disappointed President Barack Obama said officers acted "stupidly" without knowing all the facts.

July 23, 2009