While many have interpreted the arrest of prominent Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. as an example of the racial barriers this country is yet to overcome- Obama mentioned this in his press conference last night- the newly released police report seems to suggest otherwise. There were many third party witnesses described in the report, so I doubt that there are any glaring inaccuracies or fabrications concocted by the police officers. I won’t go so far as saying that the white police officers had no racial biases in their arrest, but it certainly seems that Professor Gates’ conduct warranted a ride in a squad car.
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Having just returned from a long trip to China did anyone find it interesting that the very first thing he did was call the owner of the property..Harvard Real Estate? Has it been verified that he was not past due on his rent and that the real estate company had changed the locks on the house? I think it would be worth checking into. In other words was the door or doors really jammed or did he not have a key??? It would not surprise me to find there is more to this story than what is being told.
Tyler Cowen has some insightful commentary on the matter: http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2009/07/one-reader-request.html#comments