"The white police sergeant who arrested black Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. said Thursday President Barack Obama was ?way off base? claiming Cambridge officers acted ?stupidly? during the incident.
Sgt. James Crowley responded to Gates? home near Harvard University last week to investigate a report of a burglary and demanded Gates show him identification. Police say Gates at first refused and accused the officer of racism.
Gates was charged with disorderly conduct. The charge was dropped Tuesday, and Gates has since demanded an apology from Crowley.
?I acted appropriately,? Crowley told WBZ Radio?s Carl Stevens Thursday.
?Mister Gates was given plenty of opportunities to stop what he was doing. He didn?t. He acted very irrational he controlled the outcome of that event.?
?There was a lot of yelling, there was references to my mother, something you wouldn?t expect from anybody that should be grateful that you were there investigating a report of a crime in progress, let alone a Harvard University professor.?
According to the police report, Crowley asked Gates to talk outside, to which he responded ?Yeah, I?ll speak with your mama outside.?
i fully expect that dnc operatives are hunting down every single detail of officer crowley's life as we speak....
Sgt. James Crowley responded to Gates? home near Harvard University last week to investigate a report of a burglary and demanded Gates show him identification. Police say Gates at first refused and accused the officer of racism.
Gates was charged with disorderly conduct. The charge was dropped Tuesday, and Gates has since demanded an apology from Crowley.
?I acted appropriately,? Crowley told WBZ Radio?s Carl Stevens Thursday.
?Mister Gates was given plenty of opportunities to stop what he was doing. He didn?t. He acted very irrational he controlled the outcome of that event.?
?There was a lot of yelling, there was references to my mother, something you wouldn?t expect from anybody that should be grateful that you were there investigating a report of a crime in progress, let alone a Harvard University professor.?
According to the police report, Crowley asked Gates to talk outside, to which he responded ?Yeah, I?ll speak with your mama outside.?
i fully expect that dnc operatives are hunting down every single detail of officer crowley's life as we speak....
