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Shame on Globe and Local Media Critics

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I intend in the near future to write a post called Cross Examination 101, using Sgt. Crowley’s narrative and showing the absurdity of actions and steps he himself reported he took during the entire process.

And it is for another time I write my views of where the racial element started, where it ended, where it became an incompetent, a-hole cop with a bad attitude and assigned to desk duty locking heads with a “Harvard professor” who was pissed-off (nothing illegal about that).  Trust me Skip, Crolwey hates you for being a Harvard Professor not for being black. The lady did however, call the police because you are black.

But again – WHY IS BOSTON GLOBE COVERING UP THE POLICE REPORT AND WHY AREN’T MEDIA CRITICS QUESTIONING THE GLOBE ABOUT IT?

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  1. Crolwey hates you for being a Harvard Professor not for being black. The lady did however, call the police because you are black.

  2. It seems a little early for Dan Kennedy et al to jump in here. It’s a developing story.

    • It has already happened and is happening. The report was up and now it is not. Why

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      p>Nobody is calling them on this.

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      p>I just don’t get it. It is worth questioning and that can be done in two secs as soon as aware of ot. Which they are.

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      p>Who is the Globe in the tank for?

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      p>It doesn’t matter.

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      p>They really don’t give a shit do they?

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      p> There is the you can’t unring a bell thing going on here. After they posted it they should not have taken it down. But they did. Then they put it up without the most important part. Now, because they have another police officers report on the incident posted that means there are no policies against posting police reports.

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      p>This is a bag job on the Globe’s part.

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      p>The Boston Globe , another brand in a long line of brands that today’s consumer does not care about. So why buy it when you can start your own paper?

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      p>I really don’t know.

      • How about “unfolding?” Now Gates is talking about a lawsuit, certainly a new development (if you will).

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        p>I’m not defending the Globe, just the critic class. This story broke yesterday.

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        p>I sort of agree that the Globe doesn’t care, but — and I’m sorry this sounds so weenie-ish — I think they’d like to care. The bed is still on fire, and this isn’t the story that makes them leave the house.

        • Dan does a nice job outlining the facts. Then gives his opinion of the Gates arrest. Just like everyone else has the past few days.

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          p>Yet his blog is called Media Nation. He writes about journalism, teaches journalism, and appears to be a go to guy and go to blog for media info and criticism.

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          p>Even Dan relies on the police report to state facts. Where did he get it? How come he gets to see it and Globe editors get to see it but the public doesn’t? Why doesn’t dan link to it?

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          p>This should be a no-brainer for dan. Yet he misses the significance of it. The main man on journalistic integrity sees no problem in the Globe pulling the report?

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          p>Not even worth mentioning?

          • The main man on journalistic integrity sees no problem in the Globe pulling the report?

            Not even worth mentioning?

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            p>We agree.

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          • He’s had lots of discussion for three days now.  He’s got a comment section.  I haven’t seen you there.  If you’ve got a beef with him, why don’t you bring it?

  3. I’m glad the report is here.  First of all, who here hasn’t already learned that yelling and swearing at police officers is the quickest way to land cuffs on you aside from swilling beer in your car outside the station?  

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    p>Also, this line should speak a lot, from the report:

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    Gates told me the door was un securable due to a previous break attempt at the residence [sic]

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    p>Obviously the responding officer doesn’t know this, but Gates knew it.  He knew that he had already tried to get robbed and when a neighbor did the right this and reported suspicious behavior, he could have been calm, cool and collected and had the issue resolved in 5 minutes, but he decided this was a hill he wanted to die on.  

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    p>This professor clearly has a chip on his shoulder.  He’s probably more racist than the cop.  Would he have been yelling and hollering and making accusations if the cop responding was black?  Would the woman have called in if it was 2 white males with backpacks forcing the door open?  Those are the variables that need to be answered before one could definitively call actions herein tainted by racial bias.  

    • After Dr. Gates showed his ID and after the responding officer belligerently refused to provide his badge number — all while standing in the home of Dr. Gates — expressing outrage at a racist thug is perfectly defensible.

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      p>I believe that the responding officer would have reacted with deference and apology had the resident been a famous white personality.

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      p>I am white. I once arrived to my exburban home in the middle of the night to find white police officers standing in my kitchen investigating a false alarm (I had left a back door open, and the wind set off the alarm). They asked me to show my ID, which I did. I waited while they called in to confirm the ID. They courteously explained why they were there, apologized for disturbing me, and politely suggested that I be more careful in the future. I apologized for the false alarm. We shook hands and they left. That is how this incident should have been handled — regardless of the demographics of either the resident or the responding officers.

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      p>I was under the impression that the sanctity of a person’s home is one of the few areas where conservatives and progressives could see eye-to-eye. I am still learning just how far our conservatives have veered into tyranny. It seems that conservative support for kidnapping, rape, torture, and murder now extends even to local uniformed thugs bullying local citizens.

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      p>The behavior of the responding officer was disgusting. The defense of that behavior is more so.

      • They asked me to show my ID, which I did. I waited while they called in to confirm the ID. They courteously explained why they were there, apologized for disturbing me, and politely suggested that I be more careful in the future. I apologized for the false alarm. We shook hands and they left. That is how this incident should have been handled — regardless of the demographics of either the resident or the responding officers.

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        p>You didn’t initially refuse to identify yourself and then started yelling at the officers.  Gates did.  

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        p>I must admit, I have no idea what evidence you are using to level the charge of “racist thug” on this officer.  I also can’t seem to find the part of the report where he “belligerently” refuses to give his badge number.  Try something:  set off your alarm again, and when the cops show up, start yelling, screaming, and being uncooperative.  I would guarantee you would face similar treatment, white and all.  

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        I believe that the responding officer would have reacted with deference and apology had the resident been a famous white personality.

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        p>Not if the white personality was throwing a shit fit for no reason, he wouldn’t.  

    • She was not a neighbor. There were no backpacks. Gates was well-dressed, his driver had a black uniform on, they were there for 15 minutes, three suitcases were next to the door, and it’s very likely a town car was parked nearby. This does not resemble criminal activity. What she saw and what she reported do not match up.

        • No one has said that the cop shouldn’t have responded.  Of course he should have.  It’s what came after that went wrong.

          • one side making the cop look like a racist pig, the other side making an old man look like a grouchy, arrogant old man.  

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            p>I’m with you that the charges got dropped, so the best scenario is for it to go away now rather than a nice lawsuit to keep us all busy for the next few months.

        • I’m not saying it wasn’t a good idea, but no one can say whether the call was devoid of racial animus.

  5. Ah, the racist thugs of the People’s Republic of Cambridge. Did you know that Harvard still owns slaves on their plantation in Mississippi? I’m sure the white cops in Cambridge had no idea that black Harvard faculty live in town.

  6. “Trust me Skip, Crolwey hates you for being a Harvard Professor not for being black. The lady did however, call the police because you are black.”

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    p>I agree it is easy to imagine how what you write may be true, but you don’t know, do you?

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    p>There can be many explanations for the facts as we know them.

    • But still, I’m Ernie. Trust me I know.

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      p>The alternative is of course, and most likely I believe, that the cop is an aggressive type that likes to tee off on people.

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      p>Watch for  my cross examination.

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