Ron Reagan Jr. Dissects the Professor/Cop/Obama Thing

Mr. Reagan discusses whether President Obama "overreacted" and in so doing, examined the actual arrest report of Professor Gates by Officer Crowley. "  

Loud & tumultuous behavior in a public place .." - the public place was the front porch of his own home 

Interesting broadcast from Ron's Air America show - sounds like Gates showed his Harvard ID before Crowley showed his badge and then called the Harvard police. As Ron asks - "Why did he do this?" As Ron says, even if Dr. Gates was being a "butt" - none of that at this point would be grounds for arrest. Officer Crowley was already getting ready to leave, having established Gates was in his own home. He then invited Gates outside because the "acoustics" of the house were making it difficult to transmit. Yet Officer Crowley was in the process of leaving, so why did he invite Gates outside? 

It sounds like he was lured outside so he could be arrested for "disorderly conduct."  If Gates had arrived in his home, could he have been arrested?  Did he need to get him out of his house so he could arrest him?  Ron's mind wants to know.

It's all very interesting but at least by now they have all had their beers.

Comments

[Nyc Labrets]

Lawrence O'Donnell, in no uncertain terms, has already covered this ground.

The real, over looked story here has very little to do with Race In America.

Color of One's Skin is irrelevant.

Relations between the General Public and those that Protect & Serve have not just eroded, but have completely collapsed.

After decades of incidents, the least of which are Taserings in which people are lucky to walk away from with their very lives, Respect for The Law is almost non-existent in the USA anymore.

If there was any respect left, then FTP would just be an NWA backwater noise, straight out of Compton.

Instead of our new National Anthem.

That's sung, each, and every day, in America by Blacks, Whites, Olives, Blues, Greens, Pinks, Tangerines, Yellows, Browns...

You name it.

We've A Bigger Problem Here, and again, it's got not a damn thing to do with skin color.