Posted by
Christopher Van on Saturday, July 25, 2009 7:04:39 AM
A neighbor calls the police to support a suspected break in; the sign of a good neighbor. The police promptly respond to apprehend the suspected burglars; the sign of a good police force. Upon arriving at the scene of a potential crime, the officer confronts the suspect who it turns out was Harvard Professor Henry Gates who had locked himself out of his own home.
Acting like any good cop would, Cambridge Police Sergeant James Crowley asked Mr. Gates for identification. Rather than complying, Gates decided to play the race card and got belligerent with the officer who was doing nothing more than trying to serve and protect his community. Gates was subsequently and justifiably arrested for his irresponsible actions and charged with disorderly conduct at which time President Obama, weighed in with a statement that the police acted stupidly.
Apparently Obama is friends with Gates, who teaches African culture at Harvard. Apparently Obama made his statements without any foundation of fact, whatsoever, and most certainly without the assistance of his teleprompter. While one would think that Obama has better things to do with his time, he apparently felt the urge to once again reinforce the so called plight of the black man in America.
The bigger issue is that the entire situation reflects the inherent racism that continues to percolate amongst many in the black community, who continue to use stereotypes in their ACORNesque approach to solving race relations in our nation. Keep in mind that this entire situation could been averted had Gates simply kept his mouth shut and produced identification as the police had requested.
Police are continually in the cross hairs of race pimps for doing nothing more than protecting their communities. Anytime a high profile case involves a black defendant, rather than examine the facts, racists such as Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and now Henry Gates and Barack Obama use their bully pulpit to demonize law enforcement.
The truth is that we are not a racist society as evidenced by the most recent presidential election. The racism that permeates our society does so at the behest of liberals, like Obama and Gates, who need race warfare to justify their existence. Perhaps the greatest cause of racism in our nation are things like the census form where Americans are required to differentiate ourselves based on the color of our skin or ethnic origins. Perhaps the census form should ask simply whether we are A. American, B. Un-American or, C. Desire to become an American. I wonder how Obama and Gates would answer?
Christopher Van