So folks are still talking about Skip and the Sergeant. James Crowley actually did sports talk radio in Boston.
Yawn.
It’s not a “yawn” because of what Crowley said. I honestly have no idea whether he was telling the truth or not in this interview, but I know damn well that Dennis and Callahan picked their sides before they showed up. Kinda like cats like Michael Eric Dyson, who has also picked his side.
Getting into the particulars of this case is a waste of time, and it’s unproductive to turn this into us vs. them, no matter who you are. Skip’s not going to jail. The cop really didn’t know who he was and, if the cop had known, he wouldn’t have gotten in that sitch. Who was wrong? From what I can tell, all parties involved. It’s just such an indignity for a Haaaaaaaaah-vard professor to be treated like this.
Yeah, but it ain’t as much of an indignity as this…
The police have an extended track record of antagonistic behavior toward black men. If you don’t believe that, you’re either a fool, a liar, or simply have no significant relationships with black men. That’s the point that came from Gates’ arrest that should spur larger discussion.
Instead, we got the cop on sports talk defending themselves, Gates on CNN Black in America 2 telling his side, and everyone trying to figure out who was right or wrong.
Who cares? I mean, really…who cares? Charges were dropped, and nobody’s getting fired.
Just ask yourself this…you heard more talk about Skip getting arrested, or that boy that got blown away by the transit cops in Oakland?
You don’t have to be a Ph.D to deserve protection for mistreatment. It shouldn’t take a Ph.D to make you pay attention when something seems to go wrong. A hot spinner in your chest should suffice, right?
Right?
So why didn’t it?
If this wasn’t some hoity-toity prof, we don’t talk about this. But lemme ask you this…
If this was a 26 year-old receiver for the Patriots, are we having this discussion? When the cops in Houston put some volts in Fred Weary for no damn reason on the side of the road — which was actually part of a bigger Taser problem in Houston — were you talking about it?
That was way more jacked up than Skip’s problem. Yeah, it jarred some folks to see this happen to an older man, but this happens so damn much that Skip’s situation didn’t get anything out of me but jokes.
Which is appropriate, seeing how most of the coverage has turned into just that — a joke. Forget what they call a black man with a Ph.D. What about the cats without them?
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You nailed it on the head, bruh. I am beyond tired of the headlines that aren’t looking at the very real issue of general police abuse but the disease of racial profiling and racial targeting by police.
its jarring to see the lack of restraint when Mr. Gates was involved because we know when it is a young black man there is much less , even to the video’s sad end. To borrow a line “Fuck the police”.
I understand all the “bad blood” between cops and blacks, especially black men. But I’ve been stopped more than a couple times by Johnny Law, and not once has my polite, cooperative demeanor instigated an incident such as this. Even when I was dead wrong.
This isn’t racial profiling. This is a man who ran his damn mouth too much. Now if the cop had detained him without at least asking for ID or anything, fine, scream “racism” at the top of your lungs. But just cause a cop is a “civil servant” doesn’t give you the right to start mouthing off.
Final point…Gates hasn’t argued with the police report, as it was written by Sgt. Crowley. But if it weren’t for Gates jumpin on the racism bandwagon, how many of us would know who he is?
“just cause a cop is a “civil servant” doesn’t give you the right to start mouthing off.”
You’re right pizzle its the bill of rights that does that.
“how many of us would know who he is?”
The intelligent , informed , and interested ones of us.
Ummm. Me likey! Let’s call it like it is. Thanks for having the stones to put it out there, Bo.
big props on this posting
yea, this whole Gates thing I just think of it as that Chapelle show skit “when keeping it real goes wrong” and I agree, ‘Who cares?’ for real, you definitely right
I’m from SF and there is ongoing public outrage in the Bay over what happened new years day at Fruitvale station, believe that
it seems there is no remorse. this ex-BART cop has yet to offer ANY sympathy to the family in the form of a public statement, much less apologize for the death of Oscar Grant… after tryin’ to flee to Nevada, then gettin’ caught and tryin’ to play it off like shooting Grant was an accident
now dude’s laywer has the nerve to ask for the judge to dismiss his case due to the murder charge and move the trial to elsewhere than Alameda county
meanwhile during the prelim court hearings, other BART cops workin’ that night perjure themselves stupid w/ longwinded narratives about how “mouthy” and “loud” Grant and his boys were that night
“oooh i meant to grab my taser not my gun”
“oooh grant was not following commands”
“oooh trial is already biased due to the media”
serious???
dead young man + murder weapon + multiple video proof of events + no justification of officer’s actions = guilty of murder
RIP Oscar Grant