Comments on: Living While Black in Cambridge

By: kelly

kelly — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:54:21 +0000

I do understand in uber ethereal world of enligtenment that the MacArthur Foundation “genius” award receipients float around in must find themselves somewhat befuddled whence a public servant responds to a call of potential distress from a citizen (doing his job that he was hired to do, no questions asked) and the ‘genuis’ flashes his school ID card, gets called on his bullshit and must run to the cable networks and cry racism, who wouldn’t??

Gates is an entitlement prick. Lives on the public dole and then bitches about the public servants that are there for the citizenry of the hamlet. The cop would have went running to the same situation if a green person would have called and found a purple person with a school ID.

The ‘genius’ is an idiot. Cop says sit, sit. Cop says shut up, shut the F(*% up. The situation will go away eventually. But NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

The lead weights of perceived BS dissertation that has become ‘chic’ in America are not going to take anyone anywhere except for the writer’s and orator’s self delusional aura’s being stroked by the same cirlce jerk participants, rinse repeat. I like oranges, I hate apples. Not gonna fix it no matter how much sugar or ‘refinement’ you put on the apples.

Smooches

By: James Thomas

James Thomas — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:01:55 +0000

This is definitely a case of racial profiling but even more this is a cop thing.If you are colored or poor you are in the crosshairs.I am a white male who lives in Georgia.As a young man I was struggling to make ends meet and lived in a crappy little trailer.One day a knock on the door and I answer.Before a word was said the cop steps in and grabs me.He was looking for someone else.No apologies no good day just a warning that if I struggle or protest that I would be arrested.My brother on the day he graduated from college was grabbed and drug out of a cars back seat and slammed against the car.He had the audacity to say something and was struck by the pig.Chris swung back.He spent six months in prison.He now has a difficult time getting a decent job because he is considered violent.Everyone I know has a story like this.They are cowards hiding behing a badge.As far as I am concerned they are no more than organized crime.Its time to take our freedom. Thanks and great article

By: Ginny Perkins

Ginny Perkins — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:54:02 +0000

Rev. Monroe, I would like to send you my comments, however, I feel they are too long for this space. Is there an e-mail address for you or a site I might use?
Respectfully,
Ginny Perkins

By: Charley James

Charley James — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:57:35 +0000

At his news conference last night, Pres. Obama summed up the entire sad story about Prof. Gates correctly: “The Cambridge Police Dept. acted stupidly.”

As a journalist of nearly 40 years, I have witnessed or reported on one incident after another where police officers harassed, detained, arrested or assaulted people suspected of “breathing while black.” Regardless of how many official commissions or the number of investigative reports in print or on the air uncovering racial profiling and outright racism practiced by police, as an institution policing cannot rid itself – if it even wants to – of a disproportionate number of officers who suffer from a plantation mentality: If someone is black, beat ‘em first and then arrest ‘em because if they aren’t doing something wrong this minute, they probably did yesterday so they deserve a good thumpin’.

Charley
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