Harvard Prof. Henry Louis Gates' daughter: Arresting officer Sgt. James Crowley 'uncooperative'

President Obama spoke out against the racist Cambridge police who arrested a distinguished black professor outside of his own home because they thought he was breaking into the home. President Obama certainly cannot be accused of being racist because he is of mixed white-black heritage. His skin is darker than white, but his entire support system growing up was from his white mother and grandmother. So, naturally, the President is neutral regarding racial relationships. Right? Or is that Wright?

Don't you find it strange that Barack H. Obama should be so proud of a heritage that did absolutely nothing for him except allow him to scam the system? And now he is scamming the system again with regard to Henry Gates and the Cambridge police.

Harvard Prof. Henry Louis Gates' daughter: Arresting officer Sgt. James Crowley 'uncooperative' [this link is intentionally wrong]

BY Brian Kates
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Updated Friday, July 24th 2009, 9:37 AM

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Noted Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. is taken into police custody last week in an arrest that has launched a racial controversy.

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You apologize. No, you apologize.

Cambridge police on Friday will demand a mea culpa from President Obama for saying a cop "acted stupidly" in the controversial arrest of noted Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates.

They also want an apology from Gates, who earlier in the week sought the same from Sgt. James Crowley who arrested him on July 16. Cambridge police say Gates berated Crowley during the arrest.

The racially charged incident sparked a national debate - one side arguing that the professor was the victim of profiling and the other saying the cop was simply doing his job.

Cambridge police say Obama fanned the flames by saying Crowley "acted stupidly." Police in the leafy Massachusetts town may decide as early as Friday whether to release police radio transmissions in which the noted scholar is heard in the background verbally bashing Crowley.

Crowley, who is white, responded to a report of a burglary in progress at Gates' home after a neighbor told cops she saw two black men break into the house. The neighbor was unaware the man forcing his way inside was Gates, who had locked himself out.

When Crowley arrived, he told an incensed Gates he was investigating a report of a break-in and asked for his identification "Why? Because I'm a black man in America," Gates responded, according to a police report.

Gates was arrested, but the bust was later tossed out. President Obama chimed in on the arrest, saying cops "acted stupidly," drawing the ire of many in law enforcement.

In an interview with ABC on Thursday, Obama did not back down.

Obama said he has "extraordinary respect" for the challenges law enforcement officers face, but that "cooler heads should have prevailed" in this case. The professor's daughter, Elizabeth Gates, and Cambridge Mayor Denise Simmons said they are seeking a face-to-face meeting between Gates and Crowley so they can sort out their differences.

On CBS-TV's "The Early Show," Gates said she received a "positive response" from her father, but has yet to hear from Crowley. "I think he needs to maybe extend his sensitivity training," Elizabeth Gates said of Crowley, whom she called uncooperative.

"If it's left as is, we're going to rely on our preconceived notions of race." Meanwhile, Alan McDonald, a lawyer for Crowley, told ABC News the sergeant has not ruled out filing a defamation of character or libel lawsuit. "He is exploring all of his options," McDonald said.