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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:42 AM Original message |
I am sorry but I am coming to the conclusion that Gates actually profiled the Cop as well |
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democracy1st (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
1. the POTUS should have never used "stupidly" when referring to the police |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:58 AM Response to Reply #1 |
11. FACT NOT IN DISPUTE: Gates showed his ID and verified he lived in home and STILL got arrested!! |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:59 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. The question is why did he get arrested |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:16 AM Response to Reply #14 |
38. I think the president said it best. |
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quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 10:45 AM Response to Reply #38 |
109. Agree. n/t |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 09:01 PM Response to Reply #109 |
241. deleted message |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:17 AM Response to Reply #14 |
40. He got arrested because he didn't 'behave' the way the cop would have liked. |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #40 |
144. That seems to be the opinion of the OP. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 03:33 PM Response to Reply #144 |
183. That's not my opinion. My opinion is that the cop got his feelings hurt |
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InAbLuEsTaTe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 01:45 AM Response to Reply #40 |
238. Gate's mistake was not thanking Massah after receiving his butt whoopin'. |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:21 AM Original message |
I think the point is that there wasnt enough reason |
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Leo The Cleo (352 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 02:55 PM Response to Reply #14 |
173. Open Mind Means The Black Guy Started It . . . LOL |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 10:50 PM Response to Reply #14 |
203. The AA community knows very well why he got arrested. n/t |
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DeltaLitProf (459 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 11:59 AM Response to Reply #14 |
224. He was arrested for using a tone of voice the policeman didn't like |
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democracy1st (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:09 AM Response to Reply #11 |
28. FACT is these media reports are all hearsay that changes,so why say anything so bias |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 11:01 AM Response to Reply #28 |
115. crap. I gotta keep saying this. All the evidence you need to |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
133. He didn't get arrested for not being the resident. He got arrested for being obnoxious to a cop. |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #133 |
135. Which is an invalid arrest. |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:47 PM Response to Reply #135 |
141. I agree, the cop was wrong. Make no mistake. But calling him "racist" Crowley and stuff is weak |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:58 PM Response to Reply #141 |
146. I don't know if he's a racist or not. |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 03:12 PM Response to Reply #133 |
180. being obnoxious = not knowing your place |
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berniebern (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
138. It's unclear whether he showed an ID that contained his address |
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InAbLuEsTaTe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 01:36 AM Response to Reply #11 |
237. Good for Obama shining a light on the injustices AA's face every day in America. |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:06 AM Response to Reply #1 |
23. screw that- the police WERE stupid in this instance- calling a spade |
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democracy1st (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:11 AM Response to Reply #23 |
31. why would you call police actions stupidly when you know nothing about a case? |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:16 AM Response to Reply #31 |
39. Because what they did was stupid? |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:19 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. when specifically did they start to act stupidly? |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:21 AM Response to Reply #43 |
47. As the president said |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:22 AM Response to Reply #43 |
48. When they arrested a man at his own home after verify identity |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:26 AM Response to Reply #48 |
56. So up until that point, the cops did nothing wrong? |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:28 AM Response to Reply #56 |
62. This is not the issue |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 09:54 PM Response to Reply #56 |
201. maybe maybe not. |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:29 AM Response to Reply #31 |
64. why do you assume that nothing is "known" about the case? |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:33 AM Response to Reply #64 |
75. I guess it just has to be the black guy's fault. |
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democracy1st (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:35 AM Response to Reply #64 |
77. because the Pres keeps saying he doesn't know anything about the case |
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BklnDem75 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:44 AM Response to Reply #77 |
85. Really? Got a quote? |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 10:03 AM Response to Reply #85 |
99. facts... |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:55 AM Response to Reply #77 |
96. no, he doesn't- he said he didn't know "ALL THE FACTS" |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 02:59 AM Response to Reply #64 |
211. "We don't have the facts" is a standard line. It avoids all the nasty facts we do have. n/t |
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yodermon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:58 PM Response to Reply #31 |
147. because the charges were dropped and the city apologized. |
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pocoloco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:29 AM Response to Reply #1 |
67. How about Piss Ignorant? |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 10:24 AM Response to Reply #67 |
104. sorry |
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AuntPatsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 10:24 AM Response to Reply #1 |
105. I for one am thrilled that he did, this is a very real problem that no one really wants |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 10:51 AM Response to Reply #1 |
110. I disagree. I'm very glad that he provided an apt |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 02:41 AM Response to Reply #1 |
208. POTUS said he did not know "all of the facts" |
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sailor65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
2. Finally, a rational OP on this |
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Moochy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:55 AM Response to Reply #2 |
95. Not Anonymous, just hidden by management |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 02:31 AM Response to Reply #2 |
206. I Unrecommended it. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 11:49 AM Response to Reply #206 |
221. So did I. |
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cleveramerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
3. I take the President at his word. |
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MUAD_DIB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:02 AM Response to Reply #3 |
18. President Obama admitted that hemay be biased before he made his statement. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 02:31 AM Response to Reply #3 |
205. You're still here? |
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dave29 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
4. Profiled the cop??? Are you serious? |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:55 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I am absolutely serious |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:58 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. FACT NOT IN DISPUTE: Gates showed his ID and verified he lived in home and STILL got arrested!! |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:01 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. and why was he arrested? |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:06 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. From his porch?!?! Crowley said he was acting "tumolutuous"...some bullshit ass'd excuse that later |
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Dawgs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:07 AM Response to Reply #16 |
26. He was arrested because the cop wasn't smart enough to walk away? |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:10 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Because it was not worth pursuing, |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:23 AM Response to Reply #29 |
50. and thus shouldnt have been arrested. |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 10:04 AM Response to Reply #50 |
100. BINGO- |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:24 AM Response to Reply #29 |
51. So if there was no crime... |
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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
5. What I don't get is the lady who called the cops. |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:55 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. She wasn't his neighbor. |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:56 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Good job |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
9. SOOO!! You NORMALY don't profile people who walk in your home without permission?!?!? |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:58 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. He did not walk into his house, |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:05 AM Response to Reply #13 |
22. DAMN!! That's even worse!! How many people ROBBING a house come to the door?!?!?!?! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 04:00 AM Response to Reply #13 |
213. Yes, he did walk into his home without permission. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
10. The cop is a paid public servant; Gates is not |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
15. (facepalm) |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
17. Yet another day when I thought I'd heard everything |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:05 AM Original message |
All this twisting logic around has made me hungry for pretzels instead of popcorn for a change |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
25. Yeah sure,, but it out to be a smiley choking on one. |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:13 AM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Actually, you deserve your own |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:14 AM Response to Reply #25 |
36. If anything's choking here, it's your hypothesis |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:29 AM Response to Reply #36 |
65. I'm almost getting to the point of being speechless by the amount of bullshit |
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Moochy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 10:26 AM Response to Reply #36 |
106. Absolutely Skewers the OP's fallacious attempt at redefinition of "profiling" |
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Moochy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:30 AM Response to Reply #17 |
69. The forces of Racism are highly motivated |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:40 AM Response to Reply #69 |
81. Why is it the phrase "chip on their shoulder" only seems to surface when talking about blacks? |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 10:31 AM Response to Reply #81 |
107. "Chip on shoulder" = "Uppity black" |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #81 |
175. i've had that phrase used to me, a white woman, about feminist issues several times... |
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windbreeze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 12:29 AM Response to Reply #81 |
191. oh, no no no....my dad used to say my brother had a chip on his |
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DarthDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:03 AM Original message |
Enh, Not So Sure About the Profiling |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
21. AT a mimmunum...DING DING DING |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
34. "A trouble-seeking hothead"?? |
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DarthDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:19 AM Response to Reply #34 |
44. Did You Read His Comments? |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:26 AM Response to Reply #44 |
55. No, it does not sound like he was looking for trouble. |
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DarthDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:31 AM Response to Reply #55 |
71. Fair Enough |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:46 AM Response to Reply #71 |
87. I never said he was a "racism-uncovering hero" at all. |
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DarthDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:50 AM Response to Reply #87 |
90. That's Fine |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:53 AM Response to Reply #55 |
93. Good posts (and LOVE the Bizarro code!) |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 10:06 AM Response to Reply #93 |
101. Thanks! n/t |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:27 AM Response to Reply #34 |
58. Amazing ain't it? |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 10:08 AM Response to Reply #34 |
102. guess this is just another |
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dave29 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
61. how about a tired intellectual, having arrived from a long overseas flight |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
131. I see evidence of missing critical thinking skills |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 08:17 AM Response to Reply #131 |
194. expound on the "evidence" then |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 11:28 AM Response to Reply #194 |
197. I don't owe you shit |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 12:22 PM Response to Reply #197 |
198. Deleted message |
Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 12:32 PM Response to Reply #198 |
200. Deleted message |
fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
168. "trouble-seeking hothead" |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 03:45 AM Response to Original message |
212. Yeah, there are. Yours. Gates has zero history. |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
19. Here's the copy of the police report. |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:27 AM Response to Reply #19 |
60. Very interesting |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 10:52 AM Response to Reply #19 |
112. Being an ex-LE professional, I can tell you what is missing from the report. |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
20. Profiled?? |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
27. Mika on Morning Joe agrees |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:11 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. WHooo.... whoi is denying racism???? |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:15 AM Response to Reply #30 |
37. Mika was. |
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DarthDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:13 AM Response to Reply #27 |
33. Your Premise Is A False Construct |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:14 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. You might even call him "uppity." |
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DarthDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:18 AM Response to Reply #35 |
41. If I Were A Racist, Right? |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:22 AM Response to Reply #41 |
49. Gates acted as if he had rights in his own home |
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DarthDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:26 AM Response to Reply #49 |
57. Still Failing! |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:28 AM Response to Reply #57 |
63. Actually, ive seen much different |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:30 AM Response to Reply #57 |
70. So if he shouldn't have been arrested |
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DarthDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:38 AM Response to Reply #70 |
79. The Issue Is . . . |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:43 AM Response to Reply #79 |
84. The cop is not a "demon," he "acted stupidly" |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:21 PM Response to Reply #79 |
129. Actually, the cop had the last clear chance |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:27 AM Response to Reply #33 |
59. Your premise is also a flase construct |
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DarthDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:33 AM Response to Reply #59 |
76. Okay |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 10:37 AM Response to Reply #76 |
108. sounds good so far. let me clarify |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 01:03 PM Response to Reply #33 |
149. Refreshing perspective |
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hileeopnyn8d (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 08:28 AM Response to Reply #33 |
240. I'm coming really close to doing so |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:25 AM Response to Reply #27 |
54. It comes from some of the old time dems |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:46 AM Response to Reply #54 |
86. I'm 56 years old. |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:19 PM Response to Reply #86 |
128. I agree but fail to see the pertinence. |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:48 PM Response to Reply #128 |
143. I am an "old time Dem" |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 03:30 PM Response to Reply #143 |
182. well, i concede that not all are bigots |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
42. Fail. Gates has no duty to the police officer--especially one treating him |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
45. Did Gates ARREST the cop? |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
46. And yet another round of trying to come up with excuses for this officer |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:25 AM Response to Reply #46 |
53. And all this serves only the Republican agenda |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:29 AM Response to Reply #53 |
66. I am shocked at some here who try to excuse this cop's behavior |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:31 AM Response to Reply #66 |
72. They were dropped because they had no legal basis |
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Vinnie From Indy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
52. Your post is mildly amusing... |
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Moochy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:41 AM Response to Reply #52 |
83. There is no logic in flamefests! |
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Moochy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
68. This issue is like a Bug Zapper for Racists |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:32 AM Response to Reply #68 |
74. HA! |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
73. So what if he did? That's his right. |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:36 AM Response to Reply #73 |
78. Are you kidding me.. The COP HAS EVERY RIGHT TO BE THERE |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:47 AM Response to Reply #78 |
88. And once the ID was produced - THAT'S IT! |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:48 AM Response to Reply #78 |
89. And that should have been IT. |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 11:44 AM Response to Reply #89 |
120. I am saking what happened after the ID was presented that ultimately led to |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
80. so, do you think Prof. Gates planned the whole thing then? He pretended |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:41 AM Response to Reply #80 |
82. No I don;t think anything of the sort |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 10:22 AM Response to Reply #82 |
103. it is not only your OP, but all your comments that follow that |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 10:59 AM Response to Reply #103 |
114. Yes you are righrt...but why was Gates arrested is the question, |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 11:40 AM Response to Reply #114 |
119. Why do you keep inferring that Gates must be to blame? |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 11:50 AM Response to Reply #119 |
121. You Misunderstand. |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 11:57 AM Response to Reply #121 |
122. No. The issue is why he was arrested. |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:07 PM Response to Reply #122 |
125. BECAUSE of what he siad in ther interview, |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:40 PM Response to Reply #125 |
132. Whose interview? |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 01:10 PM Response to Reply #132 |
152. Look at the OP He was interviewed on Oprah's Sirius site, |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 01:38 PM Response to Reply #152 |
156. Oh, that... |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 01:43 PM Response to Reply #156 |
159. oh well.....I also listened to it aswell |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #159 |
170. Still seems you are willing to think the worst of Gates |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:39 PM Response to Reply #170 |
187. I have not sais anything the Justifies the officers' actions, |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 11:58 AM Response to Reply #114 |
123. that is a question only Crowley can answer- and the |
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Moochy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
91. Very Typical of the Apologists to Draw a False Equivalence |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:56 AM Response to Reply #91 |
97. "Fair and Balanced!" (tm) |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
92. OP makes no sense. |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:58 AM Response to Reply #92 |
98. I think that line might have been intended, consciously or not. |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 10:58 AM Response to Reply #98 |
113. It clearly was not the endd of and the fact that it was not the end |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 11:28 AM Response to Reply #113 |
118. You wonder why it escalated? |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:09 PM Response to Reply #118 |
126. That was the result of the escalation not the cause of it |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:43 PM Response to Reply #126 |
134. That is what you say. |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 01:18 PM Response to Reply #134 |
153. No it iw waht the professor and the police report both confirm |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 01:38 PM Response to Reply #153 |
157. I can't decipher your spelling here. |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 01:44 PM Response to Reply #157 |
160. No it is what the professor and the police report both confirm |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #160 |
171. OH. |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:36 PM Response to Reply #171 |
186. I never,,,not a single time attempterd to justify the arrest |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 04:39 PM Response to Reply #134 |
230. he DID leave |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 04:38 PM Response to Reply #118 |
229. no, he was not hauled out of the house in handcuffs |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
94. Yah!! Poor, poor downtrodden white cops! |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:45 PM Response to Reply #94 |
137. Yeah, that asshole got |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
111. "and demand ID" and ID was presented |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 11:05 AM Response to Reply #111 |
116. That is the crux of it right there I think |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:45 PM Response to Reply #116 |
136. It escalated because either Crowley is incompetent or he's a thug |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #136 |
154. Read the professors own statement about the events |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #154 |
158. The arrest is the only thing that matters. |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 01:47 PM Response to Reply #158 |
161. WHy do you refuse to deal with what he said were his motivations |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #161 |
164. Discussing Prof. Gates' motivation is a specious argument. |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 02:41 PM Response to Reply #164 |
167. Bwaaaaahhhhhhaaaaa// His behavior has nothing to do with why he was arrested? |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #167 |
172. The arrest was bullshit so there's not "reason" to why it occurred other than a power |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #164 |
176. You are correct. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 03:07 PM Response to Reply #176 |
179. Because there has to be some reason why the uppity negro had it coming |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #179 |
181. I've noticed a bit of that. |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #161 |
174. Motivation? |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 02:36 PM Response to Reply #154 |
163. I READ the statement. Probably before you bothered to. |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
117. Gee, can't imagine why. The guy shows up with 5 other cops, |
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LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
124. Oh boy - of course he did. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
127. Crowley was in charge and his responsibility was to get the CORRECT outcome |
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Life Long Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
130. I think the second I saw the professor standing there with luggage |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:47 PM Response to Reply #130 |
140. Tackled? |
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Life Long Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 04:38 PM Response to Reply #140 |
185. Gate's just got back from China, |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 04:44 PM Response to Reply #185 |
231. luggage was already in the house |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
139. Getting all uppity and whatnot. Gates had it coming. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
142. Oh FFS. (nt) |
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Aramchek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
145. you know you aren't really sorry. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 01:03 PM Response to Reply #145 |
148. Oh he/she's sorry all right. |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 04:18 AM Response to Reply #148 |
193. You nailed it ... |
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Sandaasu (268 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
150. Thank god someone else gets it. |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 01:06 PM Response to Reply #150 |
151. do you realize just how stupid both of you sound? |
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LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #150 |
155. Well it appears you and at least one other on this thread DON"T get it |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 02:52 AM Response to Reply #150 |
210. LOL. |
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Leo The Cleo (352 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
162. Of Course You Would |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
165. sounds like the "it all started when he hit me back" narrative |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
166. Gates did not have legal authority or responsibility. It doesn't matter what he did as long as |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
169. Socioeconomic profiling, perhaps |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 03:07 PM Response to Reply #169 |
178. "It's not out of line to think that Gates might have copped the attitude that is sadly common" |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
177. Only one person in the situation had power |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:22 PM Response to Reply #177 |
190. Precisely. |
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Leontius (380 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
184. Something that most people seem to have a problem |
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hollowdweller (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
188. I don't think the cop profiled him. |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
189. The actual reality is both people acted stupidly |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 04:16 AM Response to Original message |
192. So what if he did |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 05:04 PM Response to Reply #192 |
232. Crowley NEVER accused Gates of breaking into his own home |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
195. Gates wasn't "slighted" by Crowley--he was VIOLATED. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
196. The spiral of racialist denial continues on DU |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
199. Utter nonsense. Try again. |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
202. The amount of stupidity on DU is very shocking. |
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Life Long Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
204. Do you think this was a big racial profiling incident for Gate's? |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 02:39 AM Response to Original message |
207. Oh bullshit. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 02:50 AM Response to Original message |
209. You can't be serious. |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 11:32 AM Response to Reply #209 |
219. well, you know, Gates studies African American history, so he must be racist |
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Flying Dream Blues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 11:55 AM Response to Reply #219 |
223. OMG...seriously? This is DU?? nt |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 04:17 AM Response to Original message |
214. Seems like a white southerner is doing his own kind of profiling |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 07:42 AM Response to Reply #214 |
216. I was born in Boston, Riased in NJ Live in DC Subuirbs. And how do you know I am white? |
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foginthemorn (211 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 07:07 AM Response to Original message |
215. It is |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
217. Gates sure knows a lot about marketing and self-promotion. |
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lynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
218. I agree 100% and I also think that Obama profiled the officer with his remark - |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #218 |
220. Profiling is not a two way street. |
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lynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #220 |
227. By definition, profiling can be as many streets as the situation deems necessary - |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 02:15 PM Response to Reply #227 |
228. You're trying to make Gate's issue with the police on par with what the cops do on the |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
222. you'd be wise to profile cops - don't confuse it with profiling race |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
225. "As well"? I don't agree the cops (there were 3 of them) profiled Gates to begin with. |
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kid a (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
226. I expect my public servents to be trained to recognize when to walk away from a home owner |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
233. Deleted message |
Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
234. Now I heard EVERYTHING! Stupidest OP of the day! |
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kid a (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 11:28 PM Response to Reply #234 |
235. Par for the Perky course. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
236. gee, ya THINK? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 01:47 AM Response to Original message |
239. Indeed. A black man who doesn't trust a white cop is clearly a reverse-racist.... |
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SunsetDreams (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 07:42 AM Response to Original message |
242. cough...cough...and all the rest. |
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