<p>@Loki, do not question the policeman in charge. </p>
<p>““Crowley is a police academy expert on understanding racial profiling and has taught a class on the subject for five years at the Lowell Police Academy after being hand-picked for the job by former police Commissioner Ronny Watson, who is black””</p>
<p>I think this guy has a significant amount of experience to understand the whole sensitivity issue. Gates acted way out of the norm. Many people, who are falsely accused of more serious crimes (such as murder) cooperate with the police! No one accused him of anything! He overreacted as police where following standard operating procedure (SOPs). He could have just cooperated, and the whole ordeal would have ended in 5 minutes max. By the way, Crowley did not trespass into Gates’ home. Everything that the policeman did (asking for ID and asking him to step outside) is completely legal, and the policing norm for such situations.</p>
<p>Yes, he has more of a reason to be upset due to the history of law enforcement racism. But he is being racist toward the police by automatically assuming they are being racist!! He is just fueling the general problem of racial divide in our country, which he is supposed to be a “renowned” scholar in. How absurd.</p>
<p>@hellojan, it would suck to have your husband/father labeled by the majority of the media as the prime example of racism, whether or not, he actually is the prime example of racism.</p>