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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 569081" data-attributes="member: 12952"><p>Black Officer At Gates' Home Supports Arrest</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Jul 24, 2009 2:35 pm US/Eastern </p><p> <strong>Black Officer At Gates' Home Supports Arrest</strong></p><p></p><p>CAMBRIDGE (WBZ) ― </p><p> </p><p>A black police officer who was at Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s home when the black Harvard professor was arrested says he supports "100 percent" how his white fellow officer handled the situation.</p><p></p><p>Sgt. Leon Lashley says Gates was probably tired and surprised when Sgt. James Crowley demanded identification from him as Cambridge officers investigated a report of a burglary July 16.</p><p></p><p>"I support what Sgt Crowley did. I support what he did. It's as simple as I can say it."</p><p></p><p>Lashley said Gates' reaction to Crowley was "a little stranger than it normally would have been, it shouldn't have been like that."</p><p></p><p>Asked if Gates should have been arrested, Lashley said he supported Crowley "100 percent."</p><p></p><p>Gates claimed he was the victim of racial profiling.</p><p></p><p>President Barack Obama says the officers "acted stupidly."</p><p></p><p>"I think it's unfortunate what he (Obama) said," said Lashley.</p><p></p><p>"I would probably give it a mulligan, let him take it back. Everyone makes mistakes, let him take it back."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 569081, member: 12952"] Black Officer At Gates' Home Supports Arrest Jul 24, 2009 2:35 pm US/Eastern [B]Black Officer At Gates' Home Supports Arrest[/B] CAMBRIDGE (WBZ) ― A black police officer who was at Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s home when the black Harvard professor was arrested says he supports "100 percent" how his white fellow officer handled the situation. Sgt. Leon Lashley says Gates was probably tired and surprised when Sgt. James Crowley demanded identification from him as Cambridge officers investigated a report of a burglary July 16. "I support what Sgt Crowley did. I support what he did. It's as simple as I can say it." Lashley said Gates' reaction to Crowley was "a little stranger than it normally would have been, it shouldn't have been like that." Asked if Gates should have been arrested, Lashley said he supported Crowley "100 percent." Gates claimed he was the victim of racial profiling. President Barack Obama says the officers "acted stupidly." "I think it's unfortunate what he (Obama) said," said Lashley. "I would probably give it a mulligan, let him take it back. Everyone makes mistakes, let him take it back." [/QUOTE]
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