"Mike" wrote in message
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On Jul 29, 11:16 am, Mike wrote:
On Jul 29, 3:17 am, "Just Plain Burr" wrote:

From Fox News

WASHINGTON - Former Secretary of State Colin Powell was mildly critical
Tuesday of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., whose angry response
to
a Cambridge, Mass., police officer touched off a national debate
involving
President Barack Obama

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Uh, Burr, did Powell's "mild criticism" include calling Gates a
racist, like you inferred the President was? No, of course it
didn't....

Mike
Louisville, KY

Burr,

Check out this URL:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/bre...ller_in_g.html

If you read the article, you'll see that the original caller said
nothing about the men being black and reported they had suitcases.
Yet, Officer Crowley, in his report, justifies his actions by saying
the caller reported "black men with backpacks." It sure seems like
Crowley LIED on the report to be able to deny that he was profiling.

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The 911 call did not mention race. Crowley mentioned it in his report when
he was TALKING directly to her.

"She went on to tell me she observed what appeared to be two black males
with backpacks on the porch of Ware street."