"The police acted stupidly"...should have warned us!

This was President Obama comment upon hearing a Harvard professor,
"Skip" Gates, was arrested by Cambridge police on July 16, 2009, less
than six months after being sworn in.

The president's entire statement tells us much more about him, borne
out by his frequent mention of race during his entire two terms, without
defining a problem or offering a solution!

His statement,

"I don't know, not having been there and not seeing all the facts, what 
role race played in that. But  I think it's fair to say, number one, any of us 
would be pretty angry; number two, that the Cambridge  police acted 
stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already proof that 
they were in their own home, and, number three, what I think we 
know separate and apart from this incident is that there's a long history
in this country of African Americans and Latinos  being stopped by law 
enforcement disproportionately."

The president immediately saw race as the contributing factor, without
seeing all the facts!  Then he added "stupidly" based on proof Gates
was entering his own home.  But, Gates was not arrested for entering
his own home, he was arrested  on charge of "disorderly conduct", yet
Obama convenient sidestepped the reason. (Obama could have said
Gates acted "stupidly" for behaving disorderly)

What  the "police acted stupidly" comment telegraphed is how little
respect the president has for law enforcement. President Obama rarely
shows solid support for law enforcement and even when he offers positive
remarks, there is always a caveat to provide him 'political cover' towards
the only constituents he cares about, the voting block which support him.

"The police acted stupidly" was the signal most Americans did not see,
but his remark can arguably be used to advance the opinion that law
enforcement is the enemy in too many urban, impoverished communities.

We know in the past there has been solid evidence across our country
law enforcement had many "bad apples" and worse.  But, no one can
deny advances made through legislation, new state and federal agencies
and  local  civilian oversight commissions.

Today is not the yesterday President Obama and urban community leaders
attempt to convince us still exists.

We are better for the accomplishments of the past fifty years, something
President Obama refuses to acknowledge.


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