Here is the story:

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama said Wednesday that police acted "stupidly" in the arrest of prominent black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. and that despite racial progress blacks and Hispanics are still singled out unfairly for arrest.

"This still haunts us," Obama said.

Obama called Gates a friend, and said he doesn't know all the facts of the case. Nonetheless, Obama said, anyone would have been angry if treated the way Gates claims police in Cambridge, Mass., treated him. Gates claims he was arrested in his own home after showing ID to police who responded to a report of a possible burglary.

Police say Gates yelled at the officers and initially refused to show his ID. Gates allegedly yelled “this is what happens to a black man in America” and “you don’t know who you’re messing with” before he was arrested, and police said he was uncooperative.

"Cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already proof he was in own home," Obama said during a prime-time news conference that otherwise focused on the health care debate.

"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," Obama said. "That's just a fact."

The nation's first black president held himself up as testament to what he called the "incredible progress" minorities have achieved.

Here is video of what Obama had to say last night about the Cambridge police officers. Notice that Obama admits he doesn't know all the facts yet still calls the police stupid. He should have been sure to know all the facts before making accusations. I believe when everything comes out about this he is going to look very stupid. Here is the video:



Well Obama should have took a look at the police report because it sheds a bit of light on a few more details of what was going on inside the house. Have a look at the police report here. You will learn this details which either Obama didn't know or failed to mention.


The media later confronted the officer that made the arrest. They asked him if he would ever apologize for what happened the night of the arrest. He said no he never would. He seemed very confident that him and his fellow officers were in the right. Video of the officers comments below:


And to act like this officer is some kind of a racist is absurd especially since he tried to save black sport star Reggie Lewis when he collapsed on the court. Thanks to Debbie Schlussel for pointing this out.

Bottom line Obama should have known the whole story before commenting and calling the police stupid.

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