Obama's foot must be delicious...

[s.rwitt]

Because he can't keep it out of his mouth:

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday police had acted "stupidly" in arresting a prominent black Harvard University scholar at his own home, weighing in on escalating debate over the treatment of minorities by U.S. law enforcement officers.

Obama, the United States' first black president, acknowledged at a prime-time White House news conference, he did not know all the facts about the arrest last week of Henry Louis Gates at his residence in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

But Obama, reciting details from news reports, left little doubt he felt Gates had been wronged in the incident, which has created a media furor.

Gates, a renowned expert on race whom Obama described as a friend, was detained for alleged disorderly conduct -- a charge that was quickly dropped -- after a confrontation with a white police officer inside his own house.

"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," Obama said when asked about the case.

"Number two, that the Cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already proof that they were in their own home," he added.

While stressing that his own election last November was a testament to progress in race relations, Obama pointed out there was a "long history" in the United States of blacks and Hispanics being singled out disproportionately by police.

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

He said Gates' arrest was a reminder that the race issue "still haunts us."

'I'D GET SHOT'

The incident took place last Thursday when a woman called Cambridge police to report that a man was trying to force his way into the house.

Obama joked that if he ever tried to "jimmy the lock" at his current address -- the White House -- "I'd get shot." The digression drew laughter from journalists who until then had peppered him with questions about healthcare and the economy.

Gates, 58, had found his front door jammed after returning from a trip to China, according to his lawyer. But police said Gates exhibited "loud and tumultuous behavior," including accusing police of racism.

A statement on the Cambridge police department's Web site said, "The City of Cambridge, the Cambridge Police Department, and Professor Gates acknowledge that the incident of July 16, 2009 was regrettable and unfortunate."

Gates is director of Harvard's W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African & African American Research and is one of the most prominent black scholars in the United States.

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNe...56M0QS20090723

If you don't feel like reading it all, here's what happened:

-The neighbor of Harvard's "African-American studies" expert sees two men breaking into Gate's house with crowbars.

-Realizing that both the neighborhood and Gates' house have a history of break ins, the neighbor calls the police.

- A single policeman answers the call, and sees two men inside the house with a crowbar and damage to the door, one of whom claims to live there.

- He asks the two men to exit the house and come outside to talk to him, for obvious reasons.

- The men exit the house and Gates, confirmed by both neighbor's testimony as well as police report, becomes belligerent and is arrested for disorderly conduct.

-Obama says: "I don't know all of the facts...but the police acted stupidly" and then begins talking about how black people and latinos have been mistreated by police in the past and bringing up his own "blackness".


And now the white house is in a scramble to redefine what he "really meant", led by quite possibly the dumbest White House press secretary that has ever graced a podium. Oh, and by the way, one of the arresting officers was black.

[Darth Red]

Never mind the fact that all Prof. Gates had to do was show his dam licence and we wouldn't need Al Sharpton here. Good ploy by Obama though, mabye he can trick the nation into thinking about a false claim of racism, and not about this massive amount of pork called obamacare.

[removeduser_052420]

Because he can't keep it out of his mouth:


http://www.reuters.com/article/topNe...56M0QS20090723

If you don't feel like reading it all, here's what happened:

-The neighbor of Harvard's "African-American studies" expert sees two men breaking into Gate's house with crowbars.

-Realizing that both the neighborhood and Gates' house have a history of break ins, the neighbor calls the police.

- A single policeman answers the call, and sees two men inside the house with a crowbar and damage to the door, one of whom claims to live there.

- He asks the two men to exit the house and come outside to talk to him, for obvious reasons.

- The men exit the house and Gates, confirmed by both neighbor's testimony as well as police report, becomes belligerent and is arrested for disorderly conduct.

-Obama says: "I don't know all of the facts...but the police acted stupidly" and then begins talking about how black people and latinos have been mistreated by police in the past and bringing up his own "blackness".


And now the white house is in a scramble to redefine what he "really meant", led by quite possibly the dumbest White House press secretary that has ever graced a podium. Oh, and by the way, one of the arresting officers was black.

[Каие]

He's still not wrong about the blacks an latinos being mistreated by police. That;s your best open secret.

[eddy_purpus]

He's still not wrong about the blacks an latinos being mistreated by police. That;s your best open secret.

I agree u.u

[Trey]

I agree u.u

You been ed out by the police? How many times? I have a few, and I'm pretty damn sure it's not because I'm a minority. It's because cops can suck. Or they can be great. There is no in between.

[Pickle_mole]

He's still not wrong about the blacks an latinos being mistreated by police. That;s your best open secret.

How long have you lived in the U.S. and have you had any encounters with the police?

[Каие]

How long have you lived in the U.S. and have you had any encounters with the police?

HAHAHAHA

So what's that about Eurabia again?

[Pickle_mole]

HAHAHAHA

So what's that about Eurabia again?

You try and use it against me just turning the sword around

[s.rwitt]

It still has absolutely nothing to do with the incident. And I think it's fair to say the reason blacks and latinos have been stopped by police more than others is because most inner city gangsters are....black and latino. Which is why you don't see police paying more attention to, say, asians or Indians than other groups.

BTW: I can't stand it when Obama talks about how black he is. The guy went to private and Ivy League schools his whole life ffs. He's led the life of a rich white kid.

[Centurion-Lucius-Vorenus]

BTW: I can't stand it when Obama talks about how black he is. The guy went to private and Ivy League schools his whole life ffs. He's led the life of a rich white kid.

Wait so because he studied hard, worked hard, and possessed a great deal of intelligence enough to get admitted to an Ivy league school he can't be Black ?

That is the dumbest I've heard in years.

[Kamos]

Yes the whole ordeal has been blown out of proportion and surrounded by stupidity.

[Panzerbear]

I am surprised that a president of a country goes down so low and comments on some kind of police accident of which he has no full details about...
poor judgement on Obama's part imo.

[The Devil's Sergeant]

Is anyone surprised by this?

Obama has a long history of associating with bigots, he nominated a bigot to the Supreme Court, his wife has wrote a racially charged college paper, he supports unequal treatment under the law. He is a bigot himself.

[Panzerbear]

Is anyone surprised by this?

Obama has a long history of associating with bigots, he nominated a bigot to the Supreme Court, his wife has wrote a racially charged college paper, he supports unequal treatment under the law. He is a bigot himself.

so why did majority of Americans elect Obama into the office in a landslide? I suppose American democracy has some problems with it, if the people elect 3 idiot presidents in a row.

[The Devil's Sergeant]

so why did majority of Americans elect Obama into the office in a landslide? I suppose American democracy has some problems with it, if the people elect 3 idiot presidents in a row.

We do let idiots vote, yes. And in the last election we had a record number of idiots voting. Most people are idiots.

A doctor friend of mine, a black woman, was watching the inauguration when "Barrack H. Obama" was put on the screen. She asked what the "H" stood for.

[green tea]

so why did majority of Americans elect Obama into the office in a landslide? I suppose American democracy has some problems with it, if the people elect 3 idiot presidents in a row.

Only three? or do you count that criminal Bush twice? I mean serious, as far as I know, Clintons Crime was to get a BJ in the Oral Office. At least when he left, the USA were incredibly, unbelievably rich- money that this retarded chimp then wasted for his crusade for oil and riches for him and his rich white friends. And the US public is still too deluded to see that he robbed them and still attacks Obama and, even better, defends this corrupt person that deserves nothing more than to be one of the last prisoners of Guantanamo, together with his friends Rumsfeld and this dick Cheney, waterboarding and other forms of "non-torture" inclusive.

[Mikelus Trento]

Only three? or do you count that criminal Bush twice? I mean serious, as far as I know, Clintons Crime was to get a BJ in the Oral Office. At least when he left, the USA were incredibly, unbelievably rich- money that this retarded chimp then wasted for his crusade for oil and riches for him and his rich white friends. And the US public is still too deluded to see that he robbed them and still attacks Obama and, even better, defends this corrupt person that deserves nothing more than to be one of the last prisoners of Guantanamo, together with his friends Rumsfeld and this dick Cheney, waterboarding and other forms of "non-torture" inclusive.

He lied under oath.

[Downey]

so why did majority of Americans elect Obama into the office in a landslide?

That doesnt fit "land slide".

Here are some real ones. I tried to make them smaller, bleh... o well

[Gauvin]