July 23, 2009
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=8153681&page=1
Obama's Comments on Gates Arrest Stir Reaction
President Obama's comments about the arrest of prominent Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates has added further fuel to the fiery story that has dominated headlines and stirred national discussion about race in America.
When asked about the Gates' case at the end of Wednesday night's prime-time news conference that was intended to be chiefly about health care, the president said, "I don't know, not having been there and not seeing all the facts, what role race played in that."
But Obama went on to say, "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. That's just a fact."
Obama acknowledged that Gates is a friend and that since he was not there, he cannot know exactly what role race may have played in the incident.
Gates' daughter and attorney said they were pleased by the president's comments.
Charles Ogletree, Gates' attorney and a fellow Harvard professor, told "Good Morning America's" Dan Harris today that Gates "was simply pleased that Barack acknowledged he was a friend and what he had read and heard and understood to have been reported that Professor Gates did not violate the law."
Earlier in the day, before Obama commented on the case, the officer who arrested Gates said he won't apologize for the way he responded, even though the Harvard professor had asked for an apology.
"There will be no apology," Cambridge Police Sgt. Joseph Crowley told Boston's WFXT-TV.
Crowley, who Gates called a "racist cop" after he arrived at the house and asked the Harvard professor for identification and then subsequently handcuffed him, said he was "disappointed" by the attention the story has received nationally.
The Boston Herald reported that Crowley is the same police officer who, 16 years ago, gave basketball player Reggie Lewis mouth-to-mouth resuscitation as the Celtics star suffered a fatal heart attack. The paper said many questioned at that time about whether Crowley did enough to save the black player in the aftermath of the incident.
オバマ大統領の発言に周囲は様々な動きがでているようです。
Arresting 逮捕する
Disproportionately 不釣り合いな
Prime 最も重要な
Dominate 支配する
初の黒人大統領のオバマ氏が今後世界にどのように影響するのか・・興味があります。
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=8153681&page=1
Obama's Comments on Gates Arrest Stir Reaction
President Obama's comments about the arrest of prominent Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates has added further fuel to the fiery story that has dominated headlines and stirred national discussion about race in America.
When asked about the Gates' case at the end of Wednesday night's prime-time news conference that was intended to be chiefly about health care, the president said, "I don't know, not having been there and not seeing all the facts, what role race played in that."
But Obama went on to say, "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. That's just a fact."
Obama acknowledged that Gates is a friend and that since he was not there, he cannot know exactly what role race may have played in the incident.
Gates' daughter and attorney said they were pleased by the president's comments.
Charles Ogletree, Gates' attorney and a fellow Harvard professor, told "Good Morning America's" Dan Harris today that Gates "was simply pleased that Barack acknowledged he was a friend and what he had read and heard and understood to have been reported that Professor Gates did not violate the law."
Earlier in the day, before Obama commented on the case, the officer who arrested Gates said he won't apologize for the way he responded, even though the Harvard professor had asked for an apology.
"There will be no apology," Cambridge Police Sgt. Joseph Crowley told Boston's WFXT-TV.
Crowley, who Gates called a "racist cop" after he arrived at the house and asked the Harvard professor for identification and then subsequently handcuffed him, said he was "disappointed" by the attention the story has received nationally.
The Boston Herald reported that Crowley is the same police officer who, 16 years ago, gave basketball player Reggie Lewis mouth-to-mouth resuscitation as the Celtics star suffered a fatal heart attack. The paper said many questioned at that time about whether Crowley did enough to save the black player in the aftermath of the incident.
オバマ大統領の発言に周囲は様々な動きがでているようです。
Arresting 逮捕する
Disproportionately 不釣り合いな
Prime 最も重要な
Dominate 支配する
初の黒人大統領のオバマ氏が今後世界にどのように影響するのか・・興味があります。
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