Skip Gates’ Friend Says Unapologetic Cambridge Police “Acted Stupidly”
In the news conference that preempted Wipeout last night, the Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun-Times asked President Obama about Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s arrest and what it says about race relations in America. Here is his response (in text here):
Two minutes later, fat people were getting knocked around by giant bouncy balls.
Although the President of the United States just said he “acted stupidly”–on top of Skip Gates calling him a rogue cop and a racist–Sgt. James Crowley isn’t apologizing.
Though he harbors no “ill feelings toward the professor,” a calm, resolute Crowley said no mea culpa will be forthcoming.
“I just have nothing to apologize for,” he said. “It will never happen.”
He also says he’s not a racist (as if anyone would ever admit to it). The proof is that 16 years ago, he performed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on Boston Celtics star Reggie Lewis after the basketball player collapsed during a practice with fatal heart failure. Of course, someone could say Crawley only attempted to save Lewis because he plays for Boston in a sort of variation of Celtic Pride–except that would really be stupid.
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