The Officer was absolutely right in hauling Gates sorry ass to the pokey. On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 2:27 PM, d.b.baker <[email protected]> wrote:
> > [Q] ...All of which brings us back to the Cambridge dust-up. Sgt. > Crowley was understandably carrying out his duty to investigate the > report, and from the quotes attributed to Gates, the professor was > unfair in his comments to an officer doing a good job. But being rude, > unfair, or disrespectful should not be illegal, and that’s essentially > the effect of most disorderly conduct laws. Our American society > increasingly hands more responsibility and control to the great Nanny > State. Heightened arrests under disorderly conduct laws enable this > frightening progression. > > President Obama would have been wise to avoid this controversy, > particularly since he admits to lacking all of the facts. But > ultimately I cannot disagree with the thrust of his statement. > Arresting Prof. Gates under the circumstances was stupid and Americans > in every state would do well to scale back the reach of disorderly > conduct laws. -- > http://www.intheagora.com/archives/2009/07/stupid_disorderly_conduct_laws/ > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
