I think we should first establish whether or not Prof. Gates ate the evidence.
On Jul 30, 1:55 am, VT VirtualTruth <[email protected]> wrote: > The actual > email...http://opendebateforum2.blogspot.com/2009/07/full-email-sent-by-justi... > > On Jul 30, 1:46 am, VT Sean Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Boston cop calls Gates 'banana-eating jungle monkey' in mass e-mail > > > UPDATE II > > > The Fox affiliate in Boston has published the text of the email Boston > > police officer Justin Barrett sent in which he referred to Harvard > > professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., as a "banana-eating jungle monkey." > > > It now appears Barrett's email was a letter to the editor of the > > Boston Globe, complaining of the Globe's coverage of the Gates arrest > > on July 16. > > > Of Gates, Barrett wrote: "He is a suspect and will always be a > > > suspect." > > > "If I was the officer [Gates] verbally assaulted like a banana-eating > > jungle monkey, I would have sprayed him in the face with OC [pepper > > spray] deserving of his belligerent non-compliance." > > > Barrett then went on to berate the author of the Globe article to > > which he objected. > > > "You are a hot little bird with minimal experiences in a harsh field," > > Barrett wrote. "You are a fool. An infidel. You have no business > > writing for a US newspaper nevermind detailing and analyzing half- > > truths." > > > AP reported that "Barrett was trained in racial profiling prevention > > and had shown no signs of racial discrimination in the past." > > > Barrett's tirade has spawned an instant flurry of comments on blogs > > and talk shows. > > > "If this is what [police officers are] putting in emails, imagine what > > they're saying in private," blogged The Atlantic's Andrew Sullivan. > > > UPDATE > > > The police officer who called Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, > > Jr., a "jungle monkey" is a "cancer on the department," Boston Mayor > > Tom Menino said Wednesday. > > > A blog posting by Cindy Adams at Examiner.com also says Menino called > > for the officer to be fired immediately. > > > The Boston Globe reports that Barrett will be represented by the > > Boston Police Patrolmen's Association, the local police union. The > > union is expected to make a statement on the case Wednesday evening. > > > ORIGINAL STORY CONTINUES > > > A Boston police officer has been suspended and likely will be fired > > after sending an anonymous email that referred to Harvard professor > > Henry Louis Gates Jr. as a "jungle monkey." > > > According to the Boston Herald, 36-year-old Officer Justin Barrett was > > placed "on administrative leave pending a termination hearing > > yesterday afternoon. When a supervisor confronted Barrett about the e- > > mail - in which he called Gates a 'jungle monkey' - he admitted to > > being the author." > > > ABC affiliate WCVB reports that Barrett sent the email to colleagues > > at the National Guard -- he is also a reserve soldier in the Guard -- > > and to the Boston Globe. Police traced the email back to Barrett on > > Tuesday. > > > Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis "immediately stripped the cop > > of his gun and badge," the Herald reported Wednesday. > > > Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., was arrested on the front porch of his own > > home on a public disturbance charge July 16 in an incident where a > > police officer suspected the Harvard scholar of being a burglar after > > Gates jimmied his way in. Gates says he was a victim of racial > > profiling. Charges against him were quickly dropped. > > > The incident became an even larger controversy when President Barack > > Obama said last week that the Cambridge police had "acted stupidly" in > > arresting Gates. And most recently, the neighbor of Gates whose 911 > > call started the incident said she never mentioned that the two > > persons on Gates's porch were black, and didn't talk to the arresting > > officer, Sgt. James Crowley, at the scene. > > > Both of those claims contradict Sgt. Crowley's police report on the > > incident. > > >http://rawstory.com/blog/2009/07/boston-cop-calls-gates-jungle-monkey... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
