>If I was the officer [Gates] verbally assaulted like a banana-eating jungle monkey,
If I were this officers attorney, I point out that the subject of that sentence was the officer and assert that the sentence meant that Gates was assaulting HIM as if the officer were a banana-eating jungle monkey. 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. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
