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July 29, 2009
What will police officers really learn from the Gates-Crowley affair?
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by Associated Press onJuly 27, 2009
How did Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Sgt. James Crowley walk away with such different interpretations on the incident?
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July 24, 2009
President Obama, Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. and Vernon Jordan weigh in on the Henry Louis Gates Jr. incident.
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July 24, 2009
This week on The Confab: Henry Louis Gates Jr. is black in America, too! How to act when handling the police and why Soledad O'Brien should be schooled before making another race segment. Join The Root's Deputy Editor Terence Samuel as he talks with blogger Keith Josef Adkins and contributors to The Root David Swerdlick and Cord Jefferson.
* Podcast production by Abdullah Rufus.
* Podcast theme music by Timothy Morrison.
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by Associated Press onJuly 24, 2009
The Cambridge police union comes to the defense of Sgt. Crowley and demands an apology from President Obama and Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick.
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July 24, 2009
No one is saying cops wake up every day ready to put bullets through black people, but the truth is: the police are an extension of an American culture that often view black people as inherently derelict.
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July 23, 2009
This revelation puts more scrutiny on the interaction between Sgt. Crowley and Dr. Gates...
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by Associated Press onJuly 23, 2009
Sgt. James Crowley said he's disappointed that President Obama said officers acted "stupidly," despite acknowledging he didn't know all the facts.
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July 23, 2009
Obama was on point about the frequency of racial profiling in this country. He missed the point about the racial element in Dr. Gates' arrest.
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by Dayo Olopade onJuly 21, 2009
In an interview with The Root, Henry Louis Gates Jr. talks about his arrest and the outrage of racial profiling in America.
