True.
Let's put a different face on this "profiling" thing.......more than 90% of terrorist-related acts are carried out by middle-eastern Muslim men in the 17-42 age range. So, are we wrong to use that data? Were we, as Americans, practicing racial profiling on SEPTEMBER 12, 2001??? Yes!!!! Do you still get nervous when you board a plane and see a middle-eastern male around 17-42 walk past your seat? Yes!!!
I'm sorry Colossus, ...but that just does not seem at all true to me.
There is a perception of Muslims & terrorists. I'm not saying that no muslims have ever committed terrorist acts,
...but terrorism, has existed in the USA since the USA has even begun. I'm not sure where you get your numbers from, but it is my impression that the vast majority of KKK members are not muslims, ...infact, I don't think they'll accept a Muslim on the application form. Or do you not consider the Klan to be a terrorist organization. Then, there was the Manson family, another domestic terrorist organization. There was the group of which Ayres was a member, ...and the Simbionese Liberation Army which had as it's posterchild a White Anglo Saxon Princess, ...heiress to an American publishing empire. If I had to hazard a guess, I would conclude the vast majority of terrorists in America, are not muslims, ...however, due to media manipulation, and a mass mentality reminiscent of Nazi Germany, the perception is there.
Even if we take the color out of this situation, let's just look at the fact that there is a man breaking the glass of a home, and that person has no identification to prove that he is the homeowner, is it not a police offier's job to investigate the situation?
But Colossus, those are NOT the facts. Gates was not breaking the glass of a home. He was already inside the home when the police arrived. He also did provide his identification to prove he was the lawful occupant of the residence.
Pure and simple, Gates was wrong, and he was arrogant.
Gates may have been arrogant, ...but Crowley made a stupid unecessary mistake and could certainly have handled the situation better.