This day in Ticker history: Police ‘acted stupidly’ in arresting Harvard scholar, Obama says
Editor's Note: The following story appeared on the CNN Political Ticker on July 22, 2009.
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Police in Cambridge, Massachusetts, "acted stupidly" by arresting Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates after they were called to his home on a report of a burglary last week, President Barack Obama said Wednesday.
Disorderly conduct charges against Gates - one of the most prominent African-American academics - were dropped Tuesday after the incident drew national attention, with all involved calling it a "regrettable and unfortunate" incident. Asked about the matter in a White House news conference Wednesday, Obama said it shows "how race remains a factor in this society.
"That doesn't lessen the incredible progress that has been made," said Obama, the first African-American U.S. president. "I am standing here as testimony to the progress that's been made. And yet, the fact of the matter is that, you know, this still haunts us."
One year ago,and look how far we have come.Another racial story spurred on by the racist Obama and the racist NAACP.Post racial?As Rush said "most racial".
