Another Man's Point Of View

The fact of the matter is that this incident did consist of stupidity, over-reaction, and racism. However, the tragedy of the story, is that all of those contributing factors have been miss-assigned! There was stupidity alright, but not on the part of the Cambridge PD, or as "Presidential" inference and innuendo implied, Sergeant Crowley

The stupidity was Obama's, for pre-judging a situation that he admittedly knew
little or nothing about! The over-reaction was not on the part of the police, but rather on the "professor", who, being a well educated man, should have understood the situation.

Finally, the racial component was interjected by the professor not the police officer! Obama, by his "knee jerk" judgmental, also contributed to implications of anti-black motivation and "racism". It was the President's statements that made this a racial incident. Obama went on to say that the police reacted stupidly and carelessly. Unfortunately, the Presidents remarks were as damaging and incorrect as they were inflammatory. Obama damaged the efforts of police to gain trust in the black community, and they inflamed racial tensions!

Gates simply resented the fact that he was being confronted by an authority figure who happened to not be black. His highly militant persona caused him to rebel, over-react, and falsely bring up the "race card!". From the report, it was clear to note, he was spoiling for a fight.

That Sergeant would have been criminally derelict in the performance of his sworn duty, had he abandoned that house to an "unidentified" possible miscreant! Gates should be thanking that Sergeant!

And now, we have the "beer blast" at the White House, where Gates and Obama intend to "educate" this Sergeant about black superiority, as if he somehow needs an "attitude correction";

The good Sergeant did absolutely nothing wrong, nothing! He did not inject racism
into this incident, nor did he over-react, the President and Gates did that!

The only reason why Sergeant Crowley should agree to appear at the White House, is to accept the unequivocal and public apologies of Obama and Gates; they are the culprits in this case, not this Sergeant!

The lack of leadership on the part of our President was regretful. Obama showed the America and the world how incompetent he is to handle a situation under the pressure of the moment. What is truly frightening is that his is the finger on the nuclear trigger.

And that is the truth of the matter.

Robert Di Stefano
Major (retired) Baltimore City PD
Abingdon, MD