...Mr. Gates challenged police to explain why they would believe "a white woman over a black man".
Gates opened the door and exclaimed "Why? Because I'm a black man in America?"
I then asked Gates if there was anyone else in the residence. While yelling, he told me that it none of my business and accused me of being a racist police officer.
JUAN WILLIAMS, NEWS ANALYST, NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO:
And if he had seen the police report, he would have seen that the description, done by a Hispanic officer who wrote up the report, says that Gates came out of there with a lot of anger, fury at the police, raised the race issue, was talking about the policeman's mother, making all sorts of profane comments, and pushing the issue.
BAIER: And in fact, the Cambridge police said today said at this press conference that the house had been burglarized just recently.
WILLIAMS: Correct.
And so the cops were called there not to harass anybody. Somebody saw a break-in taking place, and by all accounts, he was forcing the door to the house. The cops come in, and I think the cops from all the reporting, and Gates is not denying any of the reporting, did what they were supposed to do.
Henry Louis Gates Jr. sends caller flowers of ‘gratitude’
I think graciousness has reached new heights in America when a Harvard professor of racial relations finds it necessary to send flowers for acting racist.
His Mother would be proud.
We are not.
