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Henry Louis Gates, Jr's story shines the light on common police practices.

By Marks & Katz, LLC

Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr's story shines the light on police practices that too often are business as usual operating too often in the shadows. Here are some of my thoughts on his conflict with the police;  - Too many police will arrest for disorderly conduct when people exercise their First Amendment right to complain about those holding governmental power.   - From 1981 to 1985, during college, I lived two miles from Harvard. Overt racism at the time, and probably to this day, was all too common in the Boston area, but not only in that part of the United States.  - What was arresting Sergeant James Crowley's exposure to racism, anti-racism, and the beauty of a rainbow society? Do police get trained in anti-racism? - How much was Sgt...continue to full post

Full post as published by Underdog on July 22, 2009 (boomark / email).