Advertisement
 
Post Reply
Page 1 of 3  •  1 2 3 Next
Gates Receives Death Threats & Police Taser a Pregnant Woman
7 months ago  ::  Aug 03, 2009 - 6:50PM #1
religionfree
religionfree
Posts: 4,809

Consequences cascade like dominoes.  Isn't it enough that charges were not filed and Crowley and Gates have met and talked at the White House and have agreed to disagree?

Do some out there just have to continue to cause more disruption and pain?  



Harvard tells Gates to consider moving after death threats

by John Byrne
the raw story

Despite rapprochement with the Cambridge police officer who arrested him inside his home for disorderly conduct, Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. says that university officials have told him to consider moving in the wake of death threats he’s received since the incident reached the national stage.

“You should die; you’re a racist,” read one e-mail, according to reports. While promoting his new book on Martha’s Vineyard on Sunday, the professor also said he’d been the subject of bomb threats as well.

Gates has changed his email address and cell phone number as a result.

Someone posted signs outside Gates’ Ware Street home July 25 calling him “shameful” and a “racist,” the professor said.

Since the White House tete-a-tete, Gates has taken a more humorous tone in speaking of his arrest, saying that he and police officer James Crowley “discussed plans to take in a Celtics or Red Sox game or have their families meet up for a meal.”

“I offered to get his kids into Harvard if he doesn’t arrest me again,” Gates told a crowd Sunday.


The Crowley/Gates situation is in the process of being worked through, but I can't say the same about the situation below.  These headlines made me so sick that I had trouble opening the article and watching the video.  

Keep in mind that this back yard was filled with very small children.

I wonder just what this PD will have to say about this one.

Pregnant woman tasered at baptism party

A child’s Virginia baptism ended up being a real shocker.

Responding to a noise complaint in Prince William County, police sought to quell the assembled crowd — who they said were making too much of a racket — by firing a Taser at the child’s grandfather and at the pregnant mother of the baptized child.

The officers said they placed a call to the homeowner, who they said was intoxicated and refused to reduce the volume.

The homeowner, 55, is a church family counselor and bible study teacher. His son, Edgar Rodriguez, claims he was Tasered three times after producing his ID for police. The elder Rodriguez was arrested for public intoxication in his own backyard.

The two say police used excessive force to quiet down “a backyard party.” A home video of the scene shows a relatively tame event.

The pregnant mother of the baptized child was also Tasered in the back after officers averred she was assaulting a police officer, and is now being held separate from her family by Customs and Immigration Enforcement.

In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat; but in the evolution of real knowledge it marks the first step in progress toward victory. --Alfred North Whitehead

Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking. --H.L. Mencken

The core of Mencken's social philosophy was relatively simple.  He believed it is the nature of the human species to reject what is true but unpleasant, and to embrace what is obviously false but comforting.


Namaste
7 months ago  ::  Aug 03, 2009 - 7:19PM #2
TENAC
TENAC
Posts: 10,450

OH.


 


I thought that the pregnant woman threatened Gates' life then Crowley arrived and tasered the woman.


 
7 months ago  ::  Aug 03, 2009 - 7:20PM #3
Christianlib
Christianlib
Posts: 10,885

These are probably the same "Christians" who shot a doctor in the lobby of his church.

"Truth is mighty and will prevail.  There is
  nothing the matter with this, except it ain't so."
   Samuel Langhorne Clemens
7 months ago  ::  Aug 03, 2009 - 7:22PM #4
rabello
rabello
Posts: 7,416

Aug 3, 2009 -- 6:50PM, religionfree wrote:



Despite rapprochement with the Cambridge police officer who arrested him inside his home for disorderly conduct, Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. says that university officials have told him to consider moving in the wake of death threats he’s received since the incident reached the national stage.




I'm sure people will leave him alone once he moves to Roxbury


 


Aug 3, 2009 -- 6:50PM, religionfree wrote:


Responding to a noise complaint in Prince William County, police sought to quell the assembled crowd — who they said were making too much of a racket — by firing a Taser at the child’s grandfather and at the pregnant mother of the baptized child.

The officers said they placed a call to the homeowner, who they said was intoxicated and refused to reduce the volume.

The homeowner, 55, is a church family counselor and bible study teacher. His son, Edgar Rodriguez, claims he was Tasered three times after producing his ID for police. The elder Rodriguez was arrested for public intoxication in his own backyard.

The two say police used excessive force to quiet down “a backyard party.” A home video of the scene shows a relatively tame event.

The pregnant mother of the baptized child was also Tasered in the back after officers averred she was assaulting a police officer, and is now being held separate from her family by Customs and Immigration Enforcement.




Police are allowed to define "disorderly conduct" in any way they see fit, and to treat those who are "disrupting the peace" by any means they see fit.  


As for the mother of the baptized child, well, if she's an illegal human being, may as well send her to Gitmo


 


 (/sarcasm for the sarcasm-challanged...


...two (more) horrendous stories from the home of the free/land of the brave)
7 months ago  ::  Aug 04, 2009 - 12:28AM #5
Erey
Erey
Posts: 4,570

Terrible story abou the baptism party but I am not sure what it has to do with Gates
7 months ago  ::  Aug 04, 2009 - 8:34AM #6
Christianlib
Christianlib
Posts: 10,885

 


 


It has to do with a pattern of over-the-top behavior by police in America. A pattern some refuse to see, and that others live with every day.

"Truth is mighty and will prevail.  There is
  nothing the matter with this, except it ain't so."
   Samuel Langhorne Clemens
7 months ago  ::  Aug 04, 2009 - 9:04AM #7
coachbob
coachbob
Posts: 1,723

Aug 4, 2009 -- 8:34AM, Christianlib wrote:


 


 


It has to do with a pattern of over-the-top behavior by police in America. A pattern some refuse to see, and that others live with every day.




If she was indeed assaulting a police officer, then tasing wasn't so over the top, now, was it?


And, if the Crowley situation was so clearly over the top, it would not be necessary for the author of the article to misstate the fact of where Gates was when he was arrested.
7 months ago  ::  Aug 04, 2009 - 9:20AM #8
ZafodB
ZafodB
Posts: 3,833

Aug 4, 2009 -- 9:04AM, coachbob wrote:


Aug 4, 2009 -- 8:34AM, Christianlib wrote:


 


 


It has to do with a pattern of over-the-top behavior by police in America. A pattern some refuse to see, and that others live with every day.




If she was indeed assaulting a police officer, then tasing wasn't so over the top, now, was it?


And, if the Crowley situation was so clearly over the top, it would not be necessary for the author of the article to misstate the fact of where Gates was when he was arrested.


 




 


C'mon Coach


 


 The ONLY IMPORTANT FACT in the Gates kerfuffle is that GATES IS BLACK. Which is the only FACT that rawstory will get correct.


This story reminded me of Oakland Ca last year. A black RAPIST( raped a 14 year old girl,I believe) was approached by two officers,the rapist literally blew them away. After a chase ,the rapist was trapped in his Grandmothers house and kille dtwo more officers in the shootout.


In the end the rapist was killed ,which initiated protests and marches IN THE RAPISTS FAVOR and CONDEMNING the POLICE for their actions .


All the details are somewhat fuzzy for me but ,I know that my outline is fairly close to the events of the day


So in making my point that the only fact that matters is Gates is BLACK is SPOT ON


The events and facts are over ridden by the fact that Gates iis BLACK and that is the only thing the libs care about

What is 2 + 3 ? (seriously... for moderates the answer is 4 and for liberals the answer is cat)
7 months ago  ::  Aug 04, 2009 - 10:59AM #9
Erey
Erey
Posts: 4,570

I don't think Crowley's behavior was at all over the top.


 


Now this Virginia baptism incident looks pretty bad at first take
7 months ago  ::  Aug 04, 2009 - 11:08AM #10
rabello
rabello
Posts: 7,416

Aug 4, 2009 -- 10:59AM, Erey wrote:


I don't think Crowley's behavior was at all over the top.


 


Now this Virginia baptism incident looks pretty bad at first take





Do you think the death threats he's (Gates) received are over the top?   Here in America where we say we believe "all men are created equal?"
Page 1 of 3  •  1 2 3 Next
Post Reply
 
    Viewing this thread :: 0 registered and 1 guest
    No registered users viewing
    Advertisement



About Beliefnet

Our mission is to help people like you find, and walk, a spiritual path that will bring comfort, hope, clarity, strength, and happiness. More about Beliefnet.

Help

Subscribe

Legal

Copyright © Beliefnet, Inc. and/or its licensors. All rights reserved. Use of this site is subject to Terms of Service and to our Privacy Policy. Constructed by Beliefnet.

Advertisement