Ted,
I was wondering if you saw the article where another police officer called him a jungle monkey. Why bring this up? Well to point out that not only do racist cops exist but they are in the same police department AND cops in Boston have had a long history of being racist.
A Boston police officer was placed on administrative leave after he allegedly used a racial slur when referring to Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Watch Report
Boston Globe
In a mass e-mail, Officer Justin Barrett, 36, called Gates a "jungle monkey," according to a law enforcement source.
Gates, a black Harvard scholar, was arrested at his home earlier this month on a disorderly conduct charge after he tried to budge open the door of his Cambridge home.
Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis found out about the e-mail on Tuesday and immediately stripped Barrett of his gun and badge, officials said. The e-mail was first sent anonymously to the Boston Globe and then to local members of the National Guard, where he is a member.
I mean yea, again, police never take up for each other! Never has happened in this history of police work.....
Oh wait, other cops supported the ones who beat Rodney King senseless....
Now let's think about this Ted, logically. Would another cop come out to speak against a fellow cop which would then alienate him from the rest of the police force and jeopardize his job? In a recession none the less.... Think about that for a second. Get back to me after.
Sorry. I thought about it. You're point that there are stupid, racist cops out there is of course valid. This Sergeant Barrett is a fool and will soon be out of a job. Funny how none of his buddies are standing up for him. All he did was voice his racial tendencies. Crowley supposedly acted on them. Which is worse?
I'm going to have to take the comments at face value. Especially since one of them fits that all-important criteria that you placed on this situation . . . HE WAS ACTUALLY THERE. (Here's where you back off that statement because it no longer suits you.)
It's okay Koast. I know you're never backing off your position. I can respect the fact that you want to hold your ground in this debate. But I can't respect how you're trying to do it, and I think that is what bugs Dan, JoMal, and me. You twist every fact to fit your argument. You back off your own statements when they don't suit you, and you pick up new facts when the others have failed you. Now, it seems, no Cambridge/Boston cop (African-American or otherwise) can be trusted to be true and honest about this situation.
Sometimes it's good to stand up in front of opposition for what you believe, but that often results in you looking like one of those poor people walking down the street yelling at the voices in their heads. Trust me, I know what you're going through right now.