Crowley wants to make Gates behave like a father with his kids.  He doesn't be quiet so he cuffs him and takes him in.

   It is possible Crowley spoke tothe old lady who described what she swa and Crowley just mistakenly assumed it was the person who placed the 911 call.

  In any event, I really don't think that sspect of the incident is very important. Regardless of what he was told or by whom, it remains clear (or more accurately is now more clear) that Crowley knew there had been no break-in and arrested Gates solely because of hs attitude. It also appears that the tapes don't help Crowley in portraying Gates as out of control; it may be said the recordings didn't capture Gates enough to eliminate the possibility he was acting as Crowley claims but the tapes sure don't help the cops.

Most people would be scared sh*t.ess to even go to the door. Yeah, I'm sure that many here who rush to say Crowley is a bad racist cop would not go to that door. I suspect Gates would never have the cajones to do it.

Officer Crowley may have made a mistake (he said, she said) -- potentially one many of you would make under the same circumstances.  Can you say adrenaline?

On the 911 call Ms. Whalen is asked to stay at the house so that she can talk to the responding officer. Crowley's report says that the person with a wireless phone was calling to him from the sidewalk while he was at the door, it is entirely possible that he misheard "two black suitcases" as two blacks with backpacks. It is not clear from Whalen's Lawyer's statement whether or not she or someone with her called out to Crowley when he was at Gates's door, as Crowley reports. But in any case it would be odd for Whalen not to communicate with the responding office after being specifically asked to by the 911 operator to meet the officers when they get there.

These recordings and professor Gates's own account line up pretty well with Crowley's report and interviews. Gates did refuse to step outside, he did become agitated at Crowley's attempts to establish his identity, and he did follow Crowley out to the porch and continue to berate him. Claims that Crowley lied in his police report don't hold up to scrutiny.

Officer Crowley may have made a mistake (he said, she said) -- potentially one many of you would make under the same circumstances.  Can you say adrenaline?

how then to explain the self-evident falsity of the statements he made, after the fact, in his official report?

frankly, for would-be burglars, gates and his friend were pretty damn inept: car in front of the house, keys out, luggage in their way, door unlocked, them inside, broad daylight. geez, what could possibly go wrong?

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Wendy Murphy's appearance on WTKK Radio (96.9 FM) a little while ago. But in listening to host Jim Braude's recap, it's now clear that Murphy says Lucia Whalen never told anyone -- including Sgt. James Crowley -- that the two men she saw were black.

That directly contradicts not only what's in Crowley's arrest report, but also what he told the Boston Herald: "Obviously, I stand behind everything that's in the police report. It wouldn't be in there if it wasn't true."

Update: A question -- did Crowley speak with another woman at the scene and, later, mistakenly identify her as Whalen?

What's also telling about Crowley is the first interview he gave was to "Dennis & Callahan," a morning radio show on sports station WEEI. Dennis & Callahan were suspended several years ago for comparing black children to gorillas. How stupid is Crowley?

Gates, Crowley and Obama all blew it. But the worst damage is that Obama gave the right wing a little more ammunition. Faux News will take it off the air now that people are saying Crowley lied on the police report, but they'll hang onto the Obama sound bites for future use with their clan.