tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231025971179579698.post5264805961688588557..comments2024-03-09T05:02:14.656-05:00Comments on The Second Age: Moving On: Gates and Crowley Will Bury Hatchet Over BeersNatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11221202230365353676noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231025971179579698.post-1001109117727886732009-07-28T16:18:41.109-04:002009-07-28T16:18:41.109-04:00Anonymous from 3:52 PM:
Take this comment as an a...Anonymous from 3:52 PM:<br /><br />Take this comment as an apology from me to the caller for my accusing her of being motivated by race. Having listened to the 911 tape, she does not mention race until pushed by the dispatcher. Could race have played a factor? I suppose, but at this point to say that would be adding lighter fluid to the conflagration. Do I think she was motivated by race? I can't say certainly one way or the other, so for stating pretty emphatically that the caller was motivated by race was wrong and I apologize.<br /><br />Do I think race had something to do with this? Deep down I feel that race was involved. Additionally, had Gates not overreacted, this would never have even made the news, nevermind turn into such a hot-button issue. But to call Crowley racist (which, for the record, I never did on this blog and focused more on the actual arrest and subsequent dropping of all charges in terms of police action) is going too far. There is still a third piece to the whole issue and that is the neighbor who seems to have alerted the actual caller to what was going on, and as stated in previous posts, we will never know what her motivation was.<br /><br />I still think Crowley was wrong for arresting Gates. The arrest itself held no water (in my mind). As I said before, does this make Crowley a bad person? No. He made a mistake, and hopefully this meeting of Gates, Crowley, and Obama will settle this issue once and for all.<br /><br />I have fixed the previous posts that state the caller was definitely motivated by race. Thank you for pointing that out.<br /><br />Thanks for reading and commenting. Peace.Matt Kanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10729005879354847365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231025971179579698.post-68220734154310971422009-07-28T15:52:28.521-04:002009-07-28T15:52:28.521-04:00When will you be correcting your entries saying th...When will you be correcting your entries saying that the caller was motivated by race? <br />The tapes clearly indicated she did not know the race of the 2 "gentlemen" (her words). <br />It seems like you were quite willing to jump to conclusions and accuse someone of racism - quite a slur in the 21st century - without facts. When will YOU be apolgizing for wrongfully & slanderously accusing the caller of having a racial bias? I assume you will be doing so soon because when you thought Crowley was wrong (still yet to be proved either way) you were insisting on a public apology from him. <br /><br />On the other hand, maybe such jumping to conclusions over other's racism (real or merely perceived) & not apologizing qualifies you to run for President as President Obama did the same thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231025971179579698.post-2090441308882561072009-07-27T23:45:24.915-04:002009-07-27T23:45:24.915-04:00The tapes were released, and it's pretty clear...The tapes were released, and it's pretty clear that nobody but Crowley thought the two potential suspects were black.<br /><br />Oooops.Diogeneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00138837243963257069noreply@blogger.com