Obama calls arrest of Harvard scholar unnecessary
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is standing by his assertion that police did not need to arrest a Harvard scholar who was trying to get into his own home.
Obama said in an interview with ABC that he has "extraordinary respect" for the challenges and hardships that law enforcement officers face every day in their line of work. But at the same time he said he didn't think it was necessary to arrest Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Obama said "cooler heads should have prevailed" in the incident. But he did not retract his initial statement that he thought police had "acted stupidly" and said such incidents "get elevated in ways that probably don't make much sense."
What does he have to do with it, why is he even making comments on it, was he there, he just loves to hear himself TALK.
"get elevated in ways that probably don't make much sense" What the heck does that mean? Maybe is just doesn't make any sense that he got involved in it in the first place.
We know many voters loved to hear him talk, but I am beginning to think his most ardent listener, is himself. He just can't keep his mouth shut.
The country is going to hell, and he is concerned about the arrest of a Harvard Professor. OH, that's right, he was black. Now the other boys will chime in.
I don't know all the facts, he was trying to break into a house ..... it was his, but who knew?
Law enforcement has enough to do .... they don't go around doing stupid things. Politicians do, but not policemen.
