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The reason the story came up in the first place is because the caller felt the need to distance herself from using the term "black" as if "black" is any better

The reason the story came up in the first place is because the caller felt the need to distance herself from using the term "black" as if "black" is any better or worse than using hispanic. The problem is not the caller's racial biases or lack thereof, but that the official police report contains fabrications. I, for the most part, couldn't find articles that support your other claims. From <http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/07/27/gates.arrest/ http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/07/27/gates.arrest/ >, and from your link: * Attorney Wendy Murphy, who represents Whalen, also categorically rejected part of the police report that said Whalen talked with Sgt. James Crowley, the arresting officer, at the scene. "Let me be clear: She never had a conversation with Sgt. Crowley at the scene," Murphy told CNN by phone.* So that's two confirmed fabrications in the police report. Both are rather large, considering they report words which were not said and events which did not occur.

SamAtt 17y ago
I actually hunted down the report (http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0723092gates1.html http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0723092gates...) and no where does the officer claim the 911 callers said "two black men" in the call. Again, as far as the conversation taking place its Whalen (the caller) vs Crowley (the Officer) since they were the only ones there. So the only way you can claim that’s a fabrication is if you just decide to believe her over him (which as I point out above isn’t really the logical conclusion given she’s claiming not to use racial identifiers when she clearly does) So again, I see no fabrication here. At least no provable one.
- nollidge 17y ago
  It's on the first page of the report, last paragraph, lines 4-7: "Whalen...told me it was she who called. She went on to tell me that she observed what appeared to be two black males with backpacks on the porch of [redacted] Ware Street."
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SamAtt 17y ago

I actually hunted down the report (http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0723092gates1.html http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0723092gates...) and no where does the officer claim the 911 callers said "two black men" in the call. Again, as far as the conversation taking place its Whalen (the caller) vs Crowley (the Officer) since they were the only ones there. So the only way you can claim that’s a fabrication is if you just decide to believe her over him (which as I point out above isn’t really the logical conclusion given she’s claiming not to use racial identifiers when she clearly does) So again, I see no fabrication here. At least no provable one.

nollidge 17y ago
It's on the first page of the report, last paragraph, lines 4-7: "Whalen...told me it was she who called. She went on to tell me that she observed what appeared to be two black males with backpacks on the porch of [redacted] Ware Street."
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