The police report states that Whalen said "two black men". In reality, Whalen said "two larger men, one looked kind of Hispanic, but I'm not really sure, and th

The police report states that Whalen said "two black men". In reality, Whalen said "two larger men, one looked kind of Hispanic, but I'm not really sure, and the other one entered, and I didn't see what he looked like at all.". The "black" aspect was entirely invented after-the-fact by the police. During the phone call the caller clearly states "hispanic". The police report says that the officers heard her say "two black men" at the scene of the incident (not during the phone call). We do not have any recording of that conversation. Whalen's lawyer says that she never talked to the police at the scene of the crime. But the lawyer also says that she never mentioned race at all, when she very clearly did: "She never saw their race. ... All she reported was behavior, not skin color." Lots of contradictions all around. Crowley claims that Gates was belligerent and yelling racial epithets. However, Gates had returned from China with a bronchial infection[3], and was unable to yell or raise his voice. This has been confirmed by his physician. From my reading of the Gates interview, the physicians report confirms that he had a bronchial infection, not necessarily that he could not yell. A photograph from the scene clearly shows Gates with mouth agape in a yelling fashion: http://www.theroot.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/large-image/gates-crowley.jpg http://www.theroot.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/large-... This seems to contradict Gates' testimony. Also, the report of officer Carlos Figueroa, who arrived on the scene after Crowley, confirms the report that Gates was yelling: "As I stepped in, I heard Sgt. Crowley ask for the gentleman's information which he stated, "NO I WILL NOT!" The gentleman was shouting out to the Sgt. that the Sgt was a racist and yelled that "THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS TO BLACK MEN IN AMERICA!" Someone is lying. Either Gates is lying, or two police officers are both fabricated their reports. If the police are lying they would have had to actually premeditate the lie and synchronize their stories. That would be very serious, certainly grounds for termination. Maybe I'm just an apologist for the Man, but I think it's unlikely that an otherwise very well regarded police officer ( http://feministx.blogspot.com/2009/07/henry-louis-gates-jr.html http://feministx.blogspot.com/2009/07/henry-louis-gates-jr.h... ) would completely fabricate his report. While unlikely, though, I do think that Cambridge city government should investigate the matter further.