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Lacy Reid Left Sick Mom On Kitchen Floor For 2 Days Before Calling 911

AP | Posted 09.14.2009 | New York

Read More: Long Island, Freeport Ny, Freeport, Sick Mother, New York, Police, Nassau County, Freeport New York, Lacy Reid, Lacy Reid Long Island, Lacy Reid Mom, New York News

FREEPORT, N.Y. — A New York man is accused of leaving his ailing mother on the floor and stepping over her for two days before calling 911. Pol...

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New Voices Join Push for Real Immigration Reform

Frank Sharry | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Labor, Immigration, Police, Barack Obama, President Obama, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Politics News

Opponents of immigration reform continue to claim that they represent the best interests of Americans. But they are up against some powerful opponents -- leaders from all walks of life.

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Woman Nabbed Twice For DUI On Same Night In 2 Cars

AP | Posted 09.12.2009 | Home

Read More: DUIs, 2 DUIs, Dui, Police, Home News

LINCOLN, Neb. — Police arrested a woman twice in one night in two different cars for driving drunk. Police spokeswoman Katie Flood said the woma...

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Hail to the Chief

Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Crime, Police, Los Angeles, Chief Bratton, Politics News

Chief of Police William Bratton announced his resignation after six-and-a-half years of service to Los Angeles. Bratton realized that strong policing and effective prevention programs are not mutually exclusive.

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Disorderly Conduct: Man Arrested After Criticizing Police May Sue

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pepin Tuma, Disorderly Conduct, Henry Louis Gates, Police, Cambridge Police, Politics News

The lawyer arrested by D.C. police last weekend for disorderly conduct after chanting "I hate police" plans to fight the charge in court and is puttin...

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White Racism Black Bigotry: The Talk About Race is All Wrong!

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Systemic Racism, Teachable Moment, Gates, Black Bigotry, President Obama, Issues of Race, Race Relations, Obama, James Crowley, Mud Fight, Racist, Converations on Race, Racists, Noel Cazenave, Liberals, Sgt. Crowley, Crowley, Boston Police, Rush Limbaugh, Politics, Bigotry, Lou Dobbs, Gate and Obama, Racism, Race, Racial Bigotry, Racial Profiling, Civil Rights Movement, Sociology, Police, White Racism, Glenn Beck, Skip Gates, Henry Louis Gates, Conservatives, Officer Barrett, Uconn, University of Connecticut, Obama Crowley Gates Beer, Sgt. James Crowley, Obama Beer, Politics News

The problem with discussing "issues of race," is that it dummies down the issue of racism to an individual level, when the real problem is at the macro level.

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Whites Who Say Blacks Are Racist Are Onto Something

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hate, Collective, Break In, Police, Activity, President Barack Obama, Racist, Run, Healing, Drugs, Beer Summit, Robbery, Boy, Home, Urban, Henry Louis Gates Jr, 2nd Amendment, Running, Ritual, African American, Sgt. James Crowley, Freedom, Man, Glenn Beck, Credit Card, Black, Shelby Steele, Franz Fanon, Gun Rights, Cat-Calling, Reconciliation, Politics News

In Glenn Beck's mind it doesn't add up. How can it be that people who are treated badly are not filled with hate?

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7 Year Old Steals Car, Leads Cops On Wild Chase (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 08.30.2009 | Home

Read More: Weber County, Car Chase, 7-Year-Old Car Chase, Police, Utah, 7 Year Old Steals Car Video, 7 Year Old Stolen Car, 7 Year Old Steals Car, Seven Year Old Steals Car, Car Crash, Home News

Police in Weber County, Utah discovered an unusual culprit behind the wheel after a car chase last Sunday. The car was swerving on the roads and pas...

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A Matter of No Middle Ground

Harvey Grossman | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: James Crowley, Right to Free Speech, First Amendment, Henry Louis Gates, Police, Police Officers, Politics News

Everyone knows that as prudent people we ordinarily should not get "lippy" with a police officer, but Professor Gates is not guilty of violating that maxim. He was standing up for his rights.

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Gates Got Arrested Because He Hurt Sgt. Crowley's Feelings?!

Michael Fauntroy | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cambridge, Police, President Barack Obama, Racism, Michael Fauntroy, Hillary Clinton, Sgt. Crowley, Joe Biden, Race, Henry Louis Gates Jr. Harvard, Henry Louis Gates, Skip Gates, Politics News

For every Henry Louis Gates, with resources, notoriety, and connections, there are countless others like him who have to live with the reality of racism in anonymity.

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What I Hope a Fly on the Wall in the White House Would Hear

Michael J. O'Neil | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Professor Henry Lewis Gates, Harvard University, Police, James Crowley, Harvard-Professor-Gates, Cambridge, Barack Obama, Racial Profiling, Politics News

I was thrilled to see the President invite Sgt. Crowley and Professor Gates to the White House. The more I consider who all three of these men are, the more they strike me as big, principled men.

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Why America Needs the Rage of the Privileged Black Class

Natalie Holder-Winfield | Posted 08.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: President Obama, Race, Henry Louis Gates Arrested, Criminal Justice System, Police, Obama Crowley Gates, Obama-Henry-Louis-Gates, Racial Profiling, Obama Race, Politics News

Given the opportunity for improved police-community relations, it's actually a good thing that Sgt. Crowley didn't know who he was "messing" with.

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Race and Reason

Geoffrey R. Stone | Posted 08.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: James Crowley, Racism, Gates Arrest, Skip Gates, Race, Police, Racial Profiling, Politics News

When a police officer approaches a home where a burglary may be in progress, it is both rational and racist for him to think differently about the situation depending on whether the suspects are black or white.

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The Unteachable Lesson: Can We Learn From Gates and Crowley?

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 08.25.2009 | Politics

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Whether he likes it or not, Gates stands as America's new 21st Century Poster Child for "racial profiling."

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Jay-Z: "Every Step You Take, They Remind You, You Ghetto"

Jennifer Donahue | Posted 08.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Deval Patrick, Barack Obama, Police, Profiling, Henry Louis Gates, Harvard Professor Arrest, Sergeant Gates, Harvard, Race, Cambridge, Charles Ogletree, Grammy Awards, Politics News

The problem isn't so much what happened with Crowley and Gates. A greater problem is the divide between famous and easily identifiable people of color and those with no defense.

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Gatesgate: A lesson plan

Peter Y. Sussman | Posted 08.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gates, Cambridge, Henry Louis Gates, Police, Henry Louis Gates Jr. Arrested, Racial Profiling, Cambridge Police, Politics News

These lessons are not a comprehensive list and they are not rules, but the kind of awareness they exemplify might have defused the tense Gates encounter.

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Gates-Crowley Battle Not About Race, but Rather Citizens' Rights

Ray Hanania | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Republican Extremism, Rush Limbaugh, Cambridge, Fanaticism, Police, President Barack Obama, Massachusetts, Citizens' Rights, James Crowley, Race, Home Break-In, Politics, Sean Hannity, Racism, Glenn Beck, Henry Louis Gates, Health Care, Arrest, Politics News

When you look past the argument over race, you can see that a homeowner's rights were trampled on by the investigating and then arresting officer.

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The Gates/Crowley Rorschach Test

Michael J. O'Neil | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gates, Police, Race Relations, Cambridge Police, James Crowley, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Race, Barack Obama, Racial Profiling, Politics News

Was this an instance of racial profiling? Did Gates overreact to a reasonable police request? The truth is that we simply do not have enough information to know what really happened in this case.

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White Police Officers and Black Men

George Mitrovich | Posted 08.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Police, Police Officers, Living News

No white person can ever know what it's like to be a person of color in America.

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Skip Is My Hero

Trey Ellis | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Harvard, Henry Louis Gates, Santa Monica, Police, Politics News

Although some have decried Professor Gates as overreacting, I know, from personal experience, that what he did was an act of courage.

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Gates Arrest Won't End Racial Profiling Denial

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Harvard University, Police, Crime, Civil Rights, Racial Profiling, Cambridge Police, Henry Louis Gates, Politics News

The refusal to admit that racial profiling exists has done much to torpedo nearly every effort by civil rights groups to get law enforcement to address this troubling trend.

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Prof. Henry Louis Gates, Welcome to the New "Post-Racial" America

Sophia A. Nelson | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: President Obama, Harvard University, Post Racial America, Boston, Arrest, Police, Henry Louis Gates Jr. Henry Louis Gates Arrest, China, Black in America 2, Politics News

Professor Gates is someone who deserves better from America. Yet, at the end of the day, he was just another black man residing while black.

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Body Left On Long Island Street For Hours

AP | Posted 08.21.2009 | New York

Read More: Body on Ny Street, NY Police, Brentwood Ny, Brentwood Long Island, Ny Street and Body, Police, Crime, Body on the Street, New York News

BRENTWOOD, N.Y. (AP) -- Residents of a Long Island neighborhood are still reeling from a gruesome scene: a dead body left lying for up to eight hours...

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Summer Night Lights

Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Snl, Los Angeles, Police, Urban Policy, Crime, Gangs, Gang Violence, Politics News

Last summer, our City came forward with a simple -- yet radical -- idea. For two months, we dared to challenge the conventional wisdom that gun violence and gang battles plague the summer months.

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Fort Worth Gay Bar Raid No Accident

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics

Stonewall was an expression of power and identity in the face of forced anonymity and oppression. The raid at Fort Worth is a different story altogether.

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