Who watches media watchdogs? (The 13th Annual Muzzle Awards," Kennedy's conclusion about the arrest of Prof. Gates is contrary to police procedure. This is more than bias. This is fantasy.
He says, "Crowley should have understood why Gates believed he had been racially profiled." Huh? How can anyone expect a police officer to know what is in a person's mind? Not even the court will guess that. Continuing on his fantasy, Kennedy says, "he [Crowley] arrested Gates and charged him with disturbing the peace — a charge that Middlesex County District Attorney Gerard Leone dropped as soon as it hit his desk." The Cambridge City Manager explained at a City Council meeting [on television] that Gerry Leone abdicated his authority to the Cambridge City Solicitor (Drisdell) and a private attorney (former MBTA Counsel) to "negotiate" the charge. These two men decided to dismiss the complaint not Leone.
Kennedy says, without any evidence, "What has been firmly established is that a man who had done nothing wrong, standing in his own home, was arrested, handcuffed, and taken to the police station solely for mouthing off to a police officer." Why was the charge against this man dismissed before arraignment, while hundreds of others have had to go to court and maybe pretrial jail for the same offense?
Why is there no outrage for the special treatment of Gates? Why are the abuses of power by the Mayor, the Governor and the President using their offices for personal reasons ignored?
http://thephoenix.com/Boston/news/104597-13th-annual-muzzle-awards/
The 13th Annual Muzzle Awards
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