RSSPowell: Harvard scholar might’ve acted quickly
From: The Washington Times | July 28, 2009
WASHINGTON Former Secretary of State Colin Powell was mildly critical Tuesday of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., whose angry response to a Cambridge, Mass., police officer touched off a national debate involving President Barack Obama. Powell, interviewed by CNN’s Larry King, criticized the way Gates dealt with Sgt. James Crowley, a white officer who responded to reports of a possible break-in by arresting the black professor at his home on a charge of disorderly conduct. The charge was soon dropped. Gates “might have waited a while, come outside, talked to the officer, and that might have been the end …
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