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Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan
Sure, I'll agree with that. But the burden of responsibility here is not on Gates to "shut the hell up." If he has an opinion, he has a right to express it, regardless of how much a police officer may not like hearing it.
If he committed a crime before dozens of witnesses, then why wasn't he charged? No-one seems to want to address that. Unless.... he didn't commit a crime, a fact that would be confirmed by the dozens of witnesses who were present.
The easiest way for this to become a non-issue would be for there to be solid evidentiary ground upon which Gates could be charged with disorderly conduct. If you have that, there's no issue, no public relations fiasco, nothing. So... why aren't they doing that?
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Yeah, like the police were going to charge Gates with anything after the President goes on national TV and calls the actions of the police 'stupid'...and says the incident was racially motivated.