I heard from the Officer Crowley and the Professor Gates and Obama about their meeting tonight on the news. I am proud of all three men. I think the officer and the professor both showed character courage in facing each other after their initial experience.

I wonder if this will settle it at least for this particular incident that ended up involving the president. This was an extraordinary moment. Three men involved in an incident coming together to literally talk it out. The officer and the professor will be meeting again in the future. This kind of ending gives me hope for our country. But I tend to be a big sap anyway when I see people resolve and issue in this manner.

nahhh

it'll never be over

the partisan hacks will still use it to try to gain advantage over the others

race is a divisive issue in America and there are still the "race-hustlers" who are gonna exploit that for profit or power

You just had to go and burst my itsy bitsy bubble didn't cha? Though I suspect you are right, sadly.

it's the sad state of political affairs in America that all the news and everything we the people hear is manipulated by the spinmeisters to distort and influence our opinions

every thing is propaganda and half truths these days and you can believe nothing you hear and only half of what you see

Interesting, I might have agreed with that fully even just a few years back.

I have come to realize just how isolated we are from one another. We are influenced by our own personal views but also the views of others only when and if we take them into consideration. It's only when we consider another view that we can see if our own are short sighted or on track. I used to hate the new news format where everything was commented on. But since I have learned to appreciate well thought out comments that exercised my mind and my own attitudes.

Sensationalist news and blatant distortion are wides spread, I agree, but there is truth if one views more than one source with a critical but open minded attitude.

qft! ~applause~

There was no acrimony — nor apology — from any of the three: black Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., white Cambridge, Mass., police Sgt. James Crowley, who had arrested him for disorderly conduct, and Obama, who declared on national TV that the police had "acted stupidly." But neither Gates nor Crowley backtracked either, agreeing they still had differences.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obama_harvard_scholar

I listened to Officer Crowley's' conference speech. He was articulate and graceful in his words, and respectful of their private conversation. He appears to me to be a thoughtful officer, one I would respect. I am also proud that Professor Gates said he was more appreciative of what cops face on duty as well. These are all strong male characters, I am not concerned the didn't apologize, I am happy they worked things out in an adult conciliatory manner and will work together in the near future which is a form of apology if not just a recognition of eachothers station in life and their individual responsibility as public figures.

I said from the beginning they both just need to apologize for their part... why is that so hard to do? If I screw up I apologize.
I apologize to my sons all the time, and they to me.
Pride can be a double edged sword.

I think it's a man thing for some in certain age groups. I think men are getting better at it as time goes by though. Some guys have always been good at it, but most in my experience don't come out directly and apologize they tend to do something that shows they are sorry with out actually saying the words. I have accepted that as well.