Obama Says “Cooler Heads Should Have Prevailed”, Then Defends the Guy Who Flipped

Obama Defends Cambridge Police Criticism

This is rich.

“I have to say I am surprised by the controversy surrounding my statement, because I think it was a pretty straightforward commentary that you probably don’t need to handcuff a guy, a middle-aged man who uses a cane, who’s in his own home,” Obama said.”

You do, when he’s being disorderly and yelling at a man doing his job.

My favorite is a line from his original remarks:

“I don’t know, not having been there and not seeing all the facts, what role race played in that [Gates case]…”

So the President says “Hey, I don’t know what’s going on here, but I’m going to comment anyway.”

Here’s the police report.

Basically, someone called the cops on Gates who was apparently trying to force his way into his own home.  The cop responds, and Gates flips his lid.  At this point, all Gates has to do is show his ID, let the officer process it, and they can all go on with there lives.  He doesn’t do that.  Instead, Gates begins screaming at the officer because aparantly, Gates isn’t someone to be “messed with”.  He finally gives his ID, and continues berating and mocking the officer.  After being warned that he would get arrested, and continuing his conduct, Gates is arrested.

Who needed to stay cool?  Who was the one acting like a racist?  Gates immediately believes a cop is there just because he’s black, and not because of a misunderstanding.  Hell, if I tried to force open my door, I’d hope a neighbor would call the cops.  Instead of cooperating, Gates exacerbates the issue and claims it’s about race, screaming “this is what happens to a black man in America.”

Someone should tell Mr. Gates that what happened isn’t what happens to black Americans, but those who are disorderly and don’t respect authority.

But what is really sickening is how President Obama makes the issue worse.  There is no need for him to comment on this, and he even admits he doesn’t know the full story.  If you don’t know the whole story, why are you commenting on it?  Why blow the situation up?  And to say that “cooler heads should have prevailed” while your defending the man who couldn’t stay calm?  It’s lunacy.  The President is defending a man who is behaving exactly how he didn’t want, and attacking the man who did!

Wasn’t Obama supposed to be the end of racism?  Why is he making this situation worse?

And what are the chances of seeing a (sincere) apology?