Community | July 26, 2009 | 53 comments

Crowley blown away by President Obama's phone call

source: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2009/07/26/2009-07-26_hello_sgt_crowley_its_the_president.html

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Accounts of Crowley's phone conversation with President Obama indicate that Crowley was blown away by the call. But the question remains unanswered in light of the harsh police union criticism of Obama, did Crowley actually accept the invitation? Other reports indicate it was Crowley's idea to get together for a beer.

Bottom line, does it even matter whose idea it was? Just have a beer and move on with your lives.
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  • sydtaylor
  • hunzedog
  • yakamoo
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      yakamoo  
    • hunzedog:

      why drug test people that impact our lives and incomes we should spend all the money we need to find out whos cheating at baseball football and other sports that really affect my paycheck, not cops firemen judges and congressmen

    • 2 years ago
  • deodaleo
  • yakamoo
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      yakamoo  

    • I think its a great idea for the Obama to take time to drink a beer with a over zealous cop and a racist prof., its not like he needs to worry about unemployment being at an all time high or a war or threats by terrorist, he needs to work on his public image.

    • 2 years ago
  • ras_menelik
  • remanns
  • Jsh1284
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      Jsh1284  

    • Furthermore I wish those cops had been two black guys. I'd like to see if anyone even HEARS about this story had the cops been black. I highly doubt ANY of us would know anything about this "story" or about this guy .. and Obama wouldn't have showed the world his true feelings about race (well knowing the church he went to for 20 years kinda gave that away too) .. and racism. It's not a story if it dosen't have that traditional racism and shock value.

    • 2 years ago
  • AreOh
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      AreOh  
    • Jsh1284:

      Wow, what a tirade. I would say if you would let something like this sway you, you're not a big fan of Obama anyway. Don't try to couch your feelings in some quasi political distaste. Just be honest.

      Ha, and assertion that racism is some how reversed is laughable at best. This view point is based on your experiences in the south? Where, they used to beat, harass and murder Black Americans correct? Where treating Black Americans as less than human was socially acceptable until about, oh, the 1960s correct? It's always funny that southerners always use the same phrasing when talking about leaders who happen to be Black Americans

      "Anyways .. as for Barack .. he should have kept his mouth shut"

      Very telling. So this is how you speak to another man if given the chance? Another citizen? Barack acknowledged he probably used to wrong choice of words. I think you could benefit from following that example and examine yourself before displaying your ignorant speak any further.

    • 2 years ago
  • Jsh1284
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      Jsh1284  

    • I've totally changed my viewpoint on Obama and his administration. His so-called transparency and his 'change you can believe in" is a bunch of bull malarkey. As for this incident with the professor and the cops .. idiocy. That damn idiot should realize these cops have a job to do. He was acting suspicious and they acted according to what they've been trained to do in such situations. You are seen breaking into a house without a key and then refuse to provide the cops proof that you live there .. then you're pretty much going to jail. Don't be a freaking moron and bring race into the matter. That's just a convenient excuse when in REALITY .. racism has been reversed when it comes to black and white people. Now the blacks are racist against the white folks all over .. especially where I'm from in the south where people seem to think they're owed something. Anyways .. as for Barack .. he should have kept his mouth shut and if he HAD to comment on this matter in a major speech the dude should have gotten all the facts and instead praised the police for trying to protect and serve the people of that neighborhood instead of demeaning these men and women who put their lives on the line every day to make sure people like us are safe. Obama destroyed any and all credibility I had left for him thanks to this crap. Not that he had much left anyways after his first few months in office. Dang neo-consumerist .. and globalist puppet. >_>

    • 2 years ago
  • DougChristian
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      DougChristian  
    • Jsh1284:

      Holy God you're an idiot. Don't say you "changed your viewpoint on Obama" you damn liar. You are an obvious neo-con. Praised the police? That would be hilarious if it wasn't terrifying.

      First, you have the story wrong. He wasn't arrested because he didn't provide ID. He provided ID and then was arrested for being rude. He was arrested for talking back to the cops in his own home. In America for God's sake. And there are little neo-con pricks like you who have no problem with that. Pathetic.

    • 2 years ago
  • remanns
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      remanns  

    • I ,
      for one, shall try a "Blue Moon Beer". (If I can find it)
      Quite appropriate, if you think about it, "Once in a ...."

    • 2 years ago
  • overide
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      overide  

    • the police acted stupidly. a u.s. citizen still has freedom of speech to berate a police officer without getting arrested. the charge of "disorderly conduct" is too often abused by police to arrest anyone whom they don't like. obama's only mistake was apologizing so vehemently.

    • 2 years ago
  • dabne
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      dabne  

    • An overlooked aspect of this Press Conference is that our highly educated liberal elitist President used the word JIGGER while using a hypothetical example of himself breaking into the White House.

      Can you imagine how much fun the media would have had if W. had said such a word that makes no sense in the context he used it and is racially insulting to Jews.

      Oh how Barack wishes he could have that day back. Old Joe Biden is rubbing off on him.

    • 2 years ago
  • ampersand
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      ampersand  
    • dabne:

      Is true that much rabid political comment can be truly hallucinatory at times, but what does the word "jigger" have to do with Jews?
      Feel feel to consult any handy dictionary. It can be a short shot of alcohol, a sailing term, or a device that works in a jerking motion.
      I, and I'm certain most other folks recognized the common use (used by my family and friends) of "jigger" to manually ratchet something back and forth to open it.

    • 2 years ago
  • Stever_B
  • dabne
  • piff
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  • bailey78
  • hunzedog
  • AreOh
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      AreOh  

    • This incident has received way too much attention, so I'm glad it's coming to a close. I wonder how long the conservative movement is going ride this one though. Even more so, how many people are going to slop up the lies that the spew forth about it. Honestly, Crowley doesn't seem like a bad guy. I think he just made a poor decision in a tough situation. What is interesting is that he did file that police report that was later expunged. And I'm very glad to see that Gates is willing to sit and have a conversation. This is what I would call progress.

    • 2 years ago
  • bailey78
  • clownpuncher
  • couldntfindausername
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      couldntfindausername  

    • It shows just how much America's image has improved in a last few months that *one* tiny little slip of the tongue by the new president can be met with so much rigmarole.

      The real problem is with the idiot reporter who derailed an actually important story in favour or a non-issue.

    • 2 years ago
  • EmperorThan
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      EmperorThan  

    • "Other reports indicate it was Crowley's idea to get together for a beer."

      Oh Crowley don't you know Obama's medicine is coke and marijuana. He shoulda asked to smoke a joint with Obama. Then they would have solve all of the problems facing America (race and other), they'd just fall to sleep after eating a lot and forget what the solutions were the next day...

    • 2 years ago
  • dabne
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      dabne  

    • Historic Summits....

      Munich 1938, with Chamberlain and Hitler

      Yalta 1945, with Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin;

      Vienna 1961, with Kennedy and Khrushchev;

      Moscow 1972, with Nixon and Brezhnev;

      Camp David 1978, with Begin, Sadat and Carter;

      Geneva 1985, with Gorbachev and Reagan.

      And last and definitely least Obama's Historic "Beer Summit"

      Washington 2009, with Obama, Crowley, Gates

      I can hear Obama now, tanked and laughing hysterically, "Now tell me again bro, what did you say about this stupid cops Mama? Classic, truly classic!"

    • 2 years ago
  • KI4CLZ
  • CarlosIsDown
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      CarlosIsDown  

    • I don't think it should be a crime to conduct yourself in a disorderly manner in your own home.

      Blah blah blah! Your mother is blah! Arrhahaha!!

      Anywho, why should we be talking about more important things, when we've got petty shit like this to talk about. Uighur please! War in Afghanistan. Blah! Health care reform? Fuck off!

      More Micheal Jackson Death coverage. More riots in regards to sports! More Obama birth certificate controversy!

      [extreme sarcasm]

    • 2 years ago
  • DeliaTheArtist
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      DeliaTheArtist  

    • Ah...who shall we blame...the history of racism in America? The "Man"? The Police? The President?

      I'm going to go ahead and blame the media at this point; this story has gotten way too much attention. What IS the lesson to be learned in this story that we are so interested in?

    • 2 years ago
  • kivol
  • keithponder
  • remanns
  • jh64487
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      jh64487  

    • bah, he's diffusing another media overblown bit of fluff,

      why aren't we still talking about palestine. or the uighurs, or the tibetans, or darfur, or fucking CA being broke.

      good for obama for settling this like a gentleman.

    • 2 years ago
  • ras_menelik
  • dabne
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      dabne  
    • ras_menelik:

      "I'm biased, I don't have all the facts, I wasn't there, but what I can tell you is that Cambridge police acted stupidly."

      -Barack Obama

      Yeah, you are right, consummate diplomat.

    • 2 years ago
  • JonRaymond
  • dabne
  • DougChristian
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      DougChristian  
    • ras_menelik:

      He had all the facts he needed. He didn't say "They acted stupidly because of racial bias". They arrested a man in his own home because he was rude to them. How are you ok with that? You're ok with the police trampling on your rights as long as they don't do it with racial bias? You suck.

    • 2 years ago
  • numinant
  • dabne
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      dabne  

    • I've been critical of Obama many times but I have to say that this whole incident has done more damage to his reputation than anything previous.

      When Obama stated that he was biased, didn't have all of the facts, and then told the world in a prime time press conference that the Cambridge PD "Acted Stupidly" it went against everything people expected of him.

      The world had thought that the US finally had a president that was not biased, got all of the facts before he spoke, and when he spoke chose the right words. But shockingly Obama failed in all of these categories in the most embarrassing of ways.

      And now he is only stepping in the shit further by entertaining these two men for a Beer in the White House? There is absolutely no purpose for this. An apology would do just fine and then move on back to running the free world. But hosting these men for a beer? Is Geraldo and Springer going to be there too? Hell, at the next Health Care Press Conference they should ask Obama what he thinks about Britney Spears comeback, maybe he'll enlighten us on that without any facts.

      This is a major dent in the Obama persona.

    • 2 years ago
  • numinant
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      numinant  
    • dabne:

      Give me a fucking break. He misspoke regarding a media-frenzied irrelevant issue. Now he's making a simple yet powerful gesture for reconciliation which will put the issue to rest and serve as an example for how to handle these kinds of disputes in the future.

    • 2 years ago
  • jh64487
  • Nephwrack
  • BKsaysAction
  • AreOh
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      AreOh  
    • dabne:

      This entire post is irrelevant. Why? Because if you are looking for a reason to dislike Obama, this is a pretty weak way to go about it, especially if you have conservative leanings and witnessed the racists and bigots that your candidates catered to during the last election cycle. So to hold Obama accountable for a slip of the tongue, which could happen to anyone, but ignore the vitriol that the Republican party continuously spills forth just hypocrisy. Even in light of the words that he admitted were chosen poorly, he still has done more to bring people together in the few months he has been in office that the entire breadth of the last administration. I think you just have a problem with Obama, honestly, because your accusations hold no weight, and are consistently biased. You would be better served just to present the reasons you don't like Obama, than continuously grasping at straws.

    • 2 years ago
  • keithponder
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      keithponder  
    • dabne:

      dabne,

      This has more to do with the "HEALING OF A NATION".
      It's bigger than just those too.

      dabne, you just don't get it. You never have, and you probably never will. You've got a sad case of intolerance and hatred.

    • 2 years ago
  • dabne
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      dabne  
    • dabne:

      Areoh,

      If you call stating Barack's words "grasping at straws," then so be it. But the FACT is, he said it, not me.

      I'll say it again...

      When Obama stated that he was biased, didn't have all of the facts, and then told the world in a prime time press conference that the Cambridge PD "Acted Stupidly" it went against everything people expected of him. Normal people wouldn't expect any leader to openly admit to being biased and not having all the facts, but then however say one side acted stupidly. That's just not smart, that's being stupidly. We are supposed to have a smart guy now since the stupidly one had his term limit expire.

      @keithponder...

      Typical lefty jab at a conservative who does not like the policies of democratic socialism...Because I do not agree with your politics I'm always instantly branded intolerant and of course full of hatred. Sigh...

    • 2 years ago
  • DougChristian
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      DougChristian  
    • dabne:

      Oh please. You wish.

      First of all, what did he say wrong? The police did act stupid. Stupid is a harsh word he shouldn't have used but everything he said was right.

      He said he didn't know the specifics. He said he didn't know if race was involved. He said that, because of our past, these things can have the illusion of racism even when it isn't there. He said the police acted stupidly. That's all true.

      The only impact of race in this case was Gates' perspective. Perceived racism factored into him getting upset. But the case is actually about overzealous police authoritarianism. The police cuffed and arrested him after knowing it was his house simply because he talked back to them. Forget race. That's stupid police work.

      We were once a free country with free speech. But because of authoritarian schmucks like you we now live in a police state. Any criticism of the police is intolerable. It's horrifying.

    • 2 years ago
  • AreOh
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      AreOh  
    • dabne:

      Ha, oh dabne. What a sad attempt to over simply what I said. At no point did I deny that he said anything. What I did say is that I do not agree with the inference that he has lost anything, and the only ones that would make that assumption are people that do not like him anyway, i.e. conservatives, racists, etc, which is irrelevant because those are just personal feelings without any merit. Now, let me be clear. I am not saying that you are any of those things, but you do share the same trait of constantly, we'll use your words 'being critical' of Obama based on nothing but personal conjecture. Repeating nonsense does not make it any less ridiculous or incoherent. Him saying what he said is a non story because he qualified it with he didn't have all the facts and was just responding off the cuff. Besides, if you are going to use one phrase to paint his entire young administration, than I would expect you to be consistent and do the same with every other politician that you are 'critical' off. Otherwise, you just come off as sounding hypocritical.

    • 2 years ago
  • asherp
  • fryods
  • remanns
  • discophil
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      discophil  
    • asherp:

      are you kidding. By moving on and leaving things as they are, he is doing what every other president would do. Yes get these two Fools together and force them to see the humanity in each of them. With the pressure of the world spot light on them- they will also be forced to put there best possible selves forward and up front. We know the professor (who I believe is 60-70 % responsible for this) is intelligent and the Officer seems to also be pretty bright, I can only see the 3 of them coming out with something positive after the meet-up.

    • 2 years ago
  • asherp
  • freedom765
  • RudyRudell
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