The Awl http://www.theawl.com/ Be Less Stupid Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:42:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 The "Skip" Gates Police Report: Well, This IS What Happens To Black Men In America http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-skip-gates-police-report-well-this-is-what-happens-to-black-men-in-america http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-skip-gates-police-report-well-this-is-what-happens-to-black-men-in-america#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:42:34 +0000 Choire Sicha http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-skip-gates-police-report-well-this-is-what-happens-to-black-men-in-america OH HELLS NO
The PDF file found here is the INSANE police report that chronicles the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. At his home. While someone was carrying in his luggage. Because Lucia Whalen saw a black man, who uses a cane, having trouble with his own door. Because he'd had a break-in recently. And then he gets arrested for yelling at the cops. Long after showing ID that said he lived there. Oh, it is a fucking doozy.

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The PDF file found here is the INSANE police report that chronicles the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. At his home. While someone was carrying in his luggage. Because Lucia Whalen saw a black man, who uses a cane, having trouble with his own door. Because he'd had a break-in recently. And then he gets arrested for yelling at the cops. Long after showing ID that said he lived there. Oh, it is a fucking doozy.

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