Posts tagged as “Gates”

Libertarians: What about a beer for the 911 caller?

By on August 9, 2009 11:06 PM

Originally posted a http://clipr.info/?p=88

As President Obama invited Henry Gates and James Crowley to the White House for a beer to help the conversation about race relations in the United States, he neglected to ask Lucia Whalen, the 911 caller in the incident that sparked a flurry of worldwide media attention.… Read more ...

Bob Barr’s Atlanta Journal-Constitution Article

By Morgan Brykein on August 3, 2009 10:19 AM

Gates’ arrest reveals loss of rights
by Bob Barr
as published in The Atlanta Journal Constitution
Monday, August 03, 2009

So far, in what has become a mini-drama involving a white cop, a black professor and a president of the United States, we have had a racial confrontation, an arrest, a release, a presidential gaffe, a presidential back-track, a presidential invitation to quaff a brewski, a staged meeting at the White House and a promise of more meetings to come.… Read more ...