Category: News Author : Duncan Riley Posted: July 29, 2009
Tags : henry gates, henry gates racial profiling, jungle monkey, officer justin barrett racist
In a “mass email” authored by a Boston Police Officer, he calls Harvard Professor Henry Gates a “Jungle Monkey” among other racial slurs.
36 year old Boston Police officer, Justin Barrett, has been stripped of his badge and gun and relieved of duty without pay pending the outcome of a termination hearing after his department learned of the racially charged email he authored and sent to several other people.
According to BNO News:
“Commissioner Edward Davis has placed Officer Justin Barrett on administrative leave pending outcome of a termination hearing,” said Elaine Driscoll, who is a spokeswoman for the Boston Police Department. “Commissioner Davis was made aware that this officer admitted to being the author of correspondence which included racist remarks,” she added. Driscoll did not know how many people received the e-mail or at what date it was sent.
Boston Mayor Tom Menino called Barrett a “cancer in the department” and said he should be fired immediately, his office said.”
Harvard Professor Henry Gates is the African American man at the center of the controversy where he was arrested based on racial profiling by police while trying to enter his home last week. His arrest sparked a national controversy that even got comments by U.S. President Obama.
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Jul 29, 2009
Professor Gates, was'nt arrested on racial profiling. He was arrested because he become unruley. After the police asked him for I.D.. I do'nt care what color you are. If you do'nt show I.D. when asked you are going to jail
Jul 29, 2009
What happened to the very first video news report that showed the cop being really wiseass and arrogant? In response to something regarding Obama the cop answers “:…hey, I didn't vote for him” along with some other unsavory comments. His attitude shown on the rest of the later tapes was entirely different. They “cleaned him up”
I can see why this exchange was censored: it shows the kind of arogant, offensive attitude all too prevalent in large city cops.
I am white and have been treated sometimes courtesly and often not during my very rare conversations with cops. I have ALWAYS been treated courtesly (and often helpfully) by State Troupers which the same experience as most people.
Jul 29, 2009
Jim Crowley made false statements in his police report and deserves to be fired or at least placed on administrative leave and this has been confirmed by the release of the 911 tapes! Why forge a public, legal document if you “Did nothing wrong and have nothing to apologize for”. When cops like him lie they make it hard not only on other cops but also pose a grave threat to our JUSTICE SYSTEM!
Jul 30, 2009
he went on to say that he didn't mean anything racist by the comment….yeah right!
Jul 30, 2009
Ridiculous…