Prosecutors won't pursue case against Gates
Prosecutors in Massachusetts say they will drop the disorderly conduct charge against former Yale professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. ’73, who was arrested last week for, in his words, being "a black man in America." The Middlesex County District Attorney's Office and the Cambridge Police Department released the following statement a few minutes ago:
The City of Cambridge and the Cambridge Police Department have recommended to the...
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By CE Franklin
1:46p.m. on July 31, 2009
What I am interested in and what I have not heard, is what is the law? What would be the ruling of a judge if this was brought to court? Does the decision to not prosecute mean that the officer acted wrong? Or is the city of cambridge that flexible that it can bend its law to appease a professor?
Yet another informative, professional and neutral piece by the YDN.