(CBS) The daughter of prominent black scholar and Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. said her father's arrest last week at his Cambridge home has deeply saddened him.
"My father was so sad about this," Elizabeth Gates, told CBS' "The Early Show" Thursday. She said her father may have been "one of the last black men on earth who actually believed in the justice system."
Henry Gates' arrest came after a neighbor reported a possible burglary. The neighbor allegedly saw Gates force open front door and called the police. The arriving officers demanded that Gates show identification. Gates was arrested shortly afterward for disorderly conduct, a charge that was dropped Tuesday.
Gates said the officer, Sgt. James Crowley, walked into his home without permission and arrested him as the professor followed him to the porch, after repeatedly demanding the sergeant's name and badge number.
Elizabeth Gates, a writer for the Web Site The Daily Beast, described her father as a law abiding citizen upset over his treatment by the Cambridge police.
"My father has always been on the right side of the law," she said. Elizabeth Gates added, "he believes in following the rules."
The incident has drawn lots of attention the past few days with even President Obama weighing in on the case. - CBS News Story
Come on seriously? "one of the last black men on earth who believed in the justice system." Really? Based on the information I have read, he didn't have any belief in the Justice System or the Police. If he would have been cooperative with the Police, the incident would have been resolved within a few minutes.
Sounds like a big song and dance from a man who thinks that he is above all of us average people.
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