Oh no, Beth...according to the president, first, any one of us would be pretty angry.
"I think it's fair to say, number one, any of us would be pretty angry," Obama said. "Number two, that the Cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already proof that they were in their own home. And number three -- what I think we know separate and apart from this incident -- is that there is a long history in this country of African-Americans and Latinos being stopped by law enforcement disproportionately, and that's just a fact."
I actually want to dissect this. I cannot, personally, stand it when I read or hear things like "first, second, third..." It is not baseball. One would hope the listener/reader is actually smart enough to follow the points.
So...any one of us would be pretty angry? Well not as soon as the police knocked on the door. Heck, the police have knocked on my door in the middle of the night, looking for someone. It scared the heck out of me, but I didn't accuse them of anything. I believe I actually said thanks.
Even people who are actually in the wrong often, if not typically, get pretty angry when arrested. Gosh darn it.
I would handle it like you Beth. I would stay calm cool and collected because it is pretty well known that getting ticked off would probably not help in the situation. It would probably be a sure fire way to be arrested.
Hmm, the POLICE acted stupidly, but not his friend who immediately and repeatedly called the officer a racist, while refusing to be fully cooperative? Hmmm. Now if my family member did something like this (have a temper tantrum to the cops)? I would straight up tell them they were stupid. If a friend did it, probably wouldn't be great friends anymore and would certainly tell them they were stupid.
The officer in this case is actually a trainer for the police profiling course - basically the "respect and professionalism" class that I have to take as a manager. Oh, and that doesn't mean how to teach them to profile.
Don't you think, if it was, he would at least know this would cause a stir and be smart enough to make up a better story? Ha ha. But really, it makes me very angry.
Obama ran for the office of president, he needs to be respectful of everyone. Because as president, you do actually need to be a bit cautious in what you say.
