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NEWS ABOUT: Cambridge, Mass.

Cambridge, Mass. stories: 17 news summaries
SOCIAL LUBRICANT DEPT.

 Prof. Gates, Cop Crowley 
 Have Another Round 

Pair at center of racial incident spotted at Cambridge bar

Oct 29, 09 9:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - The black college professor and the white cop at the center of a racial firestorm this summer, and who later famously had beers on the White House, were spotted last night having a round at a bar in Cambridge, Mass. Henry Louis Gates and Sgt. James Crowley chatted over suds... More »

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beer • Harvard • racial tension • Henry Louis Gates Jr • Cambridge, Mass. • James Crowley • beer summit

Now In Child's Old Kitchen, No Meat—or Butter!

Vegetarian occupants hope chef 'is not rolling over in her grave'

Sep 1, 09 1:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - The sacrilege! Not only has the kitchen in Julia Child’s former Cambridge home—familiar to millions of devotees of her show—been renovated to within an inch of its life, the Boston Globe reports, its new owners have hung a picture of a cow with the caption: “... More »

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French cooking • cooking • vegetarianism • vegan • cookbooks • kitchen • Julia Child • Cambridge, Mass. • Lisa Landsverk

(Newser) - Another black member of Harvard's faculty has accused the Cambridge Police Department of racism, the Boston Globe reports. S. Allen Counter, a Harvard Medical School professor, was arrested outside his home in 2006 on assault and battery charges. “I was polite, and yet police lied and said I was... More »

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Harvard Medical School • African Americans • racism • professor • police department • Harvard University • Henry Louis Gates Jr • Cambridge, Mass. • S. Allen Counter

Gates Sends Flowers
to 911 Caller

Bouquet, note an 'expression of gratitude' to neighbor

Aug 1, 09 5:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Cambridge woman whose 911 call sparked a national uproar over racial profiling received flowers and a note from her neighbor, Henry Louis Gates, yesterday, the Boston Herald reports. It was "an expression of gratitude," her lawyer says. Lucia Whalen, who never mentioned race when she called... More »

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911 call • racial profiling • Henry Louis Gates Jr • Cambridge, Mass. • Lucia Whalen

(Newser) - Turns out the president was right: the beer summit was pretty boring. In fact, it wasn't even the first time Skip Gates and Officer Crowley had gotten together after the arrest. "Even before we sat down for the beer, I learned that the two gentlemen spent some time together... More »

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police • race relations • Cambridge • President Obama • Henry Louis Gates Jr • Cambridge, Mass. • James Crowley

(Newser) - It's happy hour at the White House. President Obama, Joe Biden, Henry Louis Gates Jr., and James Crowley are clinking beer glasses in the White House Rose Garden, but alas, the media isn't invited to listen in. Earlier, the president sought to tamp down expectations, noting that he's "fascinated... More »

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police • White House • beer • race relations • President Obama • Henry Louis Gates Jr • Cambridge, Mass. • James Crowley

Caller in Gates Arrest Didn't Mention Race

Tapes show I'm not a racist, says woman
who alerted police

Jul 29, 09 2:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Massachusetts woman who called 911 on Henry Louis Gates and his chauffeur as they wrestled with the Harvard professor’s front door said today she never mentioned race to Sgt. James Crowley, the officer who arrested Gates. Lucia Whalen’s statement contradicts the police report filed by Crowley, which... More »

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African Americans • police • 911 call • arrest • racial profiling • Henry Louis Gates Jr • Cambridge, Mass.

 Powell: Gates, 
 Cops Both at Fault 

Both sides overreacted; people should 'cooperate' with police

Jul 29, 09 7:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Speaking to Larry King about Henry Louis Gates’ arrest, Colin Powell said he’d faced racial profiling “many times,” and suggested both the professor and the police were at fault in the incident, the Huffington Post reports. Gates “should have reflected on whether or not this was... More »

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police • Larry King • arrest • Colin Powell • racial profiling • Henry Louis Gates Jr • Cambridge, Mass.

A President, a Prof, and a Cop Walk Into the White House ...

Trio will have that beer Thursday evening

Jul 27, 09 9:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama has set a date for a conciliatory beer with a Cambridge police sergeant and the Harvard professor he arrested, ABC News reports. James Crowley and Henry Louis Gates will visit the White House Thursday for a frosty brew and some racial reconciliation. On the menu, according to CNN,... More »

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White House • beer • race relations • Budweiser • President Obama • Harvard University • Red Stripe • Henry Louis Gates Jr • Cambridge, Mass. • James Crowley • Beck's • Blue Moon

 Cops Release 
 Gates Arrest Tapes 

Officer calls for more cars; 911 caller unsure on men's race

Jul 27, 09 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - In audio from the arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr, released today by Cambridge police, the arresting officer tells the dispatcher to “keep the cars coming” as he faces an “uncooperative” suspect, the Boston Herald reports. An earlier tape reveals the 911 call in the case, in which... More »

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race • police • 911 call • arrest • professor • tape • Harvard • racial profiling • Henry Louis Gates Jr • Cambridge, Mass. • James Crowley • Lucia Whalen

UPDATED

Obama Regrets 'Acted Stupidly' Jab at Cops

Prez: I could have 'calibrated' remarks on Gates arrest differently

Jul 24, 09 2:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama today backpedaled from his comment that the Massachusetts police who arrested Henry Louis Gates Jr. “acted stupidly,” the New York Times reports. In an unannounced appearance at the daily White House briefing, Obama said he “could have calibrated” his words more carefully in speaking on... More »

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African Americans • police • race relations • President Obama • Henry Louis Gates Jr • Cambridge, Mass. • James Crowley

 Cop Who Arrested Gates 
 Teaches Racial-Profiling Class 

Sgt. James Crowley's class instructs recruits not to 'single people out because of ethnic background'

Jul 23, 09 3:33 PM CDT
(AP) - The white police sergeant criticized by President Barack Obama for arresting black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. at his Massachusetts home is a police-academy expert on racial profiling. Cambridge Sgt. James Crowley has taught a class on racial profiling for 5 years at the Lowell Police Academy after being hand-picked... More »

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African Americans • scholar • arrest • Harvard • racial profiling • President Obama • Henry Louis Gates Jr • Cambridge, Mass. • James Crowley

OPINION



 Gates Arrest a  
 'Battle of Egos' 

Don't confuse it with poor blacks' struggle against racism, classism

Jul 23, 09 8:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Racial profiling may have played a role in the arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr., but fellow black scholar Boyce Watkins says there's no reason to feel sorry for Gates. At heart, the scene was likely “a battle of two egos,” Watkins writes in the Grio. “What... More »

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racism • arrest • professor • racial profiling • class • Harvard University • Henry Louis Gates Jr • Cambridge, Mass.

(Newser) - The Cambridge cop who arrested Henry Louis Gates Jr. said yesterday that he won't be giving the Harvard professor the apology he demands. Sgt. James Crowley, whose run-in with Gates began when he responded to a neighbor's report of a break-in at the professor's home, denies the arrest had anything... More »

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police • arrest • Harvard • racial profiling • Henry Louis Gates Jr • Cambridge, Mass. • James Crowley

 Angry Gates to Make 
 Film on Racial Profiling 

Harvard prof. inspired by recent brush with the law

Jul 21, 09 4:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - After his up-close and personal look at the criminal justice system, Henry Louis Gates Jr. intends to tackle the issue of racial profiling in a documentary for PBS, the Harvard scholar tells the Washington Post. "It had never crossed my mind but it has now," says Gates, who... More »

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race • African Americans • racism • racial profiling • police action • Henry Louis Gates Jr • Cambridge, Mass.

 Charges Against 
 Harvard Prof Dropped 

Police: 'a just resolution to unfortunate circumstances'

Jul 21, 09 12:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Charges against Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr have been dropped after he was arrested at his home for “loud and tumultuous behavior,” NBC News reports. The city of Cambridge, Mass., and its police said they had “recommended to the Middlesex County District Attorney that the criminal... More »

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Al Sharpton • racism • arrest • racial profiling • Harvard University • Henry Louis Gates Jr • Cambridge, Mass.

Harvard Scholar Arrested at Mass. Home

'This is what happens to black men in America': Gates to cop

Jul 20, 09 1:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - A prominent Harvard scholar was arrested last week outside his Cambridge, Mass., home and charged with disorderly conduct after “exhibiting loud and tumultuous behavior,” the Harvard Crimson reports. Henry Louis Gates, a renowned professor of African-American studies, was trying to get into the locked house when a neighbor... More »

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African Americans • police • Massachusetts • racism • scholar • arrest • Harvard • Henry Louis Gates Jr • Cambridge, Mass.

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