Comments on: Henry Louis Gates Should Sue http://www.sharpsand.net/2009/07/28/henry-louis-gates-should-sue/ Joseph Duemer's blog about reading, writing, politics, birds, food, & weather Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:31:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David http://www.sharpsand.net/2009/07/28/henry-louis-gates-should-sue/comment-page-1/#comment-10228 David Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:55:13 +0000 http://www.sharpsand.net/?p=1728#comment-10228 It's time to end the police-state that has existed since 9/12/2001. It’s time to end the police-state that has existed since 9/12/2001.

]]> By: Pablo http://www.sharpsand.net/2009/07/28/henry-louis-gates-should-sue/comment-page-1/#comment-10225 Pablo Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:24:10 +0000 http://www.sharpsand.net/?p=1728#comment-10225 And furthermore, this kind of thing happens every day in every city of the land. The profile of this one brings the subject to light, but I also suspect that its "celebrity" allows the complacent to think that it is exceptional. I've thought that because we give our police a high level of discretion, we must hold them to a high standard of behavior. And furthermore, this kind of thing happens every day in every city of the land. The profile of this one brings the subject to light, but I also suspect that its “celebrity” allows the complacent to think that it is exceptional.

I’ve thought that because we give our police a high level of discretion, we must hold them to a high standard of behavior.

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