Breaking is a little incident that occured during the “beer summit” at the White House. At the summit, apparently Sgt. Crowley, or someone from his camp, delivered to Obama a note from Sgt. Leon Lashley. Lashley was the black police officer at the scene, who came to the defense of Crowley. Lashley has been a stalwart defender of the truth throughout this entire incident.
In the letter, Lashley states that he’s been maligned as an “Uncle Tom” and has been labeled a “traitor” because of this incident and his support of Sgt. Crowley and tells Obama that Gates:
“may have caused grave and potentially irreparable harm to the struggle for racial harmony.”
How is that Bud going down, Mr. President? Here.
Letter content on CNN:
Source please?!!! I'd love to have seen the look on Barry's smugg face when he read that! nt
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There is a link at the end n/t
Swamp_Yankee Thursday, July 30th at 9:10PM EDT (link)nt
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My bad...I missed the link you put at the end!!!
AceInTX Thursday, July 30th at 9:11PM EDT (link)Talk about justice coming from unsuspected direction…LOL
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How wonderful of that officer to take a stand for himself...
JadedByPolitics Thursday, July 30th at 9:12PM EDT (link)and how absolutely PATHETIC that anyone would call the man an “Uncle Tom” this officer puts his life on the line everyday for ALL citizens and gets maligned by a wealthy racist black Professor and the most powerful racist in the world Obama!
I knew he was a racist hell he sat in Wrights church for 20 years but American’s wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt but they are seeing what we saw and I couldn’t be happier!
Whoever has his enemy at his mercy &
does not destroy him is his own enemy
90% Of Black and Liberal Greater Boston Are Calling Him A Traitor
Swamp_Yankee Thursday, July 30th at 9:14PM EDT (link)At least he can take Obama and Gates down with him
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That is really so sad Swamp I really mean that!..
JadedByPolitics Thursday, July 30th at 9:16PM EDT (link)The race hustlers in our country have destroyed the good will of all people. The majority of Americans NEVER give color or sex a second thought only the EXTREMES do.
Whoever has his enemy at his mercy &
does not destroy him is his own enemy
Amen...
AceInTX Thursday, July 30th at 10:23PM EDT (link)Preach it
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"race hustlers"
mom2oneson Friday, July 31st at 3:17PM EDT (link)that is EXACLY what they are… you so nailed it
Imagine Dr. King's reaction
Erick Brockway Saturday, August 1st at 6:33PM EDT (link)An officer stands up for truth and what’s right, and is derided for not standing up for skin color!
Have these race baiters ever read or heard the words of Martin Luther King, or do they just want the holiday off in January?
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mom2oneson Thursday, July 30th at 9:14PM EDT (link)no text
The Only People who "Confornicate" w/ Cops
Repair_Man_Jack Thursday, July 30th at 9:29PM EDT (link)are those who’ve never needed one to save their arses. The behavior of the Cambridge community towards Sgt. Crowley has been pathetic.
Hope is not a plan. Change is not always good.
I just watched a video on another thread here
redneck_hippie Thursday, July 30th at 9:24PM EDT (link)in which Sgt Crowley denied knowledge of Lashley’s remarks at a press conference.
“We must not lose our faculty to dare, especially in dark days.” - Churchill in March, 1942.
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CNN is reading the letter on the tube right now
Swamp_Yankee Thursday, July 30th at 9:27PM EDT (link)The yahoo story says Crowley gave it to Obama. I’d bet it was the Union rep or the attorny that accompanied Crowley. But its real.
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This story not only has legs,
redneck_hippie Thursday, July 30th at 9:34PM EDT (link)it has jet-propulsion. The Sergeant handled that press conference like a pro. Too bad the pandering jerk in the White House couldn’t have done the same.
“We must not lose our faculty to dare, especially in dark days.” - Churchill in March, 1942.
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I Called It A Tinderbox Ready To Explode
Swamp_Yankee Thursday, July 30th at 9:40PM EDT (link)Last week. I think the legs are dying now. But it did enough damage. I’m not sure why so many didnt see the political value in this story for so long.
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I think this letter will give it new legs...Maybe the "ONE" will invite Sgt Lashley to the White House for a beer conference?!
AceInTX Thursday, July 30th at 10:26PM EDT (link)I’d love that one…
Maybe Lashley could ask for one?
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The letter brings this back in play does it not?
djemi Thursday, July 30th at 11:09PM EDT (link)“If I can’t shoot rabbits,then I can’t shoot fascist”
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ethanmurray Friday, July 31st at 2:13PM EDT (link)It’s scary that such an evil, small minded person can be a professor at any college, let alone Harvard. How about his vocabulary? Was he just “blacking it up” for his audience? Scary.
I wonder if Officer Lashley realizes he now has a big red target right between his shoulder blades
AceInTX Thursday, July 30th at 10:10PM EDT (link)He embarrassed “The Messiah” and he will be made to pay.
You can figure on every sordid detail if this poor man’s life being dragged out by the so called objective media and his reputation WILL be destroyed!
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this ain't over folks
Lisa in Maryland Thursday, July 30th at 10:48PM EDT (link)I hope for Sgt Crowley’s case it is, but you have to know (especially after Joe the Plumber) they have it in for him now. Whenever he arrests another person of racial minority or writes them a ticket, you can bet one of them will cry fowl. I really think that people should leave this good man alone and let him do his job. According to all reports he has an excellent record. I hope that the left loons don’t try and screw up the man’s life over this.
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Lisa in Maryland Thursday, July 30th at 10:51PM EDT (link)Officer Lashley too. I’ve heard the “uncle tom” references and it is sick. They are after him now because he is black and didn’t throw his partner under the bus–they will likely be after him more. Maybe they will throw oreo cookies at him like they did Michael Steele. How insulting.
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You can arrest folks who assault an officer
wennejunk Sunday, August 2nd at 6:55AM EDT (link)Just because its cookies doesn’t mean its not assault/battery. Protesters should be cautious on that one
There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, ‘Thy will be done,’ and those to whom God says, in the end, ‘Thy will be done.’ -C. S. Lewis
Race Relations=Jackson/Sharpton
nessa Friday, July 31st at 10:45AM EDT (link)This has been the formula for so long it’s become a self fulfilling prophesy. Huge segments of the population, the same segments that have been told they cannot get a fair shake by Jackson/Sharptons ilk refuse to see the lies their activism is based on.
“If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams
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I think most blacks understand they can get a fair shake but that many
Mike gamecock DeVine Friday, July 31st at 12:07PM EDT (link)seek an unfair advantage that has been made possible by white guilt indulgences that are increasingly diminishing with the election of Obama that purges the guilt.
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“One man with courage makes a majority.” - Andrew Jackson
Most, many, if ONE believes Jackson/Sharpton/Dems it's a damn shame!
nessa Friday, July 31st at 1:11PM EDT (link)I agree it’s a small percentage, did not want to give the impression or the suggestion it was a majority.
“If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams
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Crowley didn't deliver a letter from Lashley.
Ann_W Friday, July 31st at 6:50PM EDT (link)It’s too bad, because if Obama wants to open a dialogue about race, that’s def one side of it that you will not hear about. Blacks are treated very harshly if they step outside of the orthodoxy of people like Gates, think Condoleeza Rice, etc.
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I thought I'd Reco'd this last night...but I just did...
AceInTX Friday, July 31st at 10:39PM EDT (link)I love it!
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Racial harmony? Why now, if they NOW have a chance to pursue the long-time dream of Malcom-X? nt
Rod_Patrick Saturday, August 1st at 2:29PM EDT (link)Thanks SY
Cheryl Sunday, August 2nd at 1:43PM EDT (link)for providing us the updates as things have been happening over there. I have been sharing your diaries with my son, a police officer in California’s central valley. He’s been sharing them too, with his buddies from the police academy and college and other statewide training events and of course the guys he works with. Then there are the deputies from the local county sheriff’s office and neighboring counties and well, you know how these things continue to get around. From a parent, I am truly greatful to you and all the other Redstaters who stood with and behind Officer Crowley. Cheryl
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Swamp_Yankee Monday, August 3rd at 9:58PM EDT (link)I was local.
But its people like you that need to be thanked. I just got some stuff early being on the ground here. One thing was apparent from the beginning, for those who were close to the facts and those who knew Gates and his ilk, was that we had the moral high ground and we were right.
I feared the MSM would swamp our guerilla like efforts and push the ‘racist cop who wouldnt apologize’ meme. But people like you shared the truth acorss the country and the grass roots and the cops pushed back fiercely.
Its dying down now and we won the day, so I stopped posting as relentlessly as I was.
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Yes, a ton of bricks will fall
Warrior Sunday, August 2nd at 8:52PM EDT (link)on any black who steps out of the “evil white racist” narrative. Remember, Democrats CANNOT WIN without blacks voting as a block. They would be finished as a party. They have a vested interest in keeping the racial pot boiling…
And since the perpetuation of white guilt and other liberal orthodox race themes are the only way to keep blacks in line, woe be unto any black who truly attempts racial reconcilliation…
“Attorney General Holder’s decision to re-open the criminal investigation creates an atmosphere of continuous jeopardy for those whose cases the Department of Justice had previously declined to prosecute.”
—–signed by former [CIA] directors Michael Hayden, Porter Goss, George Tenet, John Deutch, R. James Woolsey, William Webster and James R. Schlesinger.
Read http://www.redstate.com/warrior/ for insightful commentary on today’s events…
There a several loads of tons of bricks that could fall on this one.
The_Gadfly Monday, August 3rd at 2:38PM EDT (link)Cheryl’s post above is also informative, especially if taken in context with the early results we are seeing on the CNN online poll. If Crowley and Lashley had happened before the Joe the Plumber incident, yeah, the left would be gunning for them both the same way they did Joe. But there was blowback on Joe, and it keeps getting riskier to pull that stunt. In this case, it is even more dangerous. Most of the country knows this case. Most of this country now knows the “stupid officer” has point on the diversity front, and EVERYBODY who has reviewed his work prior to the Gates incident said he was doing not merely a good job, but a great one. They also knew a “black officer” was on the scene and backed Crowley over Gates. Hopefully they will soon know his name (Lashley) as well as they do his partner’s. Targeting Lashley in any way, but perhaps most especially in the sort of media hit job done on Joe, is likely to put match to the tinderbox again. And neither Congress, nor The Big 0, not the state run media (formerly the MSM) can afford the sort of credibility hit that would ensue from lighting that fire again. Pardon the mixed metaphor, but they dodged a bullet on the Gates incident. It is doubtful they’ll dodge it again if they don’t stay away from it.
We’ve been called racists enough now that it shouldn’t bother us any more.
-AChance, http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/2009/11/03/what-men-may-do-we-have-done/#comment-24463
If NY23 was a beat down for Conservatives, what do you call what happened to Progressives in NJ and VA?
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Gad, I truly hope
Warrior Monday, August 3rd at 2:45PM EDT (link)the worm has finally turned on intimidation by use of the “R” word…, and besides all the other things that are so wrong with false personal invective—I for one am sick of it…
“Attorney General Holder’s decision to re-open the criminal investigation creates an atmosphere of continuous jeopardy for those whose cases the Department of Justice had previously declined to prosecute.”
—–signed by former [CIA] directors Michael Hayden, Porter Goss, George Tenet, John Deutch, R. James Woolsey, William Webster and James R. Schlesinger.
Read http://www.redstate.com/warrior/ for insightful commentary on today’s events…
What a good and brilliant man
mom2oneson Monday, August 3rd at 2:59PM EDT (link)He doesn’t even dwell on his persoanl insults and problems and is able to go beyond that and address future problems for society and other people. I hope my son is that wise and selfless and has so much concern for others and society when he is grown. He is really a remarkable man.