First, I hate racism. I detest it in all forms.
Here is what Obama said:
"But I think it's fair to say, No. 1, any of us would be pretty angry," Obama said. "No. 2, that the Cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already proof that they were in their own home. And No. 3 -- 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."
In 1985 I was caught by a police officer standing next to a car trying to open the door while the alarm was wailing. Very suspicious. I showed my ID, explained that it was my employer's car, and showed him a pay stub to show I worked at the company where to car was located. I told him I didn't know how the alarm system worked, so although it looked bad, I had a reason to be there and was doing no wrong. The cop had me wait sitting down while he made a call to check the facts, came back and handed me my ID and wished me a nice evening.
I was not angry. The cop did not act stupidly, and since I am not African-American or Latino, but was stopped, Obama's number 3 doesn't hold either.
If a situation is suspicious should Obama's police ignore the situation if the people involved are African-American or Latino, and only investigate if they are European-American? That's racism.
