Boston Cop To Be Suspended For Racist Slur - Arrest-Gate Fallout Continues

Boston Police officer and weekend warrior National Guardsman Justin Barrett apparently thought it was ok to refer to Dr. Henry Louis Gates and a "jungle monkey." The Beantown cop has been stripped of his badge and gun and is expected to be fired at any moment. The best part of this story is, now Barrett has issued an apology saying; "I am not a racist," but he has admitted to using the slur.

Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino said, "he's gone, g-o-n-e. I don't care, it's like cancer, you don't keep those cancers around." “I just say that we want to rid our department of the cancer, and that is what we did—rid the department of cancer. All police officers I know don’t condone any of that. An individual preaching hate has no place in our society."

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White House Beer Summit 2009

President Obama drank Bud Light. Sgt Crowley had a Blue Moon. Professor Gates chose a Boston favourite, Sam Adams Light – despite earlier indications he was going for a Jamaican Red Stripe – and Mr Biden sipped a Bucklers.

"I noticed this has been called the 'Beer Summit.' It's a clever term, but this is not a summit, guys," Obama told reporters. "This is three folks having a drink at the end of the day, and hopefully giving people an opportunity to listen to each other. And that's really all it is. This is not a university seminar."

Professor Gates And Sgt. Crowley Are Relatives

The Policeman And The Professor - Family Feud?

While many in this country, both black and white claim Irish lineage, Prof. Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Sgt. James Crowley both go back to the same Irish roots.

As a black man with well documented Scottish-Irish ancestry, this is simply fascinating. There are those that may not look like me, act like me, may even be adversarial to me, and we could be from the same big family.