After his comment about black professor’s arrest, Obama seeks to dampen uproar and move onWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama concedes his words — that a white police officer “acted stupidly” when he arrested a black university scholar in his own home — were ill-chosen. But, while he invited both men to visit him at the White House, Obama stopped short of publicly apologizing for his remark. Obama invites professor and sergeant for beer to end racial rowWASHINGTON - In a bid to diffuse the controversial racial row following his remark in the arrest of a Black Harvard professor, US President Barack Obama has telephoned and invited the White Sergeant and the professor to the White House for a beer. Obama hastens to tamp down racial uproar over his comments about black professor’s arrestWASHINGTON — Knocked off stride by a racial uproar he helped stoke, President Barack Obama hastened Friday to tamp down the controversy. Obama, who had said Cambridge, Mass., police “acted stupidly” in arresting black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr., declared the white arresting officer was a good man and invited him and the professor to the White House for a beer. Text of Obama’s remarks on the arrest of black scholar Henry Louis GatesText of President Barack Obama’s remarks at a White House briefing Friday, as transcribed by CQ Transcriptions. Obama says he should’ve ‘calibrated’ his remarks on arrest of black scholar, phones policemanWASHINGTON — Trying to tamp down a national uproar over race, President Barack Obama acknowledged Friday he had used unfortunate words in declaring that Cambridge, Mass., police “acted stupidly” in arresting black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. “I could’ve calibrated those words differently,” he said. Obama says he should’ve ‘recalibrated’ his remarks on arrest of black scholarWASHINGTON — Trying to tamp down an uproar over race, President Barack Obama said Friday he used an unfortunate choice of words in commenting on the arrest of black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. and could have “calibrated those words differently.” Cambridge, Mass., police ‘deeply pained’ by Obama criticism of black Harvard scholar’s arrestCAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The Cambridge police commissioner says his department is “deeply pained” by President Barack Obama’s statement that his officers “acted stupidly” when they arrested a renowned black scholar in his home. Mass. officer who arrested black Harvard scholar is police academy expert on racial profilingCAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The white police sergeant accused of racial profiling after he arrested renowned black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. in his home was hand-picked by a black police commissioner to teach recruits about avoiding racial profiling. AP News in BriefObama says he’ll accept Nobel Peace Prize as ‘call to action’ toward peace and prosperity |
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