Crowley's Police Report
From Sgt Crowley's police report regarding a conversation with Ms Whaley:
She went on to tell me that she observed what appeared to be two
black males with backpacks on the porch of Ware Street," the report
says. "She told me that her suspicions were aroused when she observed
one of the men wedging his shoulder into the door as if he was trying
to force entry." http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/07/27/gates.arrest/index.html
From Wendy Murphy Ms Whaley's lawyer:
On CNN the caller's lawyer says she never stated there were any
black men and she said she never talked to Sgt. Crowley. So why in the
police report did it say Sgt. Crowley talked to the caller??? http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/07/27/gates.arrest/index.html
Tonight on CNN's Anderson Cooper, Ms Murphy said that Crowley approached Whaley and told her to "Wait there". there was no further conversation. How did a report of a detailed conversation end up in his report? Did he fabricate this conversation? Did the conversation occur with another officer? Were police notes combined?
Crowley's police report is an official document and would be included at trial. Shouldn't there be a clarification of this apparent discrepancy?
If Crowley's report is in error, can we trust his version of the conversation at the door to and inside Gates' house?
Curiouser and curiouser.
July 27, 2009 11:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ms. Murphy failed to grasp the first lesson of criminal defense lawyering; your client lies. All the time, totally. She fails to grasp the possiblity the officer correctly recorded his conversation with the woman, and because the observer does not want to be branded a rascist (my spelling) she now denies it.
She had no need to hire a lawyer, otherwise!!!
July 28, 2009 3:14 AM | Reply | Permalink
So she also lied during the telephone call?
July 28, 2009 6:58 AM | Reply | Permalink
We all know cops don't lie, maybe we should check her papers.
July 28, 2009 8:22 AM | Reply | Permalink
LOL.
Did you note that one group of commenters avoided questions about Crowley's official police report?
July 28, 2009 8:40 AM | Reply | Permalink
i left you this on another thread;
He doesn't want to address the discrepancies in the report, this is what he wants to discuss;
Why would I care who was outside (reports have said 8-10 people). Who was outside is not so important as the fact, that according to witness statements and the radio dispatch tapes Crowley lied in the police report.
Posted by jonnienohands in reply to a comment from MiddleClassBill
July 27, 2009 8:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
That's a different topic. Fpie is implying that it was just students and teachers, who would be unlikely to become unruly.
I know people at Harvard and in general the students are white and the non-professor staff (ie housekeeping, food services, maintenance, etc) are all lower class black. The house was right next to campus and therefore it's more than just students and professors who would be walking past the house.
Crowley's account doesn't contradict the tapes necessarily. The caller said on the phone that one man was hispanic and the other she didn't see.
Crowley said that the caller spoke to him and told him directly it was two black men. Could the caller have changed her story and told 911 something different than what she told Crowley? Perhaps. I don't have enough information to have an opinion as to which one is lying. Without knowing the caller or Crowley, it's hard to know which one is telling the truth. But like I said, that's a different topic.
it says a lot about one Crowley defender.
BUT HE TRUTH IS OUT THERE;
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/vp/32179133#32179133
July 28, 2009 8:57 AM | Reply | Permalink
MCB was worried about 8-10 Harvard professors and students rioting because of Gates' arrest. He is hilarious. He also would be furious if some jack- booted police thus had dragged an NRA official out of his home on similar circumstances.
July 28, 2009 9:08 AM | Reply | Permalink