My white neighbor thought I was breaking into my own apartment. Nineteen cops showed up.

[monicaangela]

58. I can remember a time in this country

when communities welcomed their new neighbors, there were people that would actually come out of their homes while you were moving in, or that would have the realtor introduce them to you so that you would have someone that could help familiarize you with the neighborhood and the rest of the neighbors in the immediate vicinity. Long gone are those days in most parts of this country and it IMHO is a sad thing. We are now taught to fear our neighbor, especially if that neighbor happens to be of a different race, culture, or economic background. How sad the people of America have become, a nation of cowards hiding behind armed police officers who appear to be just waiting to jump into action and take a life without batting an eyelash.

Yes, this does remind me of the Henry Gates Jr., case that caused such problems in this country that the President had to get involved. Remember the "Beer" summit? This country when it comes to things of this nature is circling the drain, and it's so sad to see this happen.

Btw: A reminder:


CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Colleagues of Henry Louis Gates Jr., Harvard’s most prominent scholar of African-American history, are accusing the police here of racism after he was arrested at his home last week by an officer investigating a report of a robbery in progress.

Professor Gates, who has taught at Harvard for nearly two decades, arrived home on Thursday from a trip to China to find his front door jammed, said Charles J. Ogletree, a law professor at Harvard who is representing him.

He forced the door open with the help of his cab driver, Professor Ogletree said, and had been inside for a few minutes when Sgt. James Crowley of the Cambridge Police Department appeared at his door and asked him to step outside.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/21/us/21gates.html?_r=0