ABC News:Cop Who Arrested Gates Not Ruling Out Defamation Lawsuit
The White House today said that President Obama “regrets” the furor his remarks on the arrest of his friend Henry Louis Gates Jr. have caused, as the lawyer for the cop who arrested the black Harvard University professor said the officer may sue Gates for defamation.
“I think he would regret if he realized how much of a overall distraction and obsession it would be,” White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters.
When asked if the president would apologize to the officer, as some police unions have demanded, Gibbs would only say that the president understands that the job police officers do is hard and that he has great respect for them.
Gibbs added that he did not expect Obama to have anything else to say about the incident.
“I think he’s said most of what he’s going to say on it,” Gibbs said.
Alan McDonald, who represents Sgt. James Crowley, said the veteran cop who teaches a racial profiling class for rookie police officers has not ruled out filing a defamation of character or libel lawsuit.
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This is the typical response for Obama. His 20 years in the Rev Wright church HAS influenced his belief in the black liberal movement. Race is the prime motive for his entire agenda. Give everything to the blacks, they have sufferred all these years!! Give me a break!!
It would have been wise for him to have not responded at all, however, the true Obama theology and beliefs always surface when he speaks on his own and does not read his telepromter.
HERE IS THE REAL OBAMA!!
This is the typical response for a republican. Obsess about something insignificant and act like a prick.
I really hope he does. Obambi was way out of line sticking his nose into the local “race track.” Gates had a history of bad behavior and the cop was only doing his job.