On the part of the Cambridge Police Department, once they felt they had to bring Dr. Gates out of the house and to handcuff him, I would have thought at that point some adult supervision would have stepped in and said, 'OK, look, it is his house. Come on. Let's -- let's not take this any further. Take the handcuffs off. Good night, Dr. Gates.'
Colin Powell criticizes the Cambridge Police Department's handling of the arrest of Dr. Gates.
Share
More from Colin Powell
Today, we are a country today we are a country divided. And we have a president doing everything in this power to make it that way. And keep us that way. What a difference it would make to have a president who unites us, who restores our…
100 years ago, a young immigrant left a dirt farm in Jamaica and set out for America. Three years later, a ship pulled into New York harbor, and a young Jamaican woman gazed up at the Statue of Liberty for the first time. They became my…
I think he is a transformational figure. He is a new generation, coming into the world, onto the world stage, on the American stage. And for that reason, I`ll be voting for Senator Barack Obama.