The Harvard Prof, the Police Officer, and the President of the United States of America Week 1: May 10 - 14 Focus: The Harvard Professor Directions: This discussion will span three weeks, from May 10 - 28. This week, we are focusing ONLY on the Ha

On 20 July 2009 Henry Louis Gates Jr , the director of Harvard University 's W .E .B . DuBois Institute for African and African American Research , returned home after a week in China . Ware Street in Cambridge Mass . Professor looked like middle-aged thin man - his age was 57and weight was approximately 150 pounds (Thompson , 2009 ) He was wearing grey trousers and pink-and-white T-shirt and walking with a cane . On the porch he found the front door locked

Gates found himself locked out of his house , and he and his driver began pushing against

the front door (Thompson , 2009

Professor Gate entered the house through the back door , turned off the house alarm , than opened the front door with the help of driver and let the driver go (MacIntosh , 2009

Meanwhile Ms . Walen , Lucia (Incident Supplement record ) called the police ant told two black men tried to force the door approximately at 12 .44 PM . and few minutes ' later police arrived . According the police report , the officer , Sgt . James Crowley , asked Mr . Gates to go outside and talk . Mr . Gates refused and than Sgt . Crowley entered the house and asked Mr . Gates to identify himself . Gates showed him his Harvard ID and drive licence , which included his photos and address , then demanded that the officer identify himself . Two men started the squabble Sgt . Crowley made two warrants to Mr . Gates (the second one with the handcuffs in his hands - Thompson , 2009 . Mr . Gates went on the porch of his house and was...