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What should have happened in Gates confrontation?

Police experts say Gates probably overreacted. But Sergeant Crowley appeared to let the situation spiral out of control, they add.
Beyond Gates arrest, a growth of police power

Arrests of those who challenge police authority are not uncommon, say civil libertarians.
Gates arrest: racial profiling or 'tempest in a teapot'?

The city of Cambridge, Mass., has dropped its charges against a Harvard professor who alleges he was arrested for breaking into his own house only because he is black.

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Scott Budnick works in the dining room as customers arrive for a free meal at the Mathewson Street Friendship Breakfast in Providence, R.I.

Scott Budnick serves breakfast – with a side order of respect – to the homeless

Sunday breakfast at a Providence, R.I., church is more than a free meal. Half the volunteers are homeless themselves: 'It's their [own] breakfast that they're putting on.'

Topic: George Kirkham

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What should have happened in Gates confrontation?

Beyond Gates arrest, a growth of police power

Gates arrest: racial profiling or 'tempest in a teapot'?

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