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Slate’s Mickey Kaus pioneered what became a popular theme: that contrary to Gates’ claim of police discrimination on account of his race, it was actually Gates who “has stereotypes” about policemen. “Isn’t it pretty clear that Gates had a narrative in his head too?” he said. “…Again, from his own words it looks like he rushes a bit to the conclusion that a white man in a similar situation would have been treated differently.” One wonders where Professor Gates got such an idea. Maybe as a Professor of African American Studies, he read it somewhere. (Patterico seconded: “The Officer Didn’t Stereotype Henry Louis Gates — Henry Louis Gates Stereotyped the Officer.”)
As news spread of Gates’ disrespectful attitude toward the police, rightbloggers became more enraged. “TODAY I AM SGT. JAMES CROWLEY,” proclaimed MsUnderestimated. “I stand in solidary with Cambridge Police Sgt. James Crowley after his lawful arrest of Harvard Professor and obvious professional Race Pimp, Henry Louis Gates Jr., pictured here,” she added …