Professor; It is Common Knowledge and Common Sense

Thank God the Founding Fathers of America knew that a High School Graduate could be smarter than a Harvard Professor using Common Knowledge and Common Sense. For why I am glad to see that Law Enforcement realized that getting locked out of your house may get one upset. I do believe the Professor should have known that such a stunt would require him to show Proof of Residence if the police drove by or was called to the property. For just as a citizen has to show Proof of Ownership before the police can unlock your car today, the times have changed from the days when the local Law Enforcement helped crooks gain illegal entry. So please, why I realize that some may call it racial profiling or denying the Professor of his Guaranteed Civil and Constitutional Rights. The fact that this long haired White Male could and would have been charged with impeding a Law Enforcement Agent from carrying out his lawful duties  by overstepping My Guaranteed Civil and Constitutional Rights as an Unlearned Unbridled Anti-Authoritarian Child of the 70’s by Freewill and Self-Nature and going on a rampage does not mean the Professor suffered racial profiling.

Instead in My Opinion, the Harvard Professor should have thanked the Police Officer for insuring that the persons entering the house actually lived there. And then if he had any questions on how the Police Officer conducted himself, he did have the option to ask the Individual for his badge number and the name of his supervisor. For whether it was to complain or give praise about what happened would have been a personal thing. And though he still might have been stone walled by the cop, a simple call to the local Police Station and who responded to the address would be a matter of the record.

Yes, I could believe that the police officers that showed up at the Professors’ home might have not used good judgment especially if they were rookies; however, having had my fair share of dealing with local Law Enforcement and knowing that they can no longer take for granted that a sharp dressed man is a Righteous Gentleman. I do believe that the cooler heads at the police station did the right thing by calling it a misunderstanding and drop the charges. For I can say from personal experience, that being aggressive toward a Law Enforcement Agent attempting to carry out his lawful duties will get you a trip downtown.  So before you call it racially motivated, the Professor needs to ask himself if he was respecting the Law and not just ranting over being caught at locked out of his own home.

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