Well well, here we are again with another case of a caucasian police officer being accused of being racist because he happened to be called to a possible burglary in which an African American man, (who just happened to be a Harvard professor), lived. Now, I was not present at the scene and I believe that the Police can be too easy to jump to conclusions and love to throw their proverbial weight around. I also think it is way too easy for someone to scream racism and get the heat deflected away from themselves. What happened really is probably closer to a pissing contest than either of the two men would ever admit. When and if you believe either of these two men's stories then you are giving in to your weak and feeble mind. How many times have you witnessed anything and been present to hear multiple people retelling the same incident and not been totally amazed at the variations of the tale being told? It is always contingent on what I like to call "subjective reality". Every single person sees the same exact thing and their brain turns it into what they discern to be the truth. Now, these perceptions can vary in fantasy and truth depending on the tellers specific relationship to the incident and their ability to weed through their own bullshit. While watching something unfold we are also processing our own thoughts and feelings and mixing those in with what we are seeing. All that said, who are we supposed to believe in this situation? The Officer claims the man refused to step outside and speak with him and became belligerent almost immediately. The Professor initially refused to show identification and eventually followed him outside screaming and calling him a racist. The Harvard professor claims he produced his drivers license immediately and that the Officer followed him into the house afterward at which time he became upset because he was still being questioned. You can probably guess as to what really happened; they were both assholes. The professor because he thinks he deserves to be treated special for being an accomplished black man in America, and honestly doesn't that make him the racist in this situation? The fact that he thinks because of race he deserves to be treated differently than all the rest of society. The police officer because he was picked on in school or his father beat his mother, we have all had to deal with these assholes who want nothing more than to be treated as if they are gifted and special people and not just some ego maniacal asshole who couldn't do anything else after he served in the military. Why else would you want to do a thankless job in which the salary is almost as miserable as the people you have to deal with day in and day out? So, I think the douche bag award goes to the media for turning this into more than it really was. Two assholes who think they deserve to be respected by the other and neither smart enough,(maybe the operative word here should be wise enough), to stop, take a deep breath, and regroup using language and a tone which would probably disarm the other. In closing, I guess all that can be said is when you have two assholes and mix in a douche bag the shit goes all over the place.