Missed Opportunities, Shared Responsibilities

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Missed Opportunities, Shared Responsibilities is written by Chuck Wexler and published by DIANE Publishing. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 143793594X (ISBN 10) and 9781437935943 (ISBN 13).

On July 16, 2009, Sgt. James Crowley responded to a 911 call about a possible break-in in progress on Ware St. in Cambridge, MA. Crowley, a respected 11-year veteran of the Cambridge police force, arrived at the address, which he later would learn was the home of Harvard Prof. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., one of the most prominent African-Amer. scholars in the U.S. The situation deteriorated rapidly, according to both men. Within six minutes, Crowley had arrested Gates for disorderly conduct and placed him in handcuffs at his own home. How was this possible? The Cambridge City Manager requested a study to be conducted to identify those lessons and help other cities avoid such incidents. This report, by the Cambridge Review Comm., is the result. Illus.