Who? The Portuguese-American woman who made the 911 call and was later labeled the "White woman" who was accused of racially profiling Gates and his driver when she alerted authorities. The arresting officer lied and said Whalen witnessed two Black men with backpacks entering the home, when, in fact, she didn't even mention the word "Black" in the audio footage that was released earlier this week. She was blamed and lied on for weeks without a voice amidst the clamor. Where is her media spotlight? She is just as much a part of this situation as Gates and Crowley, so why can't she beer it up at the White House with the boys? Why wasn't she invited? She's at work while the men ham it up in Washington. Predictable...by gender alone.

Crowley, the man whose job is to protect and serve, lied in the police report, refused to apologize and strongly denies being a racist. Gates said he couldn't yell or raise his voice because he has been recently ill, but pictures are worth a thousand words and that man was offended and hollering. Obama, simply said the arresting officer acted "stupidly," caught heat and probably felt forced to apologize. The beer bash this evening is supposed to be a cure all how? Sounds like a meat fest that could turn into an ugly bar scene or, in this case, an endless battle of the wits.

As if beer and three tempered male egos are somehow going to put an end to all racial profiling. Maybe with some female intervention. Kind of like the scenario when a few school yard boys scuffle and the lady teacher steps in, breaks up the fight, initiates the run-of the mill pep talk and they're all friends again.

Same principle applies to this situation, but for whatever reason the woman who could've cleared up the holes in the story that day happens to be overlooked. If Crowley would've talked to her at the scene, like his fraudulent police report claims, things likely would not have escalated to the point of no return. But the lone woman in the scenario was all but ignored. It wasn't until she hired legal representation she got some media attention.

Hopefully Wahlen will be acknowledged at the bromance beer battle tonight, but unfortunately she won't be there to defend herself and her positioning in the incident that sparked a nationwide racial debate, that will more than likely be squashed tonight, and once again, macho men save the day.
Wow. Nice.

Officer Justin Barrett, 36, has since been placed on leave and has jeopardized the chances of him keeping his job as part of law enforcement. As he is also an active member of the National Guard, Barrett streamed an e-mail to members of the Guard as well as The Boston Globe. The reasoning for such a harsh message came from the case of Gates as he was discontented about a column made by The Globe in reference to the Black man's arrest.

Along with continuously referring to Gates as a bumbling jungle monkey that eats bananas, the officer also stated that if he was in the same situation as the other cop he would have sprayed him in the face with pepper spray for verbally disrespecting him. The e-mail would later be posted on a local Boston television station's site.

Barrett's rants also reached out to the columnist who covered the arrest in the publication, Yvonne Abraham, as he dubbed her writing as being “jungle monkey gibberish.” He also attacked her credibility as a writer stating that she had little to no experience in her field. To make matters worse he added that she should be a servant to him and bring him coffee and donuts on Sunday morning.

As if the police department didn't have enough to deal with routinely, the actions of Barrett were taken care of promptly as Commissioner Edward Davis proceeded to have the officer relieved of his gun and his badge and will indefinitely be on leave after the results of his hearing for termination is over. Davis has also stated that he wants Barrett fired, according to a source with the investigation.

Barrett, however, might be able to see a lighter side until he is possibly fired as he will continue to receive compensation while on leave. No hearing has been set as of now.

It's things like this which easily explains why most people, especially Blacks, look at Boston in such a negative light and feel as though it is filled with nothing but racist white folk that turn over cars and rampage whenever the Red Sox win. Epic fail number two for the week folks.