Race And Police, A Year After Gates Arrest

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June 17, 2010

The arrest of Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr., left, sparked a national debate about race and the police. In this July 30, 2009, file photo, Gates drinks a beer with President Obama and Sgt. James Crowley, the arresting Cambridge police officer. (Alex Brandon/AP)

The arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. at home in Cambridge last summer ignited a national debate over racial profiling that reached all the way to the White House. A new review out Thursday finds no evidence of systemic racial bias on the part Cambridge police, but larger questions remain about who is subjected to disorderly conduct charges and why.

Guests:

Lani Guinier, professor of law at Harvard University
Howard Friedman, lawyer specializing in police misconduct cases

This program aired on June 17, 2010.