So folks are still talking about Skip and the Sergeant. James Crowley actually did sports talk radio in Boston.
Yawn.
It’s not a “yawn” because of what Crowley said. I honestly have no idea whether he was telling the truth or not in this interview, but I know damn well that Dennis and Callahan picked their sides before they showed up. Kinda like cats like Michael Eric Dyson, who has also picked his side.
Getting into the particulars of this case is a waste of time, and it’s unproductive to turn this into us vs. them, no matter who you are. Skip’s not going to jail. The cop really didn’t know who he was and, if the cop had known, he wouldn’t have gotten in that sitch. Who was wrong? From what I can tell, all parties involved. It’s just such an indignity for a Haaaaaaaaah-vard professor to be treated like this.
Yeah, but it ain’t as much of an indignity as this…

The police have an extended track record of antagonistic behavior toward black men. If you don’t believe that, you’re either a fool, a liar, or simply have no significant relationships with black men. That’s the point that came from Gates’ arrest that should spur larger discussion.
Instead, we got the cop on sports talk defending themselves, Gates on CNN Black in America 2 telling his side, and everyone trying to figure out who was right or wrong.
Who cares? I mean, really…who cares? Charges were dropped, and nobody’s getting fired.
Just ask yourself this…you heard more talk about Skip getting arrested, or that boy that got blown away by the transit cops in Oakland?
You don’t have to be a Ph.D to deserve protection for mistreatment. It shouldn’t take a Ph.D to make you pay attention when something seems to go wrong. A hot spinner in your chest should suffice, right?
Right?
So why didn’t it?
If this wasn’t some hoity-toity prof, we don’t talk about this. But lemme ask you this…
If this was a 26 year-old receiver for the Patriots, are we having this discussion? When the cops in Houston put some volts in Fred Weary for no damn reason on the side of the road — which was actually part of a bigger Taser problem in Houston — were you talking about it?
That was way more jacked up than Skip’s problem. Yeah, it jarred some folks to see this happen to an older man, but this happens so damn much that Skip’s situation didn’t get anything out of me but jokes.
Which is appropriate, seeing how most of the coverage has turned into just that — a joke. Forget what they call a black man with a Ph.D. What about the cats without them?