Obama takes aim at Natick resident

Natick has a new famous resident: James Crowley. For those of you who missed it, Officer James Crowley works for the Cambridge police department, and had the unfortunate opportunity to meet with one of Harvard University’s elite professors, a Mr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. Mr. Gates was observed breaking into his own home. When Officer Crowley investigated, Professor Gates berated him with the old ‘racism’ club. After taking a good deal of BS from the Professor, Officer Crowley followed procedure, and arrested one of Harvard’s elite. All of which would probably have remained a news item contained to Cambridge, until the President of the United States took a verbal shot at Officer Crowley. From there, things escalated.

The story has made headlines everywhere, the reason I mention it here is that the story had a Natick angle to it: Officer Crowley lives in Natick. I applaud my neighbor’s professionalism, and wish him well as he deals with the glaring national spotlight. Don’t let the POTUS or the Governor of Massachusetts, or anyone else twist the circumstances into a broad smack-down of police officers everywhere.

For those of us who are always curious about the politics behind a person’s motivations, I would note that Officer Crowley is registered as ‘unenrolled’.

For some additional perspective on one of Natick’s own, Mark Steyn sums it up here.

Author: Mark