Now, I don't know, not having been there and not seeing all the facts, what role race played in that. But I think it's fair to say, number one, any of us would be pretty angry; number two, that the Cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already proof that they were in their own home; and, number three, what I think we know separate and apart from this incident is that there's a long history in this country of African-Americans and Latinos being stopped by law enforcement disproportionately. That's just a fact.


Press conference addressing Henry Louis Gates's arrest by the Cambridge, MA police. (22 July 2009)

Barack Obama Quotes

Now, I don't know, not having been there and not seeing all the facts, what role race played in that. But I think it's fair to say, number one, any...

Now, I don't know, not having been there and not seeing all the facts, what role race played in that. But I think it's fair to say, number one, any...

Now, I don't know, not having been there and not seeing all the facts, what role race played in that. But I think it's fair to say, number one, any...

Now, I don't know, not having been there and not seeing all the facts, what role race played in that. But I think it's fair to say, number one, any...