Common Sense and Choices

While working on a big proposal tonight, I was getting ready to sign out of my account when I noticed a disturbing article on Yahoo! News.

Harvard Scholar, Henry Louis Gates joined the Harvard faculty in 1991 and holds one of 20 prestigious "university professors" positions at the school. He also was host of "African American Lives," a PBS show about the family histories of prominent U.S. blacks, and was named by Time magazine as one of the 25 most influential Americans in 1997.

Black scholar's arrest raises profiling questions (AP) - Yahoo! News - Yahoo! Buzz
(http://buzz.yahoo.com/article/1:y_news:ef2cb7aaa3e2bd9c2cb4f59100186066/Black-scholars-arrest-raises-profiling-questions-AP)

To be arrested at one's own home, after presenting identification and reason is inexcusable. It's time to stop making exuses. Be accountable - be reasonable - and use resources prior to making such a STUPID choice. What if the arresting officer had spoken with the leasing agent on the phone? What if he had called his precint? What if he asked a neighbor?

So many What if's. I don't like the word Stupid. I just don't know what else to say.