Obama Meets Over Beer With Harvard Prof. Gates And Cambridge Police Officer

WASHINGTON - JULY 30: Cambridge Police Sgt. James Crowley (L) talks with President Barack Obama while drinking beer with Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates (not pictured) in the Rose Garden at the White House July 30, 2009 in Washington, DC. Crowley arrested Gates, a preeminent scholar of African-American history, in his own home July 16 for disorderly conduct. The issue reached national attention last week when, during a televised news conference Obama said the officer acted stupidly. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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