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In the opening months of his presidency, Obama's close personal friend [[Harvard]] Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. was arrested on [[misdemeanor]] disturbance charges.  Gates boasted to the arresting officer, "Do you know who I am?"  <ref>http://gretawire.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/07/23/police-and-president-obama/comment-page-2/?action=late-new</ref>   

In the opening months of his presidency, Obama's close personal friend [[Harvard]] Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. was arrested on [[misdemeanor]] disturbance charges.  Gates boasted to the arresting officer, "Do you know who I am?"  <ref>http://gretawire.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/07/23/police-and-president-obama/comment-page-2/?action=late-new</ref>   

Asked about the incident at a prime time press conference, Obama attacked the police and said the arresting officer was "acting stupidly."  Polls shortly after revealed the public's revulsion of Obama's disrespect for law enforcement and the elitist attitude of his friends and administration.  Obama's personal popularity and approval ratings declined significantly <ref>http://people-press.org/report/532/obamas-ratings-slide</ref> with the greatest declines among poor people. The Pew Research Center noted "Some of the larger declines are among members of his own party."

Asked about the incident at a prime time press conference, Obama attacked the police and said the arresting officer was "acting stupidly."   

 

Polls shortly after revealed the public's revulsion of Obama's disrespect for law enforcement and the elitist attitude of his friends and administration.  Obama's personal popularity and approval ratings declined significantly <ref>http://people-press.org/report/532/obamas-ratings-slide</ref> with the greatest declines among poor people. The Pew Research Center noted "Some of the larger declines are among members of his own party."

==Obama condemns an innocent Hispanic==

==Obama condemns an innocent Hispanic==