I don't if anyone else felt this way, but I thought the beer summit fell a little flat. I don't know if the beer was flat or not, but I do note that up until the end the mainstream media had reported that Gates was having a Red Stripe - an appropriate choice I thought. But then there were interviews with the Sam Adams brewery guy, who brews out of Boston, asking him why neither of these Boston guys was having a Sam Adams, and low and behold, when the meeting actually happens, it's reported that Gates is having a Sam Adams. Go figure?

Ok, it's been pretty much settled that both Gates and Crowley acted less than completely honorably at the time of the incident. My sympathy still goes toward Gates cause he was in his home and the home is supposed to be sacred in the U.S. But no doubt the cops don't need their job to be harder than it is.

But what's this conflict between the woman's statements that actually called in the report, and the 911 call transcripts, and Crowley's written reports? If Crowley truly added, falsely, that the report had been that there were two "black" men, that is serious in my mind. It has all kinds of implications.

But the USA, in their last story covering it, as well as a number of other major media, only reported the discrepancy without delving into it more. I wonder why?

I wanted the meeting to be open to the public. They didn't allow that. Bad choice. If they wanted a teachable moment that went anywhere, we all needed to be included, not roped off tens of yards away where we couldn't hear what was going on. There's a time for confidentiality, and a time to let it all hang out. This was a time for the latter, and I think a great opportunity was missed and the whole thing fizzed out a bit.