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TACOMA, Wash. (AP) -- Several police officers responded to a 911 report of a naked woman tied to a tree in Point Defiance Park in Tacoma.
Spokesman Mark Fulghum (FUL'-jum) told The News Tribune officers talked with the woman and a man Tuesday in the Owen Beach area and determined it was a "consensual rendezvous."
No one was arrested.
...as long as she says "yes" and you're in Tacoma, Washington.
So this cop seems to have got in a bit of trouble with a racist email he sent. Only he claims he's not really a racist:
The Boston police officer who sent a mass e-mail in which he compared Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. to a "banana-eating jungle monkey" has apologized, saying he's not a racist.
Officer Justin Barrett, 36, told a Boston television station Wednesday night that he was sorry about the e-mail, a copy of which he also sent to The Boston Globe. He repeated his apology Thursday night on CNN's "Larry King Live."
"I would like to take this opportunity to offer fellow police officers, soldiers and citizens my sincerest apology over the controversial e-mail I authored," Barrett said on CNN. "I am not a racist. I did not intend any racial bigotry, harm or prejudice in my words. I sincerely apologize that these words have been received as such. I truly apologize to all."
Yes, blame the people who received the words. They're to blame for misinterpreting your innocently intended characterization of Mr. Gates. I kinda wish just one person in this situation would say, "Apparently, I'm a racist, and I am surprised and disgusted at the words I wrote. Also, I must think all my friends are racist, because I sent them this e-mail and thought nothing would come of it but laughter. I now apologize for the odious things I said. Rather than continue to deny what's in my own heart, I'm going to seek counseling, and do battle against my personal history of ignorance."
But we probably won't see that.
In May of 2007, I wrote a long-ish post about why I thought Facebook was great:
Facebook lets you share your life with people you care about while allowing you to easily micro-manage your privacy. Instead of worrying about customizing your crappy looking page, Facebook focuses on your connections with real people. That's why eventually you and everyone you know is going to be on this site. I'm not even going to ask you to join. I don't have to. You, your co-workers, your friends and family will all sign up. And you will wonder what took you so long.
But I could not then have predicted something like this could one day happen:
this is where you find a bunch of star wars crap and other facts/opinions about how great life is and can be. or might not be so great sometimes or so thrilling. you know how it is.
