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The controversy surrounding last week's arrest of the black Harvard professor in his home is escalating, with President Obama saying the police acted "stupidly" and that racial profiling is a problem, and the Cambridge Police Department standing behind their colleague, saying the officer followed standard procedure and that Professor Henry Louis Gates was uncooperative and belligerent.

Meanwhile, the police report has been posted online. Here's a summary of the report, which can be read in full by clicking here.

Officer James Crowley wrote that the July 16 incident began with his response to a call from a neighbor regarding two black males who appeared to be breaking into a house. He arrived on scene, and saw Gates standing inside his house, watching the officer from behind the front door. Crowley wrote that when he asked Gates to step outside, Gates refused, and that when Crowley told Gates he was investigating a possible break-in at the residence, Gates responded, "Why, because I'm a black man in America?"

The report goes on to say that Gates soon began shouting at Crowley, calling him a racist. Crowley wrote that when asked for ID, Gates initially refused, but eventually provided a Harvard University ID badge.

Crowley said he eventually went outside, where a small crowd had assembled. He wrote that Gates followed him outside and "continued to yell at me, accusing me of racial bias." Crowley wrote that Gates repeatedly told Crowley that he was messing with the wrong man.

Crowley wrote that, once outside, he twice warned Gates to calm down or he would be arrested for disorderly conduct.

"Gates again ignored my warning and continued to yell at me," he wrote. "It was at this time that I informed Gates that he was under arrest."