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Summary
Vice President Joe Biden joins Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Cambridge, Massachusetts, police Sergeant James Crowley and President Hussein Obama in the Rose Garden at the White House, Washington, D.C., 30 July, 2009.

Crowley falsely arrested Gates for disorderly conduct in his own home on July 16 while responding to a report of a possible burglary. When asked about it at a news conference on July 22, Obama described the police's conduct as "stupid(ly)," prompting his invitation for all parties to come have a beer at the White House.

Apparently, Biden was only there for the beer.

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