Diver Dave, you had posted (then erased) a comment in response to mine that said, "You mean when Obama said "the police acted stupidly."

That was about Henry Louis Gates (African American Harvard professor returning from a research trip to China, and trying to get into his own home past a jammed door).

The situation blew up, with the professor complaining of racism, and the police officer arresting the professor for complaining (screaming?) about racism from his own front porch (for disorderly conduct), after having provided ID proof it was his house.

Obama's comment was a little bit more involved, if I recall.  I think Obama later retracted or apologized for that fragment of his statement, which led to the famous "have a beer in the garden" between the professor and the cop involved.

The charges againnst the professor were dropped shortly after the arrest, but not before the professor spent hours in jail.

You should read about it.  There's more to it than what Foxnews reports.