It has garnered attention from the Governor and even the President. Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr., accusing Cambridge police of racial profiling.

When Henry Louis Gates Jr., a black professor and well-known scholar at Harvard University was arrested by a white Cambridge police officer, racial profiling quickly became part of the story.

"There is a long history in this country of African Americans and Latinos being stopped disproportionately, that is just a fact," said President Obama during a news conference.

Gates was trying to open a jammed front door at his Cambridge home, when a neighbor thinking it was a burglar, called police. Gates was inside his house when Sergeant James Crowley arrived. A confrontation ensued and Gates was arrested for disorderly conduct. The charges were dropped, but Gates is claiming he was treated differently because he is black.

Holyoke Police Chief Anthony Scott says the President's comments were a rush to judgment.

"There are two sides to each story. I believe their responses were inappropriate to jump to that conclusion. I believe we should all wait to see what actually transpires at that scene, we were not present there," said Chief Scott.

The White House tried to clarify the President's remarks saying he was not calling the police officer "stupid" but that the situation got out of hand.

"They are painting that police officer with a big brush and they don't have all the facts and neither do I at this point," said Chief Scott.