. >>> we are of the national press club talking with charles ogletree about his book the presumption of guilt. can you tell me what made you decide to write about the incident with henry louis gates? >> a lot of people e-mail me, texts and faxes sitting this happened to my grandmother, my niece, my uncle, cousin, brother, and was an amazing reaction, and because it was professor dates, not jamal into was an issue because my former student and our president, barack obama, came to his defense and that created a national issue. but since i write a lot about issues of race and justice it was a natural thing to do, and i wanted people to say professor bates can get a vested in such regions like this when it gives to forms of ied in his own house and the only crime is arguing the police officer in his house what happens to those who don't have a lawyer and have power and the six blowers that case and the broad issue that profiling has happened through the nation's history. >> did you learn anything this surprise you when you were researching the book? >> the first is interesting. everyone

. >> we're at the national press club talking with charles ogletree about his book, the presumption of guilt. can you tell me what made you decide to write about the incident with henry louis gates? >> a lot of people e-mailed me, sent texts, faxes and calls after his arrest saying this happened to my grandmother, my uncle, my brother, and it was an amazing reaction. and it created news because it was professor gates, not jamal who lives in community. and it became even more of an issue because my dear former student and our president, barack obama, came to his defense, and that created a national issue that led to the beer summit. since i write about issues of racial justice, it was a natural thing to do, and i wanted people to say if professor gates can get arrested in situations like this when he gives two forms of id in his house and his only crime is arguing with the police officer in his house, then what happens to those who don't have a lawyer, who don't have power? and this book explores that case, but it explores the broader issue of racial profiling as it's happened throughou