' Barrett apologizes for e - mail about Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. Barrett uses phrase ` ` jungle , '' several times in the mass e - mail . Barrett : ` ` I did not intend any racial bigotry , discrimination or prejudice in my words . '' Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis denounces the e - mail .
Justin Barrett apologizes for e-mail about Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. Barrett uses phrase `` jungle monkey '' four times in the mass e-mail . Barrett : `` I did not intend any racial bigotry , harm or prejudice in my words . '' Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis denounces the e-mail .