' 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 . '' President Obama stepped into the debate and drew criticism by saying the Cambridge police acted `` stupidly . '' Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis denounces the e - mail .
' 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 .