Reply #187: The officer clearly stated that at the scene of the professor's house,

[JDPriestly]

she told him that they were black. I suspect that the officer did not write that the report may be an inaccurate account of what happened. I am amazed at how well written the report is. Do the officers write the reports themselves in Cambridge? Do they call the report in or record it somehow and then have someone type it?

I've read police reports. At least where I live, they are usually written very quickly and have lots of little mistakes. I'm not disparaging the writing skills of police officers. It just happens to be the truth. Most people do not write flawless copy without editing. Most people do not write flawless copy or even near flawless copy in a hurry.