The arrest report is on TMZ. It seems that maybe the arresting officer is Hispanic. The neighbor who made the call to the cops about a possible break-in did not recognize Gates.
If there is any credence to the cop's side of the story, he was anticipating dealing with a B&E scenario. I imagine things escalated quickly, but any time a person starts name dropping or "you don't know who you're messing with" and "step outside with your mama" rather than just saying "there's seems to be a misunderstanding" is a participant, not a victim.
My husband is an attorney (who did civil rights work), I work for the City of Boston and try to follow the local politics, etc., I didn't know what Gates looked like.
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2 sides to every story
Date: 2009-07-21 07:09 pm (UTC)If there is any credence to the cop's side of the story, he was anticipating dealing with a B&E scenario. I imagine things escalated quickly, but any time a person starts name dropping or "you don't know who you're messing with" and "step outside with your mama" rather than just saying "there's seems to be a misunderstanding" is a participant, not a victim.
My husband is an attorney (who did civil rights work), I work for the City of Boston and try to follow the local politics, etc., I didn't know what Gates looked like.
Re: 2 sides to every story
Date: 2009-07-21 07:17 pm (UTC)And yet, after he found out that wasn't the case, AFTER Gates had produced identification, that's when the arrest took place. Sorry, not buying it.