who fucked with the topic? it's the title of a fucking Ice Cube song you PC fuck. if you're going to mess it up at least have the decency to change it to something stupid like N*****. Changing my title to "the wrong black to fuck with" completely destroys the reference and makes me sound like a retard.

LOL! That would be the best prank ever. :D

I think, DCMH, you should calm down.

The initial call is an oversensitive neighbor. They're especially prevalent in upper-class neighborhoods. I wouldn't have called. I'da said "looks like he's having trouble getting into his house" and then I'd eat some pizza.

Nonetheless, even if the neighbor is a conflagrating racist, that doesn't make the cop's presence racist, nor does it affect the arrest. They're two separate parties.


There is no support to the claim that he was "treated like shit." The officer followed standard protocol. What we have here is a fundamental difference of beliefs. I, by and large, trust authority figures. You clearly do not. All over the walls. It must feel good.


Black people in suits can't be arrested without causing a "shitstorm."


Again, zero facts to support the claim of initial racism. Thrown out. Doesn't hold water.


I think you're misinterpreting what happened. Look at the reports. At least once. Gates gives his ID card ( after initially refusing ). The officer sees that he's a professor, radios back his findings and prepares to leave. He is again demanded that he repeat his name. He begins to give it and is then yelled over by Gates, being called a racist and being threatened that he "wasn't someone to mess with." The officer leaves and approaches the sidewalk. Gates follows him, continuing to berate and harass him. The officer reaches the sidewalk ( no longer on Gates' property) and warns him telling him to calm down while removing his handcuffs from their case, sending a message of potential for arrest. Gates ignores warnings, continues harassment, and is arrested.

The cop was standard. Gates was not. Charges were dropped because he raised hell about something that didn't matter (someone mistaking his action for unlawful entry) and nobody wanted to deal with such a ludicrous case.


You do if there's a law against it. Oh wait. There is.


Police typically "admit" to what they arrest people for. Assuming he was mirandized (duh), then Gates was also informed of what he was being arrested for. He might have simply been yelling too loud to hear. Oh, how that would be telling.


Not only do I believe so, I most certainly hope so. Harassment is harassment, no matter who's doing it.


I ask only that you find evidence to back that claim.


Again, I ask that you point out, with evidence, where the cop's actions would have reasonably warranted yelling at him, calling him a racist, following him out to the sidewalk, continuing harassment, getting in his face and then being surprised by an arrest.


links plox


Funny you should mention it. One of the reasons I get tied up in this case is because this happened to me too. I had locked myself out of the house and so had to scale the roof to get in. A neighbor thought I was breaking in and called the cops. The exchange was something like
"We received a report of breaking and entering...you know anything about that?"
"Nope. Just me gettin' into my house."
"Well, okay. Can I see ID"
"Here you go."
"Okay, lemme check with central."
--some minutes pass as one of the two officers goes to the car. I make small talk with the second one--
"Alright, it checks out. Have a nice day."
"Later."


That is my assumption. I make that assumption because that's their job. To be neutral enforcers of non-discriminatory laws.



I dismiss his word because he's the one being arrested. Because Gates is a man who has never hesitated to throw down the race card ( in this case, flinging a veritable deck of 52 race cards ). And because his lawyer's statement regarding the incident is one story versus two separate stories in complete agreement. The evidence is stacked against Gates, but the rhetoric and sheeple are stacked against the law. Such is the way of the left.


In this case, I point to the officer's knowledge of the laws given his use of language in his case report. The terms and phrases used in the description of the violation match up with the same terms and phrases given in the relevant laws, which I also pointed to, though I suspect they were not read.

A black man who lives in a rich white neighborhood has a white cop show up at his house accusing him of breaking in and demanding ID. That's inherently fucked up. Instead of apologizing and leaving he arrested the guy for yelling at him, in my book that is treating him like shit. There would be something really fucked up with the black dude if he wasn't pissed off at the cop. It's insulting as fuck, and considering the context it's completely reasonable for the black dude to assume that race has played a major deciding role in the cop being there and treating him the way he is. Seriously, this is America! He is an African-American! He would have to be literally retarded to not think racism was a factor. Do you really think the cop was all Officer Friendly with him?



Well there's your problem. Were you raised on a hippie commune?




Lucky you. Now why do you suppose it did not go this way with Professor Gates?

I thought it was axiomatic that a situation like this is going to piss off the wrongly accused black person.




I don't know what else to say to this but WOW. I hope you never serve on a jury. Or are joking.




Are you being serious? I don't feel like writing a long explanation so if you aren't please let me know before I waste my time.

Now remember everyone, all cops lie in their paperwork, are corrupt, and have no sense of moral or legal boundary that separates them from other cops. There is no possible way for anyone in law enforcement to be reasonable or ethical. I know because I heard about it on the news.

I'd like to see someone post an article for once that actually praises cops and doesn't attack them. Everyone is always willing to jump up and kick the pigs in the ribs when there is a legal controversy, but it's a fucking impossible task when it comes to giving them an ounce of credit for anything. I hate this pessimistic bullshit.