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Disorderly conduct in your home???

Could be very interesting. It's not like he knows a bunch of Harvard law professors or anything like that...
Or does he :D

If I was him, I'd own Boston in about 3 weeks.
 
Yeh this probably won't last long before something blows up, but this story is almost the textbook definition of the term "egregious"
 
.....this is one you would have to have been there....just maybe, Professor Gates should have thanked the police officer for responding for whatever reason, to make sure the house wasn't being burglarized....and, the policemen would have to determine first if Gates was the burglar, wouldn't he?....I don't know, wasn't there.....
 
What response would you desire?

During the first few months that I lived in the new house that I built a few years ago, I had an incident or two where I accidentally triggered my burglar alarm. On one occasion, I entered into a rear door that I thought had a delay programmed into the system to allow you to enter and disarm the alarm. It turns out that door did not have a delay and I triggered the system. The alarm company notified the local gendarmes and due to an extremely fast response, I came face to face with the long arm of the law exiting my own house, after calling the alarm company.

The officer (properly, I might add) drew his weapon and required that I prove that I was the resident of the house by showing him my I.D. Only after he had solid proof that I WAS the owner of the house did he relax and the situation de-escalated. I thanked him for his prompt response, shook his hand and learned a valuable lesson about my alarm system that day.

But then again, in this case, I am white and the officer was black. :scratch2:
 
The quickest way to make a bad situation worse is to cop an attitude with a policeman. If the statement the department released is true I have no sympathy for the "professor."

In fact, I would suggest to him that he would be much more at peace in most New Orleans neighborhoods, where the police take hours to respond to most calls (if they do at all) and the backlogs are "cleared" at shift change.
 
Learned the hard way years ago not to argue with the police . The less said the better with some officers . Being a "long Hair " any excuse to hassle ya know ......
I know it's hard to do when your not doing anything wrong , but it's a safer in my neck of the woods .



Barney
 
They dropped all charges but I doubt we've heard the end of this. It could all have been avoided if he had shown his ID the first time he was asked and didn't pop an attitude with the cop. Sometimes it seems the more educated a person is the less common sense they have, some think the normal rules don't apply to them "I have a doctorate degree I'm privileged" no your really smart but not so special that you're above the law. If a cop asks for your ID you give it or you go in the back of the car and take a trip downtown. The cop was responding to call of a black man trying to force entry into a house, when he gets there what does he find, a black man who has forced entry into a house, he was simply doing his job. What if it was a thug up to no good and he ignored it how would all the protesters feel then. Some people see racism in everything involving black individuals and white police officers. Sorry but **** happens.
 
TOO LOUD??? said:
They dropped all charges but I doubt we've heard the end of this. It could all have been avoided if he had shown his ID the first time he was asked and didn't pop an attitude with the cop. Sometimes it seems the more educated a person is the less common sense they have, some think the normal rules don't apply to them "I have a doctorate degree I'm privileged" no your really smart but not so special that you're above the law. If a cop asks for your ID you give it or you go in the back of the car and take a trip downtown. The cop was responding to call of a black man trying to force entry into a house, when he gets there what does he find, a black man who has forced entry into a house, he was simply doing his job. What if it was a thug up to no good and he ignored it how would all the protesters feel then. Some people see racism in everything involving black individuals and white police officers. Sorry but **** happens.
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I agree. And some people just get an attitude if they are questioned or stopped by any one with authority.
 
Chip on the shoulder manifesting in serious attitude and uncooperative demeanor, and likely some resistance. This is not wise. Law enforcement has a job to do, and a break in had been reported. Do as you are told and the situation de-escalates. Be a putz and escalation ensues. You can indeed be arrested for being a putz, even on your own property. Charges dropped, not for publicity, but when all said and done, the charges were not worth pursuing.

Enjoy,
Rich P
 
There's three sides to every story and we'll probably never know exactly what happened. Nonetheless, the police officer is a professional. He should be able to deal with a subject who is emotional and antagonistic without it escalating into an arrest. There is no suggestion that the professor threatened the officer. There's probably plenty of blame to go around in this case, but the bottom line is that the officer should have done everything in his power to defuse the situation. He's the expert, he's the one who's on the clock and his job description doesn't include arresting people for being disrespectful, especially in their own homes.

Edit: In response to the post about being arrested for being a putz... sure. It happens every day. And I know that when I'm dealing with the police I am on my best, most respectful behavior because I don't want to be arrested for being a putz. But it's really wrong. The police need to keep in check the understandable tendency to wield one's power when they feel disrespected. I know they put their lives on the line every day for all of us, but that does not give them any excuse to abuse their power because emotions get out of control.
 
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