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The officer's report from the Gates incident had Gates coming out onto the street and yelling more after Gates had left his home. I don't know at what point yel
by jmillikin 17y ago
The officer's report from the Gates incident had Gates coming out onto the street and yelling more after Gates had left his home. I don't know at what point yelling at police officers starts getting in the way of that work, but there is that point somewhere.
The 911 caller has claimed several parts of Crowley's report are false[1]. Given this, I trust Gates' version of the events over Crowley's. According to Gates, he was arrested after following the officer onto the house's porch, when he demanding the officer's name and identification number (which Crowley was legally obliged to provide).
Furthermore, as Gates had a bronchial infection at the time[2], he wouldn't have been able to yell / abuse the officers in the way they claim occured.
[1] http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/07/27/gates.arrest/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/07/27/gates.arrest/index.html
[2] http://www.theroot.com/print/19236?page=0%2C0 http://www.theroot.com/print/19236?page=0%2C0