You are correct. When I lived in Cambridge, there was a shopping mall (a nice one) that I stopped going to because there was a heavy gang presence and there were occasional shootings. It is false to think of Cambridge as some sort of lush gated community for eggheads.
“When I lived in Cambridge, there was a shopping mall (a nice one) that I stopped going to because there was a heavy gang presence and there were occasional shootings. It is false to think of Cambridge as some sort of lush gated community for eggheads.”
I’ve only been there as a tourist, and I guess I missed that. But somehow I doubt that there was a dangerous gang presence outside Professor Gates’ house.
I don’t know what Gates was upset about, or if he was just trying to create a scene, but I can certainly imagine situations where I would be moved to yell at a police officer on my property. Suppose one came with a search warrant to take away all of my guns, and the officer proceeded to do so, even after I pointed out to him that he had misread the warrant and gone to the wrong house. I think I would give him a very noisy piece of my mind, and I wouldn’t mind if I disturbed the neighbors. I’d want them to know what was going on.