“There is no way for the officer to know that Gates was improperly operating outside his role of a normal courteous resident and make adjustments for it. He wasn’t encountering Gates during a lecture or public appearance where he could make reasonable adjustments for how to deal with him as an activist of whatever validity. He was instead encountering him in the capacity of a person at the scene of a possible crime.”
The remarkable thing to me is that no one takes into account that the LEO must lock down the scene, clear the premises and conduct a proscribed routine. Suppose the Prof were being robbed, the perp was in a closet with a gun on him and telling him to get rid of the cop or else? Until the LEO knows the house is clear, the scene is “hot.”
Showing a University badge and screaming get out does not mean that there is no one else in the house or that there is no further crime in progress. THAT is why you need to look around and make sure the scene is clear and call for back up in the event it is not. The call clearly stated there were two men.
you obviously missed the point that he was “on his own property,” which means all that other stuff just goes out the window.
I hope that no one goes on a shooting spree (from his own property) near many of these posters. I mean, the shooter just has to yell, “This is my property! Get out of here you racists pigs!” and the police are supposed to leave - IMMEDIATELY!