“Given his reputation Gates should have known that. He obviously knew better than to step outside when the cop asked him to come outside to talk. It appears he worked himself into a fit and forgot that basic rule.”
Or it was intentional...who knows?
That could be too. The point is you can do and say thigs ina private home that you can’t do out where you disturp others.
You also lose a lot of legal protection when you step outside even if you don’t disturb the peace.