“I always wondered why the cop didn’t have his weapon drawn when he was responding to a ‘suspected burglary’? “
-Because the cop was SENT on this call to investigate. It’s his JOB.
He probably figured it was what it was, or had a good chance of being that so you DON’T show up with guns drawn. It would only initiate conflict with possible deadly consequences.
But you cannot attack authority like the police the way Gates did. You can call the station and rant all you want - thus excercising his 1st amendment rights... But you DON’T scream at cops on duty. There is a law against that and it was followed here.