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I read the police report and I don’t remember anything about the policeman observing a broken door. I guess he just forgot. He just says the door was open and he observed an “older black male.” <<<<<<<<<<

Read the report again, specifically the part where the professor tells the Sgt. that his front door is “unsecurable” due to a recent break in attempt.

Next time, I hope the cops take the word of any person on the property as to their identity, then we can countdown until the lawsuit against the police for not having stopped a break in. The resident was disorderly and failed to cease his behavior long after the incident should have been over. His screaming outside was designed to incite, and after a reasonable period of time, enough is enough.

Suppose the officer ignored him and left him standing out in front frothing at the mouth, obviously deranged at the moment, and the resident went off on the lady who called the cops? I have seen exactly that happen, so it’s a no-win for the officer if he just leaves without resolution. Admittedly, the professor probably wanted to get arrested to feed his martyr syndrome, but the officer did his job.

I don't know what's that matter with folks like you. I was responding to someone who said the policeman observed a door that looked as if it had been broken into. You tell me that Gates had to tell him the door was broken, so I guess that would confirm that the policeman didn't observe this himself. The fact that you would challenge what I wrote in the manner you did just shows your lack of objectivity. The policeman was acting on bad information and he knew it. "Calm down Mr. Gates. I was obviously acting on a bad report. I'm sorry," would have ended it. Gates has a right to be a nasty child on his own property. He doesn't have to like the police if he doesn't want to.

As for the urgency you see, I just don't see it. The policeman could have observed the property while his backup arrived to judge whether he felt there was any unusual activity there. If Gates had been a thief he would have had to leave at some point. I come back to the point that Gates is a citizen in his own home and as such he deserves the benefit of doubt.

But the President is a schmuck for trying to make this a racial incident of national proportions.

ML/NJ