Frankly, I would be pissed too if someone entered my home and arrested me for “demanding a badge number.” <<<<
He didn’t arrest him for “demanding” a badge number, read the report. In any event, badges have numbers embossed on them for a reason, and they aren’t hard to find. This man was creating a disturbance long after the situation could have ended.
I read the report. I have no doubt Gates was being a prick, but arresting him was foolish and only exacerbated the situation. It’s still legal to be an asshole on your own property last time I checked. To allege that he was creating such a distubrance that if left unchecked would have led to a riot were he not detained is absurd. A DA that filed such a case would be laughed out of the courtroom.