I can’t find a copy of the police report. I did find this, though:
“The police report said Gates was arrested after he yelled at the investigating officer repeatedly inside the residence then followed the officer outside, where Gates continued to upbraid him. ‘It was at that time that I informed Professor Gates that he was under arrest,’ the officer wrote in the report.”
Sounds to me like a fairly simple matter of “contempt of cop.”
.Did you even bother to read what Gates (a citizen home owner arrested in his own home) said? He says that he presented a photo ID proving it was his own home but was arrested anyway! It is quite revealing that the police report was taken down, isn't it? It is amazing that folks here are so ready to automatically take the word of government official over a homeowner arrested in his OWN HOME! Believe it or not, cops lie sometimes and citizens tell the truth.