The arrest may have been borderline, but when Gates invoked the officer’s mother in his tirade he was lucky to get away with only getting cuffed. Probably his age prevented anything beyond that. If I had done that, I’d expect to be picking my teeth up off of the floor of my front porch.
Treat a police officer with respect — he might be having a bad day.
That’s my point. Spout off at a cop, and expect to pick your teeth up, if you can before they cuff you, taser you, and probe you.
parsy.