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“They were now investigating a second unrelated crime, ‘failure to worship a cop.’”

I am so glad that you are a mind reader and knew that the police had changed to the “failure to worship a cop” mode. Thank you, I wish you had told everyone before the President made an A$$ of himself on TV - we all would have seen it differently had we known this particular morsel of info!

“When disagreeing with a gov’t official — heaven forbid in front of other people — is a crime, then America is dead and we are all slaves to the state.”

First, in your hypothetical, we did not say that the crowd was gov’t ladened - YOU added the gov’t portion. So, it really just comes down to the fact that you are simply anti-police/gov’t and no matter what, the police/gov’t were wrong - probably always are in your mind.

If you play your music (on your own property I might add) so loud that it creates a confrontation between you and your neighbors, YOU are disturbing the peace and can be arrested. If the police arrive (TWICE) and tell you to turn the music down or you will be arrested, and you do not - one should expect to be ARRESTED - hey even if you are on you own property! How is this different than from the scene that Mr. Gates was creating?

So, it really just comes down to the fact that you are simply anti-police/gov’t

True, I am.

and no matter what, the police/gov’t were wrong - probably always are in your mind.

Not true. But definitely in this case.

The biggest and most obvious difference is that Gates's outburst was caused by the police presence in the first place. There was no reasonable expectation that he would continue yelling at thin air once they left. And I am unaware of any neighbor complaints about Gates yelling.