[Filo]

The law is due all reasonable respect.

I already said that.

Shouting racist and promoting hatred against a cop in an aggressive and possibly riot-promoting hysterical state is hardly reasonable respect.

Perhaps. Like I said Gates was being a dick, but I don't agree with your characterization of what type of dick he was being. I doubt he was inciting riot but he was certainly in contempt of cop which is not a crime, nor should it be considering what thugs cops really are.

And, the police ARE the law. And without law, we are Rome. And we all know how well that turned out.

Nonsense all around. The law is the law, cops are cops and too many cops are lawbreakers rather than law enforcers.

They have to earn respect and they are failing at that.

[jessduntno]

Nonsense all around. The law is the law, cops are cops and too many cops are lawbreakers rather than law enforcers.
They have to earn respect and they are failing at that.

I disagree, obviously. The LEO is the law and is there to enforce. That there are some bad ones is not a reason to automatically conclude there are “too many” and I have seen no statistics to prove that. Personally, my only interaction with LEOs in the last thirty years has been entirely positive.