I have read at least one report that stated that the officer asked Professor Gates to step outside of the house, and that it was stated in the police report that this was due to “poor acoustics” in the kitchen. If true, it puts a completely different spin on the issue.
He did indeed ask the man to step outside, and Gates refused. Harvard police then arrived, and Crowley turned the situation over to them and stepped outside to talk to his dispatcher. That’s when Gates followed him, yelling, and earned himself an arrest, as far as I’m concerned.
That was in THE police report. Yes, the cop lured Gates (the idiot)outside.
parsy.