The police did not arrest Gates for his behavior during their investigation. If they had, they would have charged him with impeding an investigation. The police arrested Gates for spouting off his crackpot opinions after they had determined he lived there.
The police clearly had the power to arrest Gates for spouting off his crackpot ideas. And thus we do not live in a free society. What you really need to do is read Taranto’s comments on this beginning with:
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB10001424052970203946904574302304074459422.html
sub-entitled “Henry Louis Gates is not a burglar. Neither is James Taranto.”
thanks for the link.Gates’s lawyer, Charles Ogletree, represented Anita Hill
and Angela Davis among other Communists.
Ogletree taught both Barack and Michelle Obama at Harvard;
he has remained close to Mr. Obama throughout his political careerOn July 21, 2009 Professor Ogletree issued a statement in response
to the arrest of his colleague, Henry Gates, who was arrested at his own home.
Ogletree perjured himself twice in one sentence.
"skippie" was arrested
outside his Harvard provided house inciting a race riot
Ogletree is Cochair of Reparations Coordinating Committee
No. The police did arrest Gates for his behavior during their investigation.
The police arrested Gates for spouting off his crackpot opinions after they had determined he lived there.
No. The police arrested Gates for using tumultuous language directed at the police in front of a crowd while they were in the process of completing their investigation.
The police clearly had the power to arrest Gates for spouting off his crackpot ideas. And thus we do not live in a free society.
No. The police don't have the power to arrest somebody for just spouting crackpot ideas. Yes we don't live in a free society, but the reason you give is not it.
What you really need to do is read Taranto’s comments...sub-entitled “Henry Louis Gates is not a burglar. Neither is James Taranto.”,
The subtitle is besides the point and would suggest to me an author who doesn't wish to look at this incident in its full context.
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A bald faced lie.
Gates was not arrested for his opinions, a falsehood that you have perpetuated in post after post. Gates was arrested for disturbing the peace (look it up). He refused multiple lawful orders (look it up) to desist. That will get anyone arrested anywhere.
You are either wholly ignorant of the law in this case or you are positing lies as facts to advance an agenda. I suspect the latter.