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The police report offers a different account of the incident.
Gates refused to step outside to speak with the officer, the police report said, and when Crowley told Gates that he was investigating a possible break-in, Gates opened the front door and exclaimed, "Why, because I'm a black man in America?" the report said.
"While I was led to believe that Gates was lawfully in the residence, I was quite surprised and confused with the behavior he exhibited toward me," he said, according to the report.
The report said Gates initially refused to show the officer identification, but eventually produced a Harvard identification card, prompting Crowley to radio for Harvard University Police.
Gates followed the officer outside and continued to accuse him of racial bias, the report said. After Crowley warned the professor twice that he was becoming disorderly, the officer wrote he arrested Gates for "loud and tumultuous behavior in a public space."
Ogletree said the professor was "very frustrated" but never touched or pointed at the officer.
He was released from police custody Thursday evening after spending four hours at the police station, Ogletree said.
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Well, maybe I'm reading into that too much, but it seems to me that he didn't initially show him the ID, so the cop kept investigating the claim of a B&E. Once he showed him the ID, it seems the man followed the cop outside and started berating him.
I am sure racism exists. I am sure it exists in all countries, not just the US. But if I only have this CNN article to go by, I don't really see an example of racism or racial profiling. All I see is a guy claiming that it happened.
So many problems that come as a result of dealing with police could be eliminated if people just used their heads once in awhile. I am willing to bet that if this guy had acted like a normal human being, we wouldn't be discussing this here tonight.