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Originally Posted by Azure
Read the report....and you might understand why he got arrested.
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Stop pretending that I didn't read the report. You're better than that.
I might just as easily say this: stop being distracted by adjectives like "tumultuous" (which the officer is clearly using because of the wording of the statute) and
read for the facts.
What was Gates' crime? Being a jerk? That's not a crime. Nor is saying "I'll speak with your mama outside"--though you bolded that as though it were somehow damning.
You know what would have solved the problem? Leaving. That would have fixed the problem, and we wouldn't even be talking about it. Instead, the officer turned around, remounted the steps to Gates' porch, and arrested a man whose only crime was yelling at him.