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Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan
1. The burden of establishing probable cause for entering a residence without permission. (i.e. the race of the person inside should not be sufficient).
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The race of the person only comes into play here, because a resident reported to police a possible break in, and describe the men as "black" - The reason the resident reported a possible break in was because these two men were trying to bust open the door...that is ""a reasonable amount of suspicion" which is probable cause for the officer to investigate..again the use of the term "black" persons was for description purposes only...The officer saw as stated in the report a "black" man in the house...he has probable cause to investigate this and determine if the man lives at the home...there was NO reason for Gates to start spewing his garbage at the officer, show your ID, explain your door was jammed...case closed...but according to the police report he went off the handle....I have no problem with the charges being dropped...hopefully next time Gates will handle this situation better...