I think this is much ado about nothing.
Having read the articles, police report, and having watched Gates speak, I think it is more likely that he profiled the investigating police officer than the other way around. In short, he assumed the officer was investigating him because he was a black man, and he was confrontational about it from the outset.
I thought his positive comments about his neighbour (who is the only person from what I have read who can be said to have "profiled" him) were disingenuous and entirely for political effect.
This is hardly a cross burning on his lawn. I'm not buying his sob story or his lawsuit.
Having said that, arresting him wasn't the coolest move on the dancefloor either.
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