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Originally Posted by Bagor
Doesn't it say that Gates became belligerent?
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It actually says "tumultuous." Which is a laughably funny way of trying to make the arrest line up with the wording of the relevant statute. But the relevant case law in Massachusetts pretty much defines "disorderly conduct" as "conduct designed to incite a riot," so the officer never had a leg to stand on.
I'm still wondering how you can call someone names "tumultuously." I'm guessing it involves the simultaneous use of some sort of weather-control machine.
EDIT: I should clarify. Nowhere in the report does Officer Crowley claim that Gates was violent or threatened violence, only that he was loud. That, along with liberal, often incorrect use of the term "tumultuous."