On mardi 04 août 09, at 17:24, Jordan Hayes wrote:
>> Are you saying that the cop did not have enough proof
>> that Gates was in his own home?
>
> What I have read -- and Gates, his lawyer, and POTUS have not
> contradicted -- was that he initially "refused" to provide ID (which
> is, of course, unlawful right there; and stupid to boot). When he
> ultimately gave it, he gave his Harvard ID (which is triple-dumb).
> Eventually the cop was satisfied, I don't know if it's because he
> got a driver's license or something else that had the address on it.
>
> Mayhem ensued, hilarity resulted.
Ok. So you are confirming what I read: the cop had proof of Gates' ID and still decided to proceed with the arrest based on the fact that he was pissed.
The cop was there to investigate whether a robery had taken place, not to test a tired man's nerves.
Jean-Christophe Helary