I think you meant to write "his Kenyan birth certificate".
From the New York Times:
> Professor Gates, who has taught at Harvard for nearly two decades,
> arrived home on Thursday from a trip to China to find his front door
> jammed, said Charles J. Ogletree, a law professor at Harvard who is
> representing him.
>
> He forced the door open with the help of his cab driver, Professor
> Ogletree said, and had been inside for a few minutes when Sgt. James
> Crowley of the Cambridge Police Department appeared at his door and
> asked him to step outside.
>
> Professor Gates, 58, refused to do so, Professor Ogletree said. From
> that point, the account of the professor and the police began to
> differ.
>
> According to his lawyer, Professor Gates told the sergeant that he
> lived there and showed his Massachusetts driver’s license and his
> Harvard identification card, but Sergeant Crowley still did not seem
> to believe that Professor Gates lived in the home, a few blocks from
> Harvard Square. At that point, his lawyer said, Professor Gates grew
> frustrated and asked for the officer’s name and badge number.
>
> According to the police report, Professor Gates initially refused to
> show identification.
>
--ravi
-- Anyone who takes an effort to intellectually challenge the status quo and established habits is infinitely more venerable than hacks defending that status quo and established habits, regardless of the truth function of their propositions. -- W.Sokolowski