Professor Gates, Harvard's Pride

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

Regardless of whatever else happened, both accounts state that Gates did eventually show the cop ID, at which point the cop should have been gone, and there would have been nobody for Gates to be "tumultuous" at.

If it wasn't a membership card to the Mickey Mouse Club. It would have to be a valid ID with sufficient information to convince the cop he belonged there.

I'm sick of people acting like cops are wild animals, and if you don't tiptoe around them you deserve what you get.

I don't tiptoe around cops, but I do know I'm required to cooperate with them when they are performing their official duties or they have the power to detain/arrest me, by force if necessary, for interference with a police officer in the performance of his duties.

I also know if I act like a dick, he will act like a bigger dick, because it's imperative for his safety to maintain control of the situation. That's his most important weapon, because he has no way of knowing who's armed, nuts or a threat.

There are certainly cops that shouldn't be, but most are just trying to do their job and get home alive.