Does he not want the police to look into suspected break ins?
Police Arrest Black Scholar in Dispute - WSJ.com
Thursday, a witness said she saw two black men with backpacks on the porch of Mr. Gates's home, with "one of the men wedging his shoulder into the door as if he was trying to force entry," according to a Cambridge police report made public Monday.
According to the report, Sgt. James Crowley said he saw a man, later identified as the 58-year-old professor, in the home's foyer. The officer said he wanted to speak with Mr. Gates about the suspected break-in and the professor replied, "Why, because I'm a black man in America?" the report said.
Sgt. Crowley said Mr. Gates yelled at him, called him a racist and said: "You don't know who you are messing with." After initially refusing, Mr. Gates provided the officer with Harvard identification and demanded to know his name, the report said. Sgt. Crowley said he told Mr. Gates he was leaving and would speak with him outside.
"As I descended the stairs to the sidewalk, Gates continued to yell at me, accusing me of racial bias and continued to tell me that I had not heard the last of him," he said in his report. With the officer and the professor on the porch, Mr. Gates yelled, "This is what happens to black men in America," according to a supplemental report by another officer at the scene.
Police Arrest Black Scholar in Dispute - WSJ.com
Thursday, a witness said she saw two black men with backpacks on the porch of Mr. Gates's home, with "one of the men wedging his shoulder into the door as if he was trying to force entry," according to a Cambridge police report made public Monday.
According to the report, Sgt. James Crowley said he saw a man, later identified as the 58-year-old professor, in the home's foyer. The officer said he wanted to speak with Mr. Gates about the suspected break-in and the professor replied, "Why, because I'm a black man in America?" the report said.
Sgt. Crowley said Mr. Gates yelled at him, called him a racist and said: "You don't know who you are messing with." After initially refusing, Mr. Gates provided the officer with Harvard identification and demanded to know his name, the report said. Sgt. Crowley said he told Mr. Gates he was leaving and would speak with him outside.
"As I descended the stairs to the sidewalk, Gates continued to yell at me, accusing me of racial bias and continued to tell me that I had not heard the last of him," he said in his report. With the officer and the professor on the porch, Mr. Gates yelled, "This is what happens to black men in America," according to a supplemental report by another officer at the scene.
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