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I would like to think that if LE responded to anyone's home for a possible B&E in progress, found a subject inside who refused to provide ID and became abusive, they might be a bit suspicious, regardless of the color of his skin. The home appeared to be in a nice neighborhood, so the cops would have been expecting the homeowner to be polite and well-educated. Race is immaterial.
If I were a homeowner and the cops caught me in the same situation, I would be happy to provide ID, and to cooperate to their satisfaction. I think that most reasonable individuals would do the same, and be happy that someone was looking out for them and their home.
Even if the officers were abusive and threatening, I would still provide them with ID and cooperate. Afterwards, I would look to make a formal complaint to their leadership. Every situation is not necessarily racial, even if the individuals are of different races, nor are all interactions with LE opportunities to become confrontational. Surely an educated man like Dr. Gates could have figured this out.
One thing I have learned is that all stories have multiple versions, depending on how many people are involved. Another thing is that most people tend to spin their story, or flat out lie, to support their own positions. The benefit of the doubt should go to the person with credible witnesses, or supported by physical evidence. A videotape is superb, an audiotape almost as good. I suppose motive figures in to a lesser extent. Why would the POTUS have a comment, as he admittedly did not know all of the facts? Is he running for a local judge or DA's position now?
I hope that an investigation gets to the bottom of this and that justice is done. I think the POTUS should have reserved comment till the investigation was complete.
TR
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"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." - President Theodore Roosevelt, 1910
De Oppresso Liber 01/20/2025
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