They're nice until you try to stop them from doing something they have no right to do, then suddenly you're making a "disturbance". I'm sure Gates was being an ass, but why bother wasting time and tax money arresting him for a charge that didn't hold since he apparently didn't actually break any laws?
Agreed...no
real reason to arrest him. The Blue Brotherhood got pissed off and took his ass to jail, which is bullshit. But if Gates hadn't lost his cool right away, none of this happens. So, IMO, they Gates and the Police actually worked together to create this giant shit bomb and then stood right fucking over it when it exploded....and then blamed each other for being covered in shit. Ta-Da!

BTW...the story still isn't dead. I can't read anymore, but the Boston Globe is having field day! That and the 911 caller says she didn't say anything about race during the call.