Lawrence Auster — who claims that a look at the police report will back the plausibility of a disorderly conduct charge against Mr. Gates — is the one who has gotten his facts wrong.
He claims that the arrest of Gates occurred “after he followed Officer Crowley out of the house to the street and continued yelling and screaming at him in front of the neighborhood and calling him a racist police officer.”
In fact, according to the police report, Gates did not follow the officer to the street. According to the police report, Gates never left his own porch. The officer had descended the porch stairs to the sidewalk, then had to go back up the steps to place Gates under arrest.
To my mind, where Mr. Gates was yelling at the officer was clearly not “the street,” no matter how rude he was. Would an old grouch yelling, “Hey you kids, get off my lawn,” from his own porch be arrested for disorderly conduct?
Since Mr. Auster chastises others for “not knowing the basic facts,” he should be held to that same standard.
Sincerely,
Dave