Well bud thats common sense on a level the insulated idiots on here never think about.
I'm definitely not biased against Obama in this. I voted for Obama, mostly because I could not vote for a ticket with Sarah Palin. I'm not a Billy Mimnaugh, Obama bashing, misspelling fiasco of blinded hate. But this whole situation is ridiculous.
The cop was called to the house because people called 911 and said someone is breaking into the house. If that was my house, when the cop came to the door I'd step outside with him, present my id, THANK HIM for coming so quickly to make sure his home was safe and do whatever he needed me to do to verify that I was in my own home and there was no break in or intruder in the home.
Who the hell yell's "I'll speak with your mama outside?" That's just plain asinine and goading the cop to arrest him.
What if Gates was told to yell "I'll speak with your mama outside!" by the intruder holding a gun to his head.
Again, if the cop left the scene, we'd all be here bickering about the racist cop that "left Gates to die in his own home after being CALLED TO THE SCENE because of a break in. Gates was obviously acting out of character with that statement and the cop should have known something was up!"
"Gates is a Harvard professor! He would never yell 'I'll speak with your mama' unless provoked for some reason. It was obviously a cry for help. If the cop would have just had Gates step outside, Gates would have been able to tell the cop that a gunman was inside the house. But because Gates was black, the cop just turned his back on Gates and left him to die!"