So you don't have anything better to do that respond to me. Stick around then, flaglot.
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I don't have to imagine it. The officer wrote it in his report and the other officer's backed the arrest.
Neither you nor I know all the facts. You're speculating as much as I am. I have the advantage of having had been in that circumstance numerous times. You don't.
I've made nothing up...I've speculated based on the known facts and a number of years of experience. You and Clambake are the ones falsely ascribing behaviors to people by saying the police are blindly backing Sgt. Crowley and saying Gates was only yelling from his porch.Quote:
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I know they should have just let him keep on yelling. No big deal. They should have know he was an esteemed Professor at Harvard and should have treated him delicately. I mean everybody should be able to yell and rant and rave at cops, especially when they are only there to ensure no one is robbing your home. Crazy cops...
Poor Chump. He wasn't able to suck Gate's dick for one night. No wonder he's so worked up over this.
Except the never described anything he did that could be prosecuted as disorderly conduct under Massachusetts law.
No, I am working with the facts that were given. I'm not making anything up.Quote:
Neither you nor I know all the facts. You're speculating as much as I am.
Well you did prove that law enforcement officials can be ignorant of the law, so thank you for that. I think that is the case here.Quote:
I have the advantage of having had been in that circumstance numerous times. You don't.
You made shit up, adn the shit you made up is your only support for an arrest.Quote:
I've made nothing up...I've speculated based on the known facts and a number of years of experience.
I don't think the police are blindly backing Crowley; their backing was easily calculated considering it was a minor incident.Quote:
You and Clambake are the ones falsely ascribing behaviors to people by saying the police are blindly backing Sgt. Crowley
No one has said he did anything else. Not one person.Quote:
and saying Gates was only yelling from his porch.
You made up some shit claiming he did, but that was shit you made up.
Because that was an incident report, not a criminal complaint.
You made up that the officer were covering for Sgt. Crowley. You made up that the only thing Gates was doing was yelling from his porch. You can't know any these things to be true.Quote:
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I haven't made one thing up. Not one.Quote:
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Sgt. Crowley said he engaged in tumultuous behavior...an element of disorderly conduct.Quote:
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I didn't make it up, it's right there in the report.Quote:
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I'm arguing that the yelling was the tumultuous behavior, because if you just go by the statute you can claim it to be just that. The case law circumscribes the yelling part quite a bit though -- so Gates could have been ignorant of the law like you were, or he could have just feigned ignorance, knowing that any charge would be dropped because of the case law, but at least Gates would shut up.
The General Laws of Massachusetts; Chapter 272: Section 53. Penalty for certain offenses :Quote:
Section 53. Common night walkers, common street walkers, both male and female, common railers and brawlers, persons who with offensive and disorderly acts or language accost or annoy persons of the opposite sex, lewd, wanton and lascivious persons in speech or behavior, idle and disorderly persons, disturbers of the peace, keepers of noisy and disorderly houses, and persons guilty of indecent exposure may be punished by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than six months, or by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
We'll never know if the case law you cite will ever be brought up in this case, because the case was dropped. Further, I've not heard Sgt. Crowley or anyone else from the Cambridge Police Department say the tumultuous was his yelling.
I won't accuse you of lying or making shit up. I'll just say you can't know that and your speculating.
My God, this is stupid.
They've had ample opportunity to describe Gates' actions in full outside of that report. I am of the opinion they have.
No, I believe the police want to retain the ability to arrest people in that situation. If you don't think that, you should explain why.Quote:
You made up that the officer were covering for Sgt. Crowley.
No one said he did anything else. I said I am basing my opinion on what was actually said to have happened.Quote:
You made up that the only thing Gates was doing was yelling from his porch.
I know no one has said anything to refute my opinion based on only the facts. You only counter has been to make things up.Quote:
You can't know any these things to be true.
Of course you have. It's all you got.Quote:
I haven't made one thing up. Not one.
What tumultuous behavior?Quote:
Sgt. Crowley said he engaged in tumultuous behavior...an element of disorderly conduct.
You made up what you thought it to be. The only thing that has ever been said Gates did that can be described as tumultuous behavior is yelling at the police -- and that tumultuous behavior cannot be prosecuted in Massachusetts.Quote:
I didn't make it up, it's right there in the report.
I've never heard them say he did anything else, and the yelling does meet a dictionary definition of tumultuous behavior, which is often used in instances such as these.
I am only going by what the cops and witnesses have actually said. I know what they have actually said. If you think they are hiding or continually omitting something crucial about the incident that would have actually justified the arrest, fine. I don't.Quote:
I won't accuse you of lying or making shit up. I'll just say you can't know that and your speculating.
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I'm of the opinion no one's asked the question.
You didn't say I believe. You stated it as fact. That's making shit up.Quote:
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Because it's not been my experience after being involved in law enforcement my entire career.Quote:
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All asked and answered. Until the question is asked of the arresting officer, you've got nothing but speculation.Quote:
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Guess what CD, I am a lawyer. I assume you are not?
It's clear you have a different opinion, and that's you're right. I'm not going to bash you for it. My opinion is different. I've already viewed the ridiculous posts in the Gates fiasco, and I have no desire to engage in beating a dead horse argument over and over ad nauseum...