It's good to have the authorities show proof of identity. If this incident had happened in Iraq, the authority at the door would more than likely be a member of one of the ethnic cleaning factions that were operating throughout Iraq masquerading as policemen, and Mr. Gates dead, cold body would show up in a few day along side a roads somewhere with signs of torture.
Regards, LelandJ On 07/27/2009 11:49 AM, Ed Leafe wrote: > On Jul 27, 2009, at 10:13 AM, Leland F. Jackson, CPA wrote: > >>> 4 - All of this is happening INSIDE Gates's home, and it seems the >>> officer insists on getting Gates outside the house. Am I right in >>> stating that any yelling inside Gates's home could not be taken as >>> disorderly conduct as it is not happening in the public space? >> I don't know. > > Good thing that this happened in MA and not TX. In Texas, the biggest > fear people have is armed government agents on their property. They > talk about this all the time in every gun rights argument: they don't > trust the government; the government is trying to take away their guns > so that they won't be able to defend their homes against their > sinister government. > > My guess is that if something like this had happened in Texas, their > would be a dead cop and lots of gun advocates cheering. > > > -- Ed Leafe > > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
